That’s literally how all center console shifters work...you pull them back into drive, and push them back forward into park.

Not exactly true. As Eezep mentioned, acceleration force is provided by Torque, not power. You are correct, though, that the torque available is dependent on available power.

Most airlines have two separate systems for this. One is the “Gate Check”, where they literally check your bag at the gate, and it ends up at baggage claim at your final destination (which includes layover flights).

I was hoping someone would call Michael out here on his comments regarding the validity of this process. All of those initial numbers are based on expected fleet composition purchased by consumers. Then Sedan-acalype happened, and we all bought SUVs and Crossovers, and it messed up all of the numbers.

I’ll be taking this beauty cross country (2000+ miles) to get home for Christmas, which I do every year. She’s even dressed up for the occasion (it even lights up)! She started as my farm truck in high school, and she will be my daily for as long as I can (even if she has over 250k miles already).

For most eV’s, you have to “Demand” the want of an e-pedal, (or “Low” mode in the Bolt), due to regulations. The vehicles always start in “traditional mode” and you turn on one pedal driving after startup.

Packaging. In most of these eV’s, the battery takes up the entire underside of the vehicle, and some of the trunk area. There is an aerodynamic benefit to having a nose on a vehicle (versus a flat front vehicle), and there are a LOT of components to package in these vehicles. If you look under the hood of the Bolt,…

To clarify for those that do not know, AutoSteer in tractors is a completely different technology. John Deere puts out an article every couple years claiming they do autonomous driving, and I have to tell people every time that they’re wrong.

Where I’m from, rural routes do not even get these mail vehicles, but have to supply their own vehicle...

3rd Gear:

It’s not just those few minerals, but minerals like Lithium and others are an issue right now. They are called “rare earth”, not because they are actually rare (Lithium is the 3rd most abundant element on earth), but because they are hard to extract from the earth. It’s a very labor and energy intensive process to get…

“Yeah, but it’s not happening here in my backyard, so that makes me happy.”

Small town driver’s ed course. In the country. In a place where most of us were already driving on back roads for our parents. You can imagine how seriously everyone involved took it.

SD still doesn’t require it. You get your license at 14 if you pass the test. 3 months of having an adult in the passenger seat if you took drivers ed. If you didn’t, you only need 6 months with an adult. Hell, I was driving semi trucks by the time I was 15 in SD.

I got your answer! Empire magazine got a confirmation on the new ship tech from the trailer.

COTD contender right there. Simply wonderful!

If it shifts like that, it’s probably the P2 style hybrid (industry term for an electric motor between the engine and trans). Some power splits are beginning to add range gears, but they don’t make it feel like a performance car, just a slightly better hybrid. A Prius is still a Prius.

Well done article Bozi. And you are 100% correct on your facts.

It definitely doesn’t help that the car was designed for 2008 technology, built in 2011, quit building in 2012, started back up with minimal changes in 2017, but still uses the 2008 technology.

 What other decent Plug-In hybrids were available in 2008? The Chevy Volt wasn’t even delivered until the end of 2010, which…

I see what you mean, but for low-power turbines that would be used there, the air going in is about the same cleanliness as what an ICE needs.