It’s so satisfying to watch the third brake light come on again after the impact. 

Obviously this Tesla identifies as a GM-EMD.

Think of it more like the indicators on a semi fender. Amber indicates the vehicle is approaching you, red indicates the vehicle is travelling away from you.

If you’re only there to put money on a Squares board, you truly DGAS who wins.

I have a C10 that may have been used in Smokey & the Bandit.

https://www.amtrak.com/privately-owned-rail-cars

Yep.  Impound 101 is “check the trunk for people”.

What moves the control surfaces? Unpowered hydraulics?  If so, sure, gliding is an option, but you’re still at takeoff weight.  Hell, you even have to land at takeoff weight no matter what.  Even without failure concerns, I’m going to be a skeptic on electric airliners being a commercially viable option.

This seems like a bad layout for takeoff.

I’m sure there is some scenario where a power failure in a cell phone or an automobile is fatal...

That depends on the voltage requirement. I’m guessing a plane isn’t 3.7v or less... So you have to put Li-Ion cells in series, just like PbAc, but they don’t hold as many Coulombs, so a bunch of stacked cells have to be in parallel.

Been attempting to do that on the ground for years.  Single cell failure still drops the voltage under the threshold for the computers to work.

I’ve had one cell fail that rendered the other 5 useless.

I don’t know...  I’ve had many more batteries fail than engines.

Tesla was misheard.  It’s “Fool Self Driving”.

Might be similar if you lost range when switching to an auxillary fuel line/pump.

If you have to drive tired, crack open a beer. The thrill of being a scofflaw will keep you awake, and it’s much safer to drive drunk than asleep.

It occurs to me that an individual building a car for personal use is not restricted by the same regulations as a manufacturer.

What is the procedure for restarting a troubled battery mid-flight?

40,000 miles on a 99,999 odometer?