In Canada, our passenger rail service’s cheapest seats are HUGE compared to airline seats. They’re wide, there’s tons of legroom, it’s like 1st-class domestic flying.

Syscrush was saying “if the cars were smaller, you wouldn’t need permission to pass”.

In context, Perez’s tires were shot and there was no way he was going to get back past Max unless Max slowed down 1 second to let him by.

If Tesla actually gets into trouble there’ll be another automaker that’ll buy the pieces, they won’t just evaporate. They’ve got plenty of assets, technology, and fawning customers that any other automaker would appreciate to help them jump into the BEV age.

It’s a social network with a relatively low # of active users, but that journalists make ultra-influential by reporting on every tweet, like, or retweet that a couple individuals make.

Sure, you could hop in one of these sardine cans and get to your destination faster slightly faster (after arriving 3h early for your international flight), or you or your employer could spring for business-class and in-flight wifi and you just have a workday in a decent seat on a regular plane.

Since money’s fungible, all the teams that go over are always going to pick the most inconsequential line item and say it was due to that.

Tesla: We still don’t have a demand problem, we’re just cutting prices so that people demand our cars more. No demand problem. We just can’t sell all the cars we make unless we make them cheaper. Phenomenon entirely confined to China. Nothing to see here.

It’d be neat if the FIA could manage to run a championship normally. Masi botched it in 2021 by not following their own rules, and this one they kinda messed up here by not making it clear what their interpretation of the rules were.

It seems like the Pirelli full-wets and inters just put up too much spray. When they red-flag it, I usually don’t disagree because it looks terrifying. Even with everyone on inters it looked unraceable.

This is true, but the competition is only a little faster, so if Eviation takes away the short 1hr hops where the slow speed doesn’t matter as much, then the gas-powered competition ends up limited to ranges where their slow speed is more painful to the passengers.  I don’t mind 250kts if you’re going 1hr, but it is…

I’ve seen one.  It sounds like a standard turboprop.  Buzzzzzzz.  It’d be interesting to have one where they have a similar-size turboprop take off, and then their plane, because I assume it’s at least a little quieter.

Just ask NASA how easy cryogenic H2 is to handle. Even the Space Shuttle after 135 flights still had leaks and scrubs due to finicky H2, and SLS is 6-7 wet dress rehearsals in. The rocket industry, where weight and performance are extremely important and H2 has it in spades, is moving away from H2.

That third gear sure sounds like a law working exactly as intended.  Who knew industrial policy could actually work?  Other than the Chinese, Germans, and other huge exporters.

I really like green-white-checker, but since there’s no hot-pits refueling, F1 couldn’t do it. The cars are running on fumes once they hit race distance, so extending the distance isn’t an option.  Or else you end with a race where 20 cars sputter to a halt well short of the extended distance.

Red flags are meant as a last resort measure to ensure the safety of competitors and spectators, not to create entertainment.

It’s officially supported by Ford, so I’m guessing warranty support will be fine. Also, it’s for leased vehicles that Ford then has to deal with at the end of the lease.

Nothing about the J85 (or rather, its civilian variant) would stop them from departing a commercial airfield. After all, they’re on [notably subsonic] bizjets already. I’m sure their one-off scale demonstrator will eventually hit the skies and fly. Three+ years late.

Cost-Plus Incentives: If I guaranteed to pay you $1.10 for every dollar you spent on your car, I bet you’d spend a whole lotta money.

They’re vaporware until the big jet flies and passes regulatory scrutiny.