I think you missed the zen part....The whole thing with an empty space is that it holds infinite possibilities, including staying empty. A space does not have to be filled to be useful.

Consider that empty space is infinitely more adaptable to any situation than one predisposed due to design.

Happy for Lancia, good for them. I just don’t know how to read if it will have a positive effect on Chrysler, or Dodge. Because if Lancia survives because the demand in its home market kept it selling, then indeed, against all odds, Dodge and Chrysler may live.

getting your street-parked truck charged is the concern of second and third owners, which automakers don’t care about

Wow, 2 totally different but great news stories!

You are correct, they both were both good and, eventually, bad for the company. The point that the company survived, despite the harm they did, may be more a reflection of the board intervening than not.

I agree with you in theory, but not in practical terms.

Well, the issue with those over 65 automatically going to the front of the line is that they should not have been in line before any front line worker. We should have prioritized anyone who worked at a grocery store, teachers, garbage collectors, medical workers, along with the staff of nursing homes over patients, as…

Exactly. We eat a lot of beef. Their organic wrappers, once the bovine host has been dispatched, is the source for a lot of leather. Same with most commercial leathers, they are a byproduct of the meat industry’s use of the animals as food. If we eat them, we may as well wear them rather than waste that resource. And…

2nd Gear: Tesla CEO Elon Musk Has Difficulty With Regulation

Nah, it still competes against it’s arch-nemesis, Lincoln.

Wouldn’t that make the state motto:

Well, he DID shill for Viagra, and the FCC rules say you have to take the product to endorse it...

Well, old ICE cars are a lot less reliable than an EV will likely be as they age. With fewer moving parts, no transmission, and all those accompanying parts that tend to fail, they will be a lot less to maintain. Repairs may be hard, but then, who knows how the mechanics will adapt. And batteries do not degrade so…

Maybe that brave new world will mean that private car ownership will not be in the cards for those on the lower end of the economic scale. And that is not out of the question, really, if one thinks about the possibilities. With the rise of ride sharing - as much as I don’t like the model - the cost by paying per ride…

2nd Gear: Auto Industry Group Still Trying To Sneak In Fuel Economy Cuts

Perhaps it is just my view that if you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem. I believe “we” have to do our part, and I do agree with you, but we differ in how I consider my doing my part versus everyone doing their part is the sticking point. I know that the deck was and is stacked against us,…

Let’s not forget that the woman shot and killed by police inside the Capitol was an Air Force veteran.

The funny thing about design is that if it is almost universally hated, then it is a unique design. If it is loved, it is about as non-unique as it can get. Familiarity breeds acceptance, not contempt. There is never a fresh idea that gets accepted as soon as presented. The fact that it is different makes it ugly to…

The problem with that argument is that while yes, the rich do want craftmanship involved with a luxury purchase, they absolutely would not care one bit if the car had a V8 or electric motor, and probably prefer an EV anyway. As noted, luxury cars require lots of torque and as silent as possible engagement. No noise,…