those things you say are not true. people _would_ buy them, if the manufacturers made them and dealers stocked them.

dealers and manufacturers make more money on luxo supercabs and auto trans, so they stock more of them, people who want a single cab or a stick can’t find one so they settle for the supercab auto.  after…

self fulfilling prophecy. if you don’t build XLT/Lariat 2 doors, you won’t sell any.

try and even order one. they don’t exist. you can only get 2 doors in XL worktruck trim.

of course it is a profit center. they ship in enormous bulk, mostly by rail.

if, as a private consumer buying a one off service can get my SUV shipped across the country for 800-1000, you know GM is paying $300 or less from the midwest to the coast.

this is a way for them to lower the list price of the car and ensure a…

how about the Subaru Forester? it is, mechanically, an impreza with a lift kit,  but the body is a lot taller, so more headroom.  his problem seems to be height not weight, as I am 230/5'7" and I fit fine in a crosstrek (which is just an impreza body with a 2" lift kit)

I would also suggest getting extended seat rails…

they will be lucky to have started flight test on the first full size plane by 2025.

startups consistently underestimate the difficulty and complexity of the aircraft certification process, 5 years after first flight would be optimistic for a new manufacturer (hell, china’s government owned aircraft manufacturer took…

I am sure some freedom loving trump nugget will pony up.

Prince Andrew flew helicopters in the falklands war (between dates with 14 year olds) and later commanded a ship.

Prince Philip (queen consort) served in WWII and participated in the landings at Sicily as second in command of one of the ships that received massive bombardment there. served on active duty until 1952.

Prin…

the overnight turnaround by outraged journos on this issue is fucking hilarious.

when she announced she wasn’t going to participate in press activities, they were all “how dare she!!!” “who does she think she is!?”

as soon as she withdrew they were all like “she’s so brave!” “mental health is important!”

fuck them all.

never, ever talk to a cop without your lawyer present (not “a lawyer”, _your_ lawyer).

<outraged cop humper>
“WTF, how am they supposed to do their jobs if they can’t lie to children?”
</outraged cop humper>

the only really valid use of NFTs is as a contract vehicle, effectively an unspoofable electronic signature. As such it would be useful for transferring IP rights to “a meme”, but then it would be on the new owner to enforce those rights. actually making money at the IP enforcement game is hard work, as non-commercial …

they could. but they won’t. just like McDs (and every other franchise business in america) doesn’t require franchisees to pay a living wage and provide benefits.

this is a fundamental problem in the american economic system, not limited to Amazon, and not particularly any worse at Amazon than anywhere else.

if Minimum…

Jason, I am disappoint in your lack of power train pedantry, you are being (unusually) insufficiently pedantic about the powertrain of this car.

it is absolutely not “Rear Engine”. It is an electric car, it does not have an Engine, it has a Motor.

it _may_ be “Rear Motor”, but from the cutaway it looks like a millimeter…

that spoiler is hideous.  can the car be had without it?

battery swapping is the thing that is going to make long haul (i.e. cross country) EV trucks possible.

battery swapping is what would make ownership of an ICE car something I could live without (I do enough long distance driving that stopping 3-4 times a day for 45 minutes is not acceptable in my long distance car)

batte…

monthly sales is not a good metric as there is too much noise in the signal.

things like weather, shipping schedules, “sales events”, new model releases etc cause the data to be very bumpy.  6 month moving averages is a much better measure.

the thing about “rare earth” minerals is that they are not rare. they are exceptionally common, and the US has enormous quantities of them in easily accessible locations (and often in existing, but disused mines). we also have lots of existing decommissioned refining and processing capacity.

but none of our “free…

I’m not sure that holding a 41 year old responsible for not knowing a beauty pageant was racist/classist when she was 19 (and really, from what I’ve read they were working against all poors, not just PoC) is really worth the hysteria.

1999 was a looong time ago and everybody’s understanding of racial/social justice has…

not here to defend Bezos, but a large % of the “Amazon” delivery operations are franchise companies, much like your local McDonalds is not actually owned by McD, but just authorized to use the name and branding and sell the product, while day to day running of the franchise is entirely up to the franchisee.

these are…

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