Ive only ever broken 1 gear in 20 plus years of driving, it was fifth.

You could build a sequential with helical gears and synchros, It’s basically an ordinary manual transmission with a cam barrel moving the shift forks.

Sequentials (which every motorcycle has) do just fine at low speeds.

Sequentials are amazing. More cars should have them.

Why not apply the credit to cars bellow a certain price tag (say 30k-50k). I agree that we shouldn’t be subsidizing luxury cars.

Eh, not so much. People run into 2 problems learning, stalling and dumping the clutch with too much gas, which could lead to a disaster.

While I agree that the record bike will likely look very different, it's worth remembering that supersports are limited to 187mph by a sort of gentlemen's agreement. They've stuck to that limit for sometime, despite power gains. I imagine it's possible for a supersports to go faster with existing aero and power levels.

Not really. If inefficient manufacturers pay ev manufacturers, ev manufacturers become more competitive, can sell their cars cheaper, and so sell more efficient cars.

“So, why would the pull strap or button or whatnot for the ejector seat just launch one seat and not the other?”

My work connects me to the stamping industry. Whether to you get a complex part out of a tool, or a mangled torn piece of metal depends, to a very large degree, on the lubricant being used. There is a lot of science that goes into making good lubricants, with many companies competing to make the best lubricating,…

Batteries have a much tighter band of temperatures they operate in, so there is an inherent complexity requirement. You can’t just stick a radiator and a fan. This is alleviated, to a degree, in that there is much less heat that you have to get rid of in comparison to a gasoline engine, but you do have to both heat…

It will accomplish exactly what it is intended to, It will give legal cover to gm’s ass.

Well this can patrol, move quickly over relatively long distances, and thus engage a potential drone when its relatively far away from its target. A human shooter has to stand close to the high value target and wait for the drone to approach. It’s probably best to have both.

If I understand the title correctly, this is designed as an anti drone counter weapon. Recent drone assassination attempt in (Venezuela? maybe?) shows that explosives laden drones are a real danger to high profile targets, especially since they are relatively inexpensive, and to the best of my limited knowledge very…

Look at the distribution chart at the very bottom. The middle looks like you’d expect, pretty random. The edges on the other hand are anything but even. Something strange is happening in Nevada, Oregon, Michigan in Minnesota, and to a lesser extent a few other states. Having a whole lot of states where nothing weird…

Not all pickup buyers are on the right side of the culture war, but its safe to say that more than half are.

Maybe, but only if all the manufacturers are in on it. If one manufacturer tries the “electric but we don’t tell you” thing, the others will be quick to out them.

Good plan. Also would introduce the drivers of fleet vehicles to the benefits of an electric pickup, assuming the benefits are there.

If they can avoid being seen as a liberal/hippy/girly man/snowflake vehicle, sure. I’m not saying that an electric pickup wont be functional, I’m saying identity matters in purchase.

“It’s honestly been a little baffling to me why fully-electric trucks are not more of a thing,”