Only if you consider the movies based on release date. Rogue One was awesome.

I don’t really care about speedier travel time for drivers. I care about speedier travel time for buses. That to me is the main desired effect. If we could get buses that moved faster than a walking pace, it would dramatically improve NYC public transportation. 

They feel entitled to the congestion money precisely because they benefit from New York. First, this is about appeasing the voters of NJ who commute to NYC, the majority of whom oppose congestion pricing. Second, it’s about revenue; NJ shares in the tolls collected by the bridges and tunnels that connect NJ to NYC.…

“Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee”

Rats did $3000 in damage to the wiring in my Acura a couple of years ago. Luckily it was covered by insurance but at this point I’d definitely give this spicy tape a try to prevent that from happening again.

Of course Jalops are going to cry about the CVT, but I think a manual was not only unrealistic, both because of the market and because of the tech, but also that it actually may be a good thing when it comes to performance. Hear me out;

This whole DOGE and pony show

I get why you’re excited but this is just a press release. You can’t claim 350 mile range and “strong offroad capabilities”’ while also writing “We don’t have many powertrain details yet, but the electric Scouts will have an electric motor at each axle and an 800-volt battery pack of unknown size.”

Triple negative technically. But you’re right - the result is the sentence means that author thinks the car is ugly.

I don’t know about “curmudgeon boomer executive” but I do think “boomer clinging to youth” is probably the vibe this exudes now. I don’t think it’s going to be a hit with most families. It’s probably got a small niche appeal with aging surfers and grandparents who want to haul the grandkids to Disney once year.

It must be tough to go through life so bitter and narrow-minded. I hope you get some help for that.

You’re so angry today. Who pee’d in your coffee?

What would be “transformative” is creating a remote labor force for physical work. That would be as transformative as the call center industry was in the 1980's and 90's. Not always in a good way, but transformative.

The irony is that a good remote system would be really useful and almost as transformative as real autonomous robots. And with StarLink, Musk has all the pieces there.

I agree 100%. I actually think the “robovan” is probably the vehicle that makes the most sense. A robotaxi doesn’t really solve any problems. Musk opened the event with all this talk about traffic and getting around in LA but automated taxis don’t fix that - they only contribute to the problem of high density traffic.…

Nobody really needs a 650 horsepower SUV, much less a 650 horsepower minivan. 

Exactly - the people who think that electric cars aren’t good for the environment don’t care about the environment anyway.

It’s not about them being “trucks,” it’s about them being electric vehicles.

“the first (and currently only) production engine that revs to 10,000 rpm”