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Given the number of rumors we've seen, and the number of Tesla enthusiasts who own stock, it's likely that everything we will see on Battery Day has already been priced into the stock. I've learned the hard way most of the other Tesla investors read the same blogs and fora that I do, so I'm not...

Buy one of these to make it easier? https://electricgt.com/tag/electric-crate-motor/ It costs 2x-4x what it would cost to buy parts from EVWest does, though. ...and EVWest only sells the (relatively) good stuff. But I can see the value of this approach, in the right circumstances.

Nikola takes the risk. GM gets paid either way, but gets a smaller share of the profits if the truck is a success. Owning any part of the value chain can be a business success by most definitions. [shrug]

I thought a mechanical steering linkage was legally required by the FMVSS?

My concern with the yoke is that turning it more than 90 degrees is awkward. In airplanes, you get full left aileron by turning the yoke 90 degrees to the left -- and the sensitivity naturally varies with speed. In a car, you get full left wheels by turning the wheel more than 360 degrees to...

Using my left hand on an airplane yoke was no problem when I was learning to fly. (I'm right-handed.) That said, I fly gliders mostly now, and I prefer to use my right hand on the stick. Either hand works. I use both hands interchangeably when driving a car.

A 2000-hour "time between overhauls" is typical for airplane engines. Some are less, some are more. A typical general aviation airplane can fly for about 4.5 hours starting out with full tanks, which actually does work out to around 500 cycles. An engine overhaul cost tens of thousands of...