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So I just saw this new vehicle (yeah, not a real vehicle). If this thing actually gets produced I'll be surprised. But one thing I noticed on the site was this: =================================== Structural Pressure Vessels One of the first challenges we faced in designing the Apricale™...

When Do We Start Seeing Some Weird EV Designs? Hey, do you remember ever hearing something about how new EV architectures would allow car designers to rethink traditional form factors and create cars packaged for maximum comfort/utility/looks? “Human-centered” designs that put people, not...

A while back there was a thread about a vehicle called EZRaider. I just saw on Now You Know a similar vehicle called LyteHorse. They describe LyteHorse as what you would get if Tesla and Mad Max had a baby.

Found this video interesting. They talk about the potential of Tesla becoming the most valuable company in the world during 2021. Basically, they state that there are 4 main catalysts for this but the projection would be that Tesla stock would need to 4x before the end of this year for that to...

So I recently took a 3500-mile road trip. I was driving my Toyota Sienna on mostly interstate driving over mountain passes, through agricultural and ranch land, round many corners, fighting traffic in long straights. All the while dreaming of doing the road trip in my CT3 when it arrives. And...

Does anyone know if Texas has 30 day license plates? I’m originally from Nebraska and they have a 30 day plate you can get for moving a vehicle that is not currently licensed. I used it once when I had a car after college that I had put in storage in my grandparents shed for a couple years. The...

Car groups throw spanner in works of EU’s hydrogen drive Industry pours cold water on idea hydrogen can vie with battery power to replace ICEs. JOE MILLER AND DAVID KEOHANE, FINANCIAL TIMES - Wednesday at undefined The lettering "BMW i - Hydrogen Next" can be seen on the front of a BMW X5...

What Happened to Pickup Trucks? As U.S. drivers buy more full-size and heavy-duty pickups, these vehicles have transformed from no-frills workhorses into angry giants. And pedestrians are paying the price. Angie Schmitt March 11, 2021, 10:54 AM PST To get a handle on what’s happened to pickup...

Ok. I just finished a 5 hour drive in unfamiliar territory, in the dark, with blinding sheets of rain coming down, and a fair amount of truck traffic kicking up even more water, resulting in multiple other vehicles ending up in the ditch. I’m exhausted. One thing I noticed though is that there...

Amazon-Backed EV-Maker Rivian Aims for IPO This Year By Katie Roof, Kiel Porter, and Edward Ludlow February 9, 2021, 4:26 PM PST Updated on February 9, 2021, 6:11 PM PST Tesla competitor to seek value in IPO of $50 billion or more Rivian has Amazon deal for 100,000 delivery vans by 2030...

So I was looking at the Teslarati site and an advert came up for a hovercraft! I've always wanted to try out a hovercraft and they seem like they would be fun to ride if one had access to enough open land. But whenever I see a video of one they seem to be inordinately LOUD! What's that? Did you...

OK, just saw the title of this article on teslarati. Tesla's perfomance on Google in 2020: What did people want to know? (teslarati.com) My first thought that they were going to mention all the people that have started naming their baby Tesla. There are many babies named after other cars. Has...

From Electrek: If you like electric trucks, or motorcycles (or both!), stop what you’re doing and watch Long Way Up Just in case you haven’t heard, Long Way Up on Apple TV+ is the third installment in Ewan McGregor’s and Charlie Boorman’s trilogy of long-distance motorcycle adventure rides...

OK, Rich Rebuilds went out to investigate the Sherp. I have to say, it's way slower than a CT but based on the discussion about fuel economy, it might be really interesting to get one converted to full electric. And it will be able to go places the CT just won't. Not quickly but it will get...

Just ran across the DiriSolar project. I like that it is solar-powered. I remember as a kid, dirigible projects were talked about but never thought of as something that would be real. Then a few (20?) years ago I started hearing about them again. It was always a project that was up and coming...

OK, so here is another new EV company. Alpha Motor Corporation (alphamotorinc.com) I have to say I like the look of the first vehicle called the Alpha ACE. But here is the thing. The reservation page says that the MSRP is currently between $32k and $39k. So..... I could almost get a single...

Tesla (TSLA) will kick out Occidental Petroleum from the S&P 100 index BySimon Alvarez Posted on December 14, 2020 A recent announcement from the S&P Dow Jones Indices has indicated that Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will be replacing Apartment Investment and Management Co. in the S&P 500. Apart from...

OK, I must confess that as a kid I dreamed of someday having my own rat rod. I loved the creativeness of the various individual designs. The engineering that went into creating structures that were so exaggerated but could still be driven. And having Hotwheels equivalents always helped. But a...

Tesla loophole for direct sales in Michigan is getting shut with impressive political backstabbing After years of fighting, Tesla thought it was safe from Michigan’s latest effort to prevent car dealers from having competition from new automakers, but now we learn that the state legislature...