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Well, if you want an open market for new cars you have to accept it both ways.

Yeah, that feature seems to be universally disliked. Considering that the remainder of the design is rather conservative you'd have to wonder what Rivian were thinking? Just about anything else would look better.

After using pressure bleeding for years I finally tried drawing fluid out of the bleeder with a small vacuum pump with a bottle to separate the fluid. Worked a charm and less messy. Even if you find someone reliable enough to help you do this job manually you still have to get rid of them...

On the Hyundai products it's an electronic device with an amp and speaker that responds to speed and vehicle direction off the CAN network. It's not actually a recorded sound but synthesized chords. The person in the video also made his own, here.

Ones made in Germany?

They need a fee for the subsidised health care to keep people from abusing the privilege. It's about $45 per 15 min visit now but what happens is that some people use the free hospital ER to avoid that. Yeah, medicines are well-subsidised, typically $2 or $5 for a month's supply. The climate...

Well, all my family are here or Oz but a big advantage here for me was that basic health care is provided (as you're aware) and not tied to employment. But now that I'm retired I'd get medicare anyway if I was in the US so it's irrelevant now and so my options have reopened. Electricity costs me...

Yes, that was when I moved here from San Diego where my Xterra cost merely $30 to fill.

NZ$12.20 a US gallon here today. And those dollars are just as hard to earn as they are in the US. I think my Vega cost $10 to fill in California back in 1974 and that would last me a week.

I carried out some simple bench tests on several extension cord molded plugs and wall sockets with the AU/NZ plug type because I noticed one ran warmer than the others, despite that they all appeared identical. I found the pin and socket contact resistance on new parts to be inconsequential...

Generally EV chargers supplied in countries outside of NA that can draw maximum allowable line current have a temp sensor embedded in the AC plug that can trip the unit. Mine is user settable to 6 or 8 amps only (no sensor fitted) while our circuit rating is 10 amps, all at 230 VAC. I can buy a...

If I recall Toyota was one of the very few electronic gas pedal cars that didn't already have that feature. In the end I expect insurance companies are concerned about aggregated risk and there are still very few EV fires in the bigger picture. By most accounts I've read, the defects in the...

Just because Tesla is isn't quite up to to scratch in certain areas of production quality doesn't mean you can make that broad generalisation. I believe the cells themselves are made to a very high quality standard and it's just a matter of time before Tesla's other outstanding issues are ironed...

Yeah, I would love to convert the latest Jimny. I'd buy a new one and sell the ICE parts, substitute a Leaf motor directly driving the transfer case which even on a 2022 model still remains a standalone unit. I'd have to modify the transfer to stay in low range in 2WD as the gearing would be...

I met someone at my local bar who had bought the top-end Turbo model and had so many problems with it that the dealer bought it back and sold him the 4S version. Just for reference these models here cost in local dollars $204k, $290k and $367k. And I'll mention that each dollar is just as hard...

My dad was an astrophysicist from Cornell and I only saw him use CC once (at 70) and I could see it scared him. I almost never use it myself as I want to maintain focus on the job of driving.

Bjorn Nyland said in a video about a year+ ago that he thought that the high-frequency modulation (PWM, used to regulated current) in LED headlights or DRLs from approaching trucks could cause the Model 3 to suddenly brake. But the battery is not "glued to the car" like a smartphone battery is...

I agree with all those comments about Tesla but I still think they still have a great future because the things they are not good at are easier to get right than the things they are good at. I'm no fan of FSD but what they do with their R&D budget is no business of mine, but I would not pay...

If you buy the BMW you can have motor brushes as well.

Munro has a new video where the CEO of Rivian shows Sandy the features of the truck. Lots of impressive attention to detail, worth a watch.