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First, it's a loan (DOE ATVM program loan). Second, it's the same loan program that Tesla has used. Tesla sits currently as the 8th most valuable corporation in the world. Did such a loan inflate Tesla's failure or did such a loan help Tesla succeed?

What's more plausible: 93 billion lights years in the universe and an uncountable number of planetary systems, non-humans have not only found Earth, but also had the means to travel here and were able to share their knowledge? or Retirees on Earth have learned that with some minor...

Right. It's those pesky governments and environmentalists that want good fuel economy. All an engine has to be is reliable and customers will happily accept 15mpg as a trade-off. Get real :rolleyes:

107 That’s how many of these cars are being recalled. 100,000+ built and sold, but a recall of 107 units is “another awakening”? Get real.

That's kind of the point, isn't it? Supporting the idea that Toyota makes the best, most reliable cars with a video of Scotty Kilmer yelling is very different than sharing research provided by consumer intelligence companies and actual automotive journalists. If you form your world view on...

I'd love to attempt to discredit the story but it requires me to share my email to view the story (at least it does for me when following the link). That's always a hallmark of a trusted website. Also, Tom Kip is a sycophant and is the CEO of a large corporate farm group (largest in Indiana)...

Epoch Times is to news what Scotty Kilmer is to automotive repair.

The Mist is a middling film with one of the most horrific plot twist endings I can remember.

PF26 is a filter for a Duramax diesel.

Valve bodies are certainly different. From Sonnax: https://www.sonnax.com/tech_resources/1206-ford-10r60-80-90-140-gm-10l60-80-90-gen-1-2-allison-10l1000-identification-guide With different valve bodies, the entire shift strategy and calibration would be unique between them.

Tesla operates at a much smaller scale than any legacy automaker. The number of Tesla's in customers hands that will eventually require service is miniscule to the number of Toyotas, Volkswagens, or Fords. There is a chasm in the level of service a manufacturer is able to offer for the 2 million...

Current laws are a patchwork. Only a small minority of states still completely bar direct-to-consumer automobile sales. I believe the official number is 10. The number of states used to be far larger but many states have adapted laws to allow automakers who only offer EVs to sell directly to...

Past and current engines manufactured there are on the wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Motor_Manufacturing_Alabama I assume that 10 million also includes all the replacement twin turbo 3.5L V6 that had to be manufactured because the first ones failed 🧐

Won't be long. Once thin, flexible LCD screens become cost effective, you'll have the A-pillar trim wrapped as an LCD screen, displaying an image from an exterior camera. It'll making a seamless composite image across the windshield, the video screen A-pillar, and the side window. No more blind...

Navigation systems have always been subscription-based. Old navigation systems that used discs and SD-cards are accurate for only a short period of time. To maintain accuracy, something that's pretty important for navigation, you need to buy a new one. Year after year, you'd need to buy a new...

137 pages of vehicles that this kit fits? That must be a pretty good kit to fit all those vehicles.

Apply that same sentiment to commercial air travel. In 1950, the question was, "Do you have any idea how much an airline flight costs per mile?" The answer is always the same: 10 years ago, it cost more than it does now. 10 years in the future, it'll cost even less. That's how technology...

Another series of leveraged buyouts working exactly as planned. Hoonigan is the new name (in 2023) for Wheel Pros, which has a dozen different aftermarket parts, wheel, and lifestyle companies in their portfolio. Wheel Pros was bought by private equity firm Clearlake Capital in 2014. In the...

Service Bulletins were not required to be publicly available until 2016. That required a literal Congressional mandate to make happen, stemming from the GM ignition switch situation. Previously, they were only in manufacturer's service information, which requires a subscription to access...