I wouldn’t expect much more from the Dollar General of cruise lines. Read more

That headline turns my headache turned into a migraine. Read more

Yeah, I was gonna say a 97% efficient panel would be much bigger news than this.
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they just passed 30% in lab conditions so if these kids made a panel that functions out in the desert that efficiently then good job to them. getting commercially available panels over 25% would be huge. some of the best are 21-22 right now. Read more

This certainly seems like a solution in search of a problem. The passsenger seat on my 2012 Frontier simply folds flat and has a flat plastic “tray” on the back to act as a desk/table in a pinch.  Read more

100% this. No matter how consistant you think you are going, you are not Read more

Am I just getting old that this seems shocking to someone? Read more

“No one wants to work anymore!” Read more

I blame my farts on the dog. Read more

These were two of the three that immediately came to mind for me. The third was the venerable Peugeot 504 (shown here in North African bush taxi mode).

Thanks for your perspective on this. Merely reading the text of this story on Jalopnik, my first impression was “this is yet another example of corruption and police brutality”. Your added context completely changed that though. Read more

I’m extremely ACAB, but if police body cam footage shows this guy had unholstered a gun, I have to wonder what he expected was going to happen. Read more

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Your scale model is fantastic!
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We came here to hate on Elon. Doing the math to prove he isn’t *entirely* terrible just ruins the vibe.  Read more

I have a lot of background in on-site power generation(10's of MW scale). A lot of what I’ve been working on for the past few years is moving away from diesel as a fuel source or finding ways to use diesel that better. Read more

I’m somewhat sympathetic to this, given how difficult it can be in the real world to get enough grid power for a large-scale EV charging station. It’s often the case that there simply isn’t a quick or even viable way to get a new service with sufficient power for a large bank of fast DC charges. The fastest v3… Read more

It won’t because no insurance company will insure you. Read more

Toyota is F’ing awful for this. They do not accept orders at all. The only thing people can do is put in a request at the dealership of their choice and hope. Source: Me, waiting on my Sienna, month 19. If there was ANY viable alternative to the hybrid Toyota van... Read more