“I’m sorry, but your Ferrari’s policy specifically excludes damage that happens on a track.”

EVs are able to accelerate as fast as they do largely because they are heavy af. If it wasn’t for their weight, they wouldn’t be able to get that sort of traction, particularly on those skinny little tires. Jalopnik has previously said that pickup trucks are too heavy for our infrastructure, but never really seems to…

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Maybe you didn’t understand...it’s a BMW. It doesn’t have turn signals. Duh.

I think the heartburn around the kidney grilles really comes from the grille size. The new grille is crazy big for what it currently provides in terms of cooling capacity. But that’s what I love about BMW and why I purchased one (and, later, stocks in the company). They take design moonshots in so many places. The…

No, because I don’t think the Tesla buyers got any cheese sandwiches. 

Not really, no. I mean, they could save a bit of money going to a smaller engine, but for electrics, that difference is tiny compared to an ICE. The total HP in an electric car is mostly based on the power available from the battery pack, and increasing range means increasing battery size, which means increasing power…

dealerships are the reason automakers have no real feel of what the customer wants.  

This is all kind of eerily similar to the rise (never very high) and fall of Kinja that was supposed to be self-moderated by the users, then developed the grey/black system and (useless) flagging system to combat trolling, and now is basically just an unmoderated wilderness only a little better than Twitter or…

One of the most interesting things about the iX, though, is BMW’s statement that the two electric motors in these models are a little unconventional since they are not impulsed by “fixed permanent magnets, but the feed-in of electric energy.”

Tesla Autopilot is getting really good. Here we see it pull itself into the nearest Charger.

They have GOT to name a corner after her....... 

Wow that link to The Drive’s video is a pretty good self own - “that’s why drivers love it.”

The defenses...I mean...speechless.

Except making square cells don’t necessarily mean better use of space. The cylindrical cells have better energy density, and turns out to be a wash when you factor in the shape. Also, in terms of weight it typically has better density, which matters more than the volume.

This seems like it would take away the only reason for Sebring to exist. It requires a dedicated telemetry set-up and different driving method, those aren’t negatives, they’re positives. Making it so teams could run the exact same set-up and driving style as the run every other race would make it like every other race.

Its accounted for, its just a calculation of consumer expectations, packaging and cost. they COULD build enough clutch to fully lock the unit, but:

From clicking on “start the discussion” to being able to type took a solid 4 minutes.

Would their “slow, sad wind down into automaker nothing” make them a Mitsubishi Zero?