Auto industry insiders were stunned when Caresoft, a highly regarded engineering consulting firm, tore down BYD's mass-market EV, the Seagull.

Priced around $11,000, the engineers found the Seagull to be well-designed, user friendly, rich with options, and of surprisingly high quality and reliability.

The US automakers reacted swiftly, and produced reports insisting that BYD's entrance into US car markets would be met with strong enthusiasm from buyers, and legacy carmakers would be unable to survive.

Because of the Seagull's low price point, US tariffs of 25% would be irrelevant: BYD could still make high profits even after the tariffs were paid. Or, BYD could simply place final assembly plants in Mexico and avoid them altogether. Aware of this, the Biden Administration in May jacked the tariffs up to 100%, and announced that Chinese car plants even in tariff treaty countries would be cut off from US markets.

No Need To Book a Hotel This Summer. The Cybertruck Camper Has Your Back - autoevolution

https://electrek.co/2024/07/01/tesla-patents-auto-sanitization-system-robotaxi-cars/

Look I'm as much "fuck cars" as the next guy but riding a motorcycle on a highway is unironically suicidal. I personally know a guy who got in a bad crash on one but miraculously survived; he had a year long recovery period but will have various pain and dysfunction in his body for the rest of his life. I also know some people who did pathology rotations (state medical examiner office, autopsy basically) and the big three categories of bodies coming in were drug overdoses, suicides, and motorcycle crashes.

One of the facebook comments links to a seventh person who died a few days before these on June 18th: https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/motorcyclist-killed-sr-530-crash.amp

The one where someone describes capitalism and the commodification of art without saying those terms

Cars go up mountain

The title of the article is an SEO lie.

Party in the back: the brief rebirth and second death of the rumbleseat in the Sixties - Hemmings

AMC toyed with the idea with its Eric Kugler-designed 1966 AMX fiberglass show car. That then led to at least three other AMX show/concept/prototypes that incorporated the so-called Rambleseat: the 1966 steel-bodied Vignale AMX, the 1966 Smith Inland-built fiberglass prototypes, and the 1968 Jeffords AMX-R. However serious AMC's intention to produce an AMX with a Rambleseat, reality intervened in the form of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, signed into law in September 1966, which paved the way for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and which may not have specifically forbade rumbleseats but certainly would not have treated them kindly.

Aftermarket rumbleseat kits for Cadillacs and other cars popped up here and there in the Seventies, but no automaker would touch the idea with a 100-foot pole after the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. So while nostalgia can indeed serve as a powerful motivator, the threat of a lawsuit seems to prove more powerful and so some trends never resurface, no matter what the time interval.

Russian knock-off Rolls Royce looks kinda nice actually

The contrast! : CyberStuck

BTW if you're ever in Colorado Springs, CO check out the Rambler Ranch, they have a whole building full of Kelvinator fridges and stoves https://www.ramblerranch.com/

I can't be the only one noticing this. At first I thought it was just new cars doing it (faulty automatic lights maybe?) but I see a lot of older cars without auto lights doing it too.

What is this, a new trend? Seems stupid.

EDIT: Turns out that's the safer way to drive and I am the stupid one haha.

In this short video BYD showcases their electric suspension tech allowing a car to 'jump' as well as drive easily while missing one wheel.

More info on this electric super car here: https://electrek.co/2024/02/26/byd-launches-233k-yangwang-u9-ev-supercar-ferrari/

Article about the luxury electric SUV that's everything the cybertruck wishes it could be: https://www.wired.com/story/this-chinese-luxury-hybrid-suv-combines-a-tank-a-bentley-and-a-boat/

This Chinese Luxury Hybrid SUV Combines a Tank, a Bentley, and a Boat: Meet the tank-turning, 4-ton Yangwang U8 from BYD. It’s the world’s most powerful SUV—and yes, it floats on water.

video "Yangwang | Emergency Floating and Escape Test" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EAFZcp3LkM

probably of interest to billionaires that don't want to drown in a Tesla?

Still love me truck!

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This is why I stopped going to the Parade: it's a float for some scammy personal injury law firm.

This is kinda making me want to buy a used Chevy Volt (more on that in an upcoming episode)

The states are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

An interesting idea, badly executed. Like the Wish.com version of a Chevy Volt.

So I drive a front wheel drive sedan and my rear breaks are at 2mm now. Is this incredibly dangerous to be driving with. I don't drive very far or very fast so I'm not terrified about high speed breaking but nonetheless, is this dangerous?

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