Like Frank Costanza, he stops short!

Seeing the pissing match between Bezos and Branson makes me think Elon Musk is the sane person in all this.

ME AND MY HOMEYS ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE KARMAN LINE AS THE BEGINNING OF THE FINAL FRONTIER

Why the hate? Someone’s gotta fork over the big bucks if our governments won’t. Let the Bazillionare Space Race commence, and godspeed, I say. We’ll get some actual technological advancements that will further mankind’s journey into the cosmos, while also having a chance to witness some one-percenter explode on…

I think you nailed it.  This is why YouTube idiocy only has so much value...

I was expecting this

It’s interesting because what we see here in Norway is that less than 10 yo Leaf and iMiev are getting discarded of because of minor issues with the battery system. You got charger and plug issues, which are easy to fix, but extremely costly at a shop (60-90% of vehicle value), and battery issues, which also turn into…

but where’s the fun in that?

Because most automotive electronics are designed for 12V. Also if something happens to the battery pack its good to have a different 12v system for lights, door locks, ect. 

Memo to Otto Torchinsky

Ok, I’ll ask. Be gentle with your responses, noting that I am not an engineer.

I am, by law, required to post this gif :

As someone who does heavy commercial aircraft maintenance for a living, I have no idea how this thing made it out of the hangar with the flight controls in this condition. Not only do we do hundreds of ops checks before the plane leaves, but the pilots typically exercise all flight controls and brakes before they take…

“Oh, you want the zeroes in the speedometer? That’s extra!”

Unsafe at any speed.

Finally bringing the Citroën Picasso to America I see.

This looks like something someone would use to abandon young Haley Joel Osment in a forest.

Hem-E

They’re the One United Color of Benetton.

T-shirts neatly tucked into supermarket khakis might be the least intimidating uniform they could’ve gone with. Makes me think more Circuit City employee than dangerous extremist.