Electric Vehicles

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Fucking what?

plastic engine oil pans.

I had to do a double-take. Holy crap you're not kidding. Considering that it's a feature of metal pans to deform (instead of cracking or breaking) when colliding with something, switching to a brittle material is just asinine. WTF, Ford?

Yeah I think the range and top speed need to be upped a little bit. 77miles is more like 50 if you don't want to charge to 100 or leave it to 0 every time you drive. 50mph is probably closer to a real city speed yeah it prolly doesn't need to go that fast 80% of the time but sometimes you need to be able to go faster or else you can only travel around on very limited roads.

connected cars built or designed in China

Only the ones from China though. Every other car going forward will be "connected". That's not the thing they're worried about though.

"Protect us from Chinese cars", fuck these dipshits. Have they ever considered protecting us from crushing poverty or environmental collapse? "OH MUH GOD ITS A CHINA CAR!! TAKE COVER!!!"

ban connected cars

Does that mean that unconnected Chinese cars are OK? Talk about a win-win... just pull the SIM / antenna.

Mexico (at least up north where I e been) has little neighborhoods like in the US, but they all have their own stores and stuff. Like a mini suburb in a subdivision.

31 mph would be plenty.

They also have a robust "microbus" economy. These are basically private individuals running little routes in the neighborhood and between them, to some of the bigger shops.

This vehicle could be well suited for this and the micros are as ancient as they are ubiquitous. It's a good little chunk of traffic. Of that's what they're targeting, then it strikes me as clever. Bunch of folks mostly running errands.

It'll be neat to see how it does.

Probably a categorisation thing to make them more accessible. In Europe there's a class of vehicle called Motor Quadricycle which are subject to very relaxed taxes and regulation compared to cars but have to meet very strict regulations about size, speed, capacity, etc. In France they call them San Permits because you literally don't need a driver's license to drive one of you were born before 1990, and anyone else aged 14+ only need to have had a minimal training session (those numbers might be a bit odd but you get the idea). A lot of people who simply couldn't get a license to drive a car can still get one of these - for better or worse.

It goes 50 kph, which is the speed limit in many cities. It's clearly aimed at people who need a city car and won't be taking it on the freeway.

My mom lives in an "active adult community" with a big golf course, so EVERYBODY has a golf cart. The speed limit is only 25, and the carts mix with the cars equally.

But in the last year or two, there have been these new, souped up models that go far faster than the speed limit. I'd estimate that these new carts are getting up to 40+ mph, maybe faster.

Sheinbaum seems to be doing a pretty good job

Mexico in pretty warm