One thing I haven’t seen mentioned - how would they keep the nozzles clear of ice during use? Or is the usage time so short it doesn’t matter? I can’t say I’ve ever dealt with 6000 psi air out of nozzle, but I imagine those suckers will get ridiculously cold in a very short time expanding that much air.

Eh, 30 kg (66 lbs) of air being evacuated isn’t going to affect a car weighing 1600 kg (or more) very much. Most of the weight of the system will be the tanks, thrusters, and associated hardware. Those don’t change when the system gets used.

I suspect BMW is being conservative with that estimate as they are with their gas cars. If it follows the same convention it’s actual 0-60 will probably be in the low 5s if not better. For example, BMW quotes 4.4s for the current 340i, but C&D got 3.8s.

This hits home as someone who just did an east coast road trip. EZ pass will work for every state on the east coast (or will soon once GA and FL are fully on board) EXCEPT for SC. They use “palmetto pass” which as far as I know is only accepted there.

Thing is those are not small differences. Having radar is an entirely different technology to cameras that can act as a backup. Cameras can get blocked by snow/rain/bugs/etc. and are subject to glare. Radar is immune to most of those things. It’s also notoriously difficult to get accurate depth measurements using just…

Side note - when did Jalopnik get rid of the “filed to:” tags? I actually found that useful sometimes, like when looking for other articles about this truck.

Interesting, we’re still using a rear facing seat for now so I don’t know much about forward facing ones yet. I figured you used the lower LATCH anchors as long as possible.

Yikes, I don’t see how you’d ever be able to use that top anchor then. Now I’m wondering if that’s unique to the Tacoma or is that just inherent in a pickup? I’m not sure where you could mount it for easy access, but I can’t say I’ve ever checked on trucks I’ve been in.

Earlier on in the article it says 2 year old, so not quite an infant. That car seat still should have been attached with the LATCH system though. I’m curious as well as to what failed.

True, I was never under the impression it was a real self-driving system, but until I actually tried it myself I didn’t realize how major those limitations are (it doesn’t know to slow down ahead of a curve, for example). Most people will probably learn the way I did. But based on videos and testimonials this very…

Exactly, there’s a real incentive to just oversell the capabilities and just do a CYA disclaimer, which will just confuse people to potentially deadly consequences. It would take a third party to truly determine what the capabilities are. I’m thinking it would be similar to crash testing - either the NHTSA or a…

Jason, you touched on something that I think should be expanded upon - the idea of standards for these systems. As more and more automakers come out with these Level 2 systems it’s going to get more confusing as to the capabilities of each. Should there be something like a standardized declaration that comes with each…

I posted numbers from a gov’t study in 2018, but the latest numbers are here. It’s actually gone up a bit since then -

I specifically said I was using CT as an example - which in my original post is listed as 20.8 c/kwh. If you live somewhere where it’s 8 cents, good for you. The whole point of the post was that there are states where electricity is much more expensive.

Uh, ok if you want to get semantic. I’d still consider a gas hybrid car an ICE vehicle, just an electrified one. And I’m pretty sure these governors are calling for a ban of all ICE cars, hybrid or not.

Ok, and those are all cars that are in the same general size class as a Bolt, with some of them being even bigger. If I was looking at a Bolt those are all cars I’d be cross shopping against.

Sorry, totally should have realized that. I’m sure our crack politicians will fix this in no time

No, that’s a common fallacy. For example, in CT it costs the same to run a Chevy bolt (6 cents/mi) as a 50 mpg car assuming gas is $3/gal. Running an EV is cheaper than your average car, but from a cost perspective most people in these states would be better off with a good hybrid. The math makes even less sense for…

I don’t see how increased demand would lead to lower supply costs, unless electricity pricing follows the opposite of the supply/demand curve. Lower costs for the cars themselves, sure, as volumes go up unit pricing goes down on mass produced goods. But for the electricity itself? You’re not mass producing power…

Do these governors actually think this through? It seems comical that of the top 10 states with the highest electricity cost, most of them are on this letter. And they’re worried an increased gas tax will be too regressive?