“But he’s a Mexican. A lot of people overlook that. Mexican, yeah. People miss that detail.”

Years ago, the Ruthless Right discovered that the Constitution protected speech broadly and political speech even more broadly. Exploiting that cover has made lying and hate-speech the lifeblood of many who profit from spreading hate. There are limits, though, to that Constitutional protection. I am glad that the…

1st Gear/2d Gear: Driving is hard for robots

Star for obscure Carlton Fisk reference. 

Obviously designed by a man who had never actually looked at a vulva.  (It was the 50s)

It is thus in the Buckeye State as well. 

Like all phony-assed NFL billionaires who claim business savvy but suck on the public teat for stadiums, Haslam is a lying, conniving sonofabitch. His truck-stop business cheated thousands of small truckers out of millions of dollars in rebates. He’s the CEO, but when he was deposed in that lawsuit, he claimed he…

$2600.

And with that bed, you could carry a spare. :)

I can’t stop SMHing.

I went to college in a 3.2% Ohio town in the 70s. That limit didn’t mean people consumed less alcohol. We just consumed more rounds to reach the perceived level of EtOH-sufficiency.

Depends on your co-driver, I guess.

I looked on the Rivian website: . Range of 250+ to 400+ miles. That’s quite a significant delta. Definitely a “try before you buy” kind of spec.

Cross-post this to Jezebel. I dare you. 

Oh yeah, places like rail yards and refineries where you have a lot of maintenance happening over a given area are perfect for this kind of intensive but short range use..

I [<—not an electrical engineer] imagine there’s some sort of correlation between mass towed and rate of battery depletion. If that 100 mile tow is one-way, you may be looking at motel time.

But, . . . but I heard the economy is GREAT!

So, is Oma seeing anybody?

Fleet sales can be a big part of making a vehicle like this affordable on a unit-cost basis. If you know you’ll sell 20,000 units you can order up tooling, parts and schedule production line time without gambling with your job.

Allows driver to see traffic signals.