Hyperloop he made it pretty clear it was just an idea thrown out there and he simply does not have the time to work on it.

The issue as described in the article is the cargo area reaching 120+ degrees. A fan and proper ventilation definitely would help that a lot. UPS uses a translucent roof for the cargo area to provide lighting during the daytime, and it makes the back into a greenhouse. Others suggest also making the roof solid and…

I think a fan (as requested by the actual union) is the most practical solution. There’s a multitude of issues that make installing an AC easier said than done and as others point out, it might not do a whole lot without being a huge waste of fuel.

Will this create a new arms race of source of cars being made with increasingly higher ride heights?

Nope, that only applies to lithium metal batteries. EVs use lithium-ion batteries which contain no free lithium, so will not react with water in the same way.

Well it’s a decent step up from the inflatable pools that are popular and most peoples still call those swimming pools.

Yep, I was going to say that. Most likely any third party affected (which might not be your friend) would sue you/your insurance company because you knowingly parked a car there that is a known fire risk. If that happens you have no legal recourse to sue GM to recoup the costs on your side (even if that third party…

With the 54 kWh packs, even with 1 MW charging it’ll still take 3 minutes to charge. Even if maxing out the new MCS (Megawatt Charging Standard) at 3.75 MW, it’ll still take about a minute. I’m not sure if that’s compatible with how fuel pitstops were usually done in other races given those take less than 10 seconds (e…

The problem with rails is it requires specialized knowledge and equipment to maintain, which always leads to extra costs. As an example practically every light rail train car costs more per mile to maintain than a bus. They only look good per passenger due to theoretical max passenger capacity, but the problem is…

These are local airport trains, which max out at 100 people per train car.

Even at the 40mph capped speed due to the short tunnel at Vegas, that is the speed of most subway trains anyways, so I don’t see how the speed will be an issue.

Yeah, on base travel seems to be perfect for EVs. For other operations, batteries are still not suitable yet for the military.

I don’t think the current noises will really make a sales difference, as the current available EV noises are quite similar, but I have always argued that if noisemakers are required in EVs, they should be required for ICE vehicles also (quiet ICE cars should not be allowed, if EVs lose this function also).

I’m talking about global sales of course, which is what matters for total parts availability. Bolt has relatively few sales outside the US, while I imagine that was not the case for your rebadged Saturn. I also imagine there was a lot more parts commonality with a conventional vehicle like that, especially with a…

The volume of those cars were a lot more though, and the Vibe especially by platform sharing with the Matrix.

There are increases in production efficiency from having every car have it, so it may cost less than having a different configuration overall if the take rate is decent.

It’s a bit dark, but the bean counters consider the costs of both. Fact of the matter is having people wait a bit for a safety issue of a lower probability costs less than the profits they lose (and costs incurred especially for unionized companies) if they stop production of new vehicles.

They’ve since added 40 more stalls in San Luis Obispo, and a 55 stall station in Kettleman City (plus more in other areas along the SF to LA routes). During holiday times, they also bring temporary stalls on trucks as necessary.

Almost guaranteed to be dual plug like they already did in Europe. There was some talk about adapters early on by Elon when floating the idea of opening up superchargers in the US. However, the federal funding bill already makes it clear it requires at minimum 4 CCS chargers per site to qualify for funding, which…

Yeah, people just don’t know the road if they think 40 is unusual for Geary. It’s a wide multilane arterial road, so 40 really is not too fast.