So we if we take these as true:
1) The Taycan actually scored 280 miles in the 2-cycle test, then was downgraded to 200ish miles.
2) That Porsche was allowed to choose which test it was going to use.
3) That Porsche’s engineers are even mildly competent, and had pre-tested the car to find out whether it would score…

Patent it (~$40k), then wait until they use your idea anyway. Then, since they almost certainly won’t license it until a court tells them to, go after them in court ($500k-$1M). Once you’re victorious, you’ll be rolling in the $0.50/car royalties. In a couple decades maybe you’ll be able to pay off your lawyers.

Detecting a certain pattern of blinking lights is going to be one of the easiest things for a computer to do. And it’s not like the code would be “detect blinking lights -> slam on brakes”, it’d be “detect blinking lights -> slow down gradually so as to not cause another accident”.

There’s a really good article on Ars Technica about why cars keep hitting stopped objects: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/06/why-emergency-braking-systems-sometimes-hit-parked-cars-and-lane-dividers/

Summary:
1) Radar CAN detect stopped objects at highway speeds, but is extremely low-res, so you can’t trust a signal…

A driver that has to use all their capabilities to drive the car would’ve stopped in this scenario, as I’m sure hundreds managed to during the time the trooper was stopped.

A private company owns the spot - if you hate what they’re doing, don’t shop there. They’ve apparently made the decision that it at the very least doesn’t harm them. Pregnant moms probably spend a lot of dollars on diapers, groceries, and baby stuff.

Seconding that that felt like 5 minutes. Wow!

It’s a pickup truck. Features that 0.01% of their purchasers will use are the whole point. Most of them are going to be driven to work and back with one occupant, and one weekend a year might tow a light trailer.

It feels weird to say this, but you’d think they’d be able to replace the sad little 3-cylinder range extender with a big pile of batteries and get a reasonable (not excellent) range and a better 0-60*. It’s not like anyone would be buying this as their primary road-trip car anyway.