Yeah at 35k for a Lyric I think I’d be in. All the way.

Glad you like those biases. Because that 12 year old S looks the same way today. Which is a big part of Tesla’s problem.

https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-article/will-solid-state-batteries-eliminate-the-need-for-ev-fire-protection/29300

Hey, so Apple says the Macbook Pro uses a “72.4-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery” which is not what we’re talking about here. They use a solid state disc drive, maybe that’s what you’re thinking about?

I quite like Matt’s channel: lots of insight on home tech and gadgets like heat pumps, solar, battery walls, geothermal heating/cooling, etc. without veering into hype.

Yeah, that didn’t happen. Cash for Clunkers was only eligible for cars that got 18 MPG or less combined, and the new car must have a combined fuel economy of 22 or more. You literally could not trade in an economy car for a truck or SUV. 

Like most technologies I think we will see it start in the high end models and gradually come down to lower tiers.  I could see Lucid or Maserati coming out with a solid state battery.  That being said if Toyota can get the price down due to economies of scale then I could see it in there PHEV first due to the smaller…

Good interview with a manufacturer: https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-up-with-solid-state-batteries

It seems to me that these would be popping up in things like R/C aircraft (and drones), EDC flashlights, power tools and phone charger packs, where battery weight can be even more crucial. Since we are talking huge numbers of units here with smaller and cheaper gadgets, price can come down quicker and R&D improve much…

There is only one company that does swappable battery backs and that is a Chinese company, NIO.  Getting all companies to agree on one standard battery pack wouldnt work and isnt realistic due to a number of reasons and constraints.  You’d have to look up on some kind of app to see who has what battery where.  People…

This is like a middle-schooler running for class president on a platform of ‘only chocolate milk in the cafeteria!’

There are not “two clowns” running. One is a well-intentioned old guy. The other is a narcissistic, evil, fascist, traitorous, old-guy. Know the difference. 

Friend, I am not “enjoying the water,” I would very much like to get out of this water.

Climate change does not give a flip if you believe it real or not. It’s happening at an accelerating rate. We are the proverbial frog in the pot, enjoying the water until it gets cooked. There are a portion of us that are taking this crisis seriously but a vast majority don’t like the hit in convenience and money it…

I think the economy is doing much better than people are admitting. Inflation is down, and those prices are here to stay. People are starting to go back to their normal buying habits post COVID. As people tighten their belts even more, I expect to see the R word stop popping up more and more.

Comfort itself is a relative term, and means so many different things. For example, it doesnt matter how comfy a 120,000 Escalade with massaging seats is if driving a vehicle worth more than your house through downtown Canton Ohio has you biting your fingernails, just waiting for some teenager in a hyundai tiburon to…

Especially when you’re in an illegal cross-country race.

Toyota Century. The very last word in Japanese Luxury, with that classic discretion so nobody knows just how rich you are.

Germanwings too

Also, even the best software isn’t perfect, and if something goes wrong, it can go SO wrong (737 MAX MCAS) that pilots need to be able to fully override it.