I saw one of their SUV’s the other day. It was pretty sweet looking. And didn’t veer uncontrollably into oncoming traffic. So they have that going for them.
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Stories like this make me wonder if the Ford Escape is still out there, setting recall records… 
At least they got the name right! 
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Filed under: “That’ll buff right out!”
Ooopsies.
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The poor Honda didn’t do anything to deserve that fate.
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Yeah, those were introduced in an opt-in trial years ago, but I’ve never actually seen one in the wild because they’re expensive and pointless. There are probably some people who don’t mind paying an extra $20 a month to have cutting-edge digital plates on their car, but nobody that I know is excited about that prospect.
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Costs
- $2.6 – $4 million per average-sized commercial wind turbine
Back of the envelope calculation - roughly 40 million homes powered by clean energy right there. Or 28% of the country?
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It’s not about the costs…
Step 1: promises, promises
Step 2: stock market magic
Step 3: profit!
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And/or millions of EVs charged by clean energy.
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They could have not wasted $100 billion. Made money on the money they flushed down to toilet by investing in renewables- and pretty much exceeded climate change goals for 20 years from now already.
Remind me again why people think they’re geniuses? Because they look stupid as fuck.
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Delta Air Lines throws $60m at flying taxi startup Joby Aviation
The fledgling flying taxi industry has been given another vote of confidence with a $60 million investment from US airline Delta in Joby Aviation.
The sum will give Delta a 2 percent stake in Joby, which counts Uber Technologies among its investors, with the potential to grow to $200 million if the service reaches certain development milestones.
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Per the article, this concept vehicle has a “1940s-inspired exterior”…
…but I think it has a 1930s-inspired exterior. Observe the 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport:
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There is no good place on that car for a front license plate. I know that designers like the freedom of creating concept cars without being limited by real-world regulations and such, but this is an issue that bleeds over to production cars as well.
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See? You illustrated exactly what I was talking about. The plate completely blocks two lights with that placement.
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I definitely see the Alfa Romero influence but the streamlined body shape is also reminiscent of the custom-built “Belly Tank Racers” that started showing up in the late 40s when gearheads started getting their hands on surplus airplane drop tanks.
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I’m looking up lawyers that handle car concept design foul-ups right now.
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