This one is so easy to solve.

Capitalism as practiced back in the early to late twentieth century was one that practiced a modicum of social welfare and basic compassion. But we really have the social reforms of FDR in the 1930s to thank for that. Up until then, remember the Robber Barons and their families ran most of Wall Street and big money…

Two asswipes enter the arena, none come out alive....

Well, technically, one could easily argue circumcision is genital mutilation, as the party being circumcised is not an adult, and not giving permission. Religion gives it a pass, really, it was not a religious ceremony that became mainstream for ‘health’ reasons, it would be called such.

I don’t want more range! I want a smaller, lighter, more efficient EV. Or at least some compromise.

1st Gear: All These EVs And Nowhere To Charge Them

True, we probably will all be dead rather than all be successful.

Not saying you are wrong, but....

I get it, I sort of agree. But then, I kind of hope that something on the order of Star Trek occurs. Yeah, wishful thinking, but I would love to see a world where people are free to pursue whatever their interests are, and that they do what they can to all allow the entire population to prosper without some system of…

No, we probably should not. But we have this silly idea that capitalism is this panacea that is the absolute arbiter of what is best. Capitalism, as we are seeing, has to have constraints lest it become an end all, be all that worships only at the altar of greed. We forget that without a specific set of constraints to…

Well, we do have battery production here, via Panasonic. They mostly supply Tesla, but I would suppose that if any other companies really wanted their product, they would gladly sell to them. Instead, we seem to find our OEMs using batteries sourced from Korea, even with the trade secrets war going on there with SK…

Or how about:

3rd Gear: I Can’t Believe Chrysler And Vauxhall/Opel Are Under The Same Umbrella

My take, FWIW, is that Haas knows F1 safety is ahead of Indycars. So the next crash in an Indycar will likely not have a similar ending as the F1 crash did.

Maybe the ‘turn signal reading’ is a $10K option, which can be remotely bricked when the car is put up for resale? /S

3rd Gear: We’re Once Again Hearing About How EVs Will Cost Jobs

The truck, like any chance of success for Lordstown Motors, went up in flames....

The Rivian mule was using a Ford F-150 for it’s base. They are mules, so they usually are intended to ‘blend in’ unnoticed, not to show the final design while they are used for testing. I suppose it could have been any pickup, any year, but that one was readily available to them....

Actually, with a coachbuilt, a lot of the car was assembled in house. The coachwork, the body, was the item usually outsourced, and even then, the coachwork companies often had several set designs for the individual chassis from each manufacturer, along with bespoke ones if requested (for an even higher price). The…

A lot of the issues about lighting may also be attributed to the fact that these will be used primarily in daylight. Yes, they will be used in rain, sleet, snow, hail and darkness of night, but not often in the dark, and usually at low speeds. And that goes for headlights, markers, reverse lamps, which will likely be…