I didn’t yet read the article, but Tesla are in my view the simplest cars around. Electric vehicles generally, are much simpler than ICEs. The whole thing about cells is just plain wrong… all batteries bigger than 20Wh (a big smartphone) are made up of multiple cells. And the batteries are very well protected from external crashes. Thermal runaway is still something that’s being improved on them, but mainly to increase energy density and reduce the other necessary failsafes.

(Just some napkin math: 1 lithium ion cell has around 4V of voltage, most vehicles have a 400V or 800V architecture, so you need at least 100 cells in series to reach that.)

Edit: checked the article: a good summary of the many shady crashes Tesla is covering up, but it looks like assistive driving features and criminal handle design are the main culprits. Generally EV batteries - Tesla’s included - are really safe. But when they do burn, it’s challenging to stop it. It’s such a huge pity that the huge potential of Tesla is being run to the ground this way…

For the same reason fast cars are red I would say

Looks really nice for an SUV, but I won’t ever understand sporty-SUV-coupes. It makes of two things that make sense on their own, one that doesn’t (sportiness of a low coupe VS practicality of a boxy SUV).

Yes for the R1 that’s true.

Lots of Rivian Amazon delivery vans in Munich, Germany

Ok this pretty much sets it

This is a good point, Wurkkos is an established seller but nothing is granted

Yeah the two folding arms don’t look too good. A dedicated work light as you describe seems a better choice. This “multilight” tries to do too much with very few benefits.

Kia EV4 Hatchback announced with 590km WLTP range in Long Range trim.

I really hope the Midsize platform hits the sweet spot by bringing the price down enough! This company has the nicest approach to car making in the industry, in my opinion, and they deserve to succeed - a pity they need Saudi money to stay afloat, but it is what it is.

People remain people. Look at the bright moments and exchanges and don’t get carried away by bad experiences. A thick skin is always good in any public and shared setting.

That’s true, but with a good quality U-lock you get a significant weight reduction in comparison to a chain, plus it’s usually easy to attach and detach them to the bike. Less easy to secure the bike to whatever structure, though.

As a rule of thumb, attaching it high up away from the ground makes it more difficult to cut it, without the leverage from the ground.

Weird. They must be confident that the infrastructure will provide enough 800V stations in the near future. Weirder still that in other markets it carries a converter…

Oh I’m really sorry, didn’t realise at all. I copied the link from the webpage I opened through the andurilify mail service.

I try to remove the parameter.

Edit: done, should be working with no affiliate appendices. I will double check from now on!

Are you looking for an echo chamber that fits your views or what do you mean with “tolerate”? If you keep it civil and back up your arguments, I see a lot of potential for serious discussions on a lot of instances.

Yeah, navigating Hanks website is a challenge! Nice choice, I have the Q8 Pro and the Plus looks like a nice upgrade compared to that. Also saw the banner, unfortunate… try JLhawaii for future Hank purchases, maybe he has good stock on some lights?

M44 Meteor? It’s something like a successor to the D18, with better optics and driver. Also available as dual channel.

The platform is the same as the Solterra and Toyota bZ4x, native electric cars. This Trailseeker doesn’t probably share anything with the actual Outback. I agree on the looks!

Very good point, feeling dumb not having thought about that…

The back camera is integrated, so you’re very correct

Edit: this means nothing, as pointed out below…