Eh, I’d say a structural stainless unibody is innovative. I am not aware of another car that has done that. Considering the real challenges of working thick stainless, I’d call that a bit of innovation.

There were also some serious lessons learned about supercharging behaviour in fleet situations early on. Early European fleets were exclusively supercharging at high rates from 0 to 100% multiple times per day(especially since that energy was free at the time). Charging best practices were impressed upon commercial…

Ah, some nostalgia with this one. Got an identical one of these when I got out of college in ‘09, left it stock other than clear corners. Was an extremely dependable, comfortable, fun car. Did a ton of NY-DC roundtrips in it when I was working in DC. Loved the VQ sound. Ultimately only sold it when I got a dog and…

I mentioned this above, but I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised by my AT3W’s in snow here in VT. If you are concerned with snow performance find P-rated because they have silica in the compound that the LT’s do not which makes them better in wet/winter conditions.

I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised by my AT3W’s in snow here in VT. That said I went for the P-rated ones both for ride quality and because they have silica in the compound that the LT’s do not which makes them better in wet/winter conditions.

The difference in range is roughly in line with the increase in capacity that happened in 2021. Basically it looks like you’re getting a new build car with a previous build battery capacity. It’s curious that they would call it out as due to the age rather than the fundamentally smaller pack design, but maybe that is…

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Trying this again. Given how efficient bearings are relative to gear sets, I would venture to say that north of 50% of the drivetrain losses are due to gears, making a scalar representation of losses not inappropriate.

That said, even with bearings, if they’re connected…

Eh, I’m sure the power losses aren’t a flat 15%, but mechanical friction in gears absolutely has torque as a variable. Increase the torque, increase the mechanical losses.

Super interesting data. The most impressive bit of data on here BY FAR is the charging speed of the new Kia EV6 and Ioniq 5. ~233kW max into a 77kWh battery, 177kW average? ~20 min to 80%? That is DEEPLY impressive, and given the relatively long range of the things baseline, really makes that a compelling vehicle…

“I hope all of this makes engineers really think about it the next time they want to put every bell and whistle in a new car.”

Not sure how this works everywhere, but at least here in the northeast the assessed value and the market value are often quite different, and not coupled. I paid more than the assessed value for my home a year ago, and its current market value is more than I paid for it. The assessed value has not changed for many…

I believe there is a counterweight that gets released as well, presumably into the ground.

Honestly, if you live in a place with snow and significant grades or poorly maintained roads, then AWD/4WD AND dedicated snows is probably the answer. I have a house in VT, and a not insignificant portion of the state is barely accessible in a FWD car with snows. My inlaws’ Fit with blizzaks just barely made it up our…

Agreed. I’ve got a house in rural Vermont, think mountains, long steep driveways, not plowed often. I have dedicated snows on my outback and triple peak all terrains on my 100 series. On the really cold days where things ice up, the 100 will get up the driveway, but the outback will do it with zero drama. The in-laws’…

I have to say, I’ve only had one vehicle stolen in NYC and had a pretty decent experience with it.

Straight cut gears seem to be at least a partial solution to EVs not sounding exciting.

This, over and over. I’d be curious to see what their layup process looks like, but my suspicion is that it is a lot more automated than the hand cutting and application of patterns that I saw on the Koenigsegg CF wheel video a few years back. Not to take anything away from Koenigsegg, as they are truly amazing and…

I had a not so great experience with them. About a year I was looking for a Subaru. I found a good deal on an Impreza sport, and decided give it a shot. There were some minor hiccups with delivering the car to NY but registering it to NJ, but I chalked that up to an uncommon request on my end.

Maybe I’m biased, but I’ve felt that ever since the styling of the LX started departing in a real way from its contemporary LC with the refreshed 200 series, they have been hideous. I also just love the look of my 100 LX

Yeah, given how polluting these little engines are I’m not surprised or necessarily against this. I tried to go electric for as much as I could for lawn care stuff when we got our house on 3 acres, love the idea of minimal maintenance and lower noise in addition to the emissions factor. Electric backpack leaf blower…