Its an emergency device. Presumably, if you use it while in motion, you must have a good reason.

Ive been out of the motorcycle world for about 8 years, but at least back then they were universal. I daily rode nine thru college, and don't remember ever hitting the switch on accident, nor hearing of anyone else that has.

Some time ago, I was at a large dealership looking for a certain vehicle. I really wanted a manual, which they didn’t have, but they did have several used automatics. They acted that a manual was a complete non-starter, they don’t have one, they will never get one, they can’t look elsewhere for one, we shouldn’t even…

Every motorcycle made in the modern era has a big red engine kill switch on the handlebar. It’s utterly unambiguous in it’s nature, easy to operate, and guaranteed to work every time.

One of the technologies we’re going to need to develop in order for these systems to be reliable enough for Mass adoption (including working in a 10 to 15 year old vehicle) is being able to recalibrate out on the world when the system detects a miss calibration.

Even then he should have left a really nice note explaining the situation and his phone number.

“once you get used to it, it feels extremely intuitive”

Not a huge fan of that cars looks, but the hood thing is clever. If people aren't going to service their own vehicles, why give them a big hood? Getting rid of the hinges saves weight, and taking the hood completely off improves access. I'm guessing we'll see more of that. Hopefully, on more attractive vehicles.

“You’re just going to flat out fabricate a narrative where it only maybe wasn’t a design or quality issue?”

“All that being said, it’s noteworthy that at least one of the specific claims—about the Model 3 not being subjected to robust water testing—aligns with a very specific report of a Model 3 bumper falling off in the rain less than half an hour after driving off the lot, something that absolutely should not…

The biggest problem would be if they managed to sell it, and then had an additional half mil to do whatever they were already doing.

I can’t see the punting a computer error to an operator plan in real time working out. It would take too long for the operator to understand what’s going on. But the idea could work in other circumstances.

I think a 2 cylinder engine would have been far better, but making 4 small bores with the weird crank allowed them to get around the tax per bore.

Its inevitable, since they dont share and axis nor do their axis intersect the crank axis.

As a rule, you don't get better decisions by rushing them.

With the stakes as high as they are in f1, there are going to be disagreements about exactly how the rules apply to each situation. That’s unavoidable. Unfortunately, the way to settle disagreements about how rules apply, is something very close to lawyering. It’s boring, and it takes time, but it’s probably the most…

Measured in units of cats just to be extra confusing.

Modern racing has way too much of the optimizing for a solution. I get why, its because it works. But there are a whole lot of tiny little improvements that slowly chip away at a barrier set by the rules.

Should be sponsored by EOS or some other company that makes metal 3d printers. Cause the teams are going to need them.

They will just tack the consent to the fine print of normal, everyday things (definitely for taking out a loan, but also for visiting a website or making a store purchase). Then someone will start buying and selling consent agreements, so that once you unwittingly consented to one thing, you essentially consented to…