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Comment · 2 months ago

Except social security funding does not come from debt and legally it cannot. It has never contributed to debt.

Comment · 2 months ago

Social security is entirely funded through FICA taxes on payroll. Take a look at your paycheck. Legally money for social security cannot come from debt.

Comment · 6 months ago

I believe Ford had plans or interest in Tesla FSD but backed out and is going with Waymo.

Comment · 8 months ago

DDG (Bing I guess?) is pretty quick at that as well. 35 minutes later, your comment is already indexed.

Though I can't speak to their speed with Reddit, who is actively hostile to non-Google indexers.

Comment · 8 months ago

I think it's mostly from aerodynamics. Lowering the car could help but even just smaller rims, with the same overall diameter (rim + tire), can have a 15% impact on range. This Engineering Explained[1] video does an okay job with some of the math but he clarifies it well with a comment:

> CLARIFICATION! Why do bigger wheels mean worse efficiency, when the overall tire diameter remains the same? This comes down to aerodynamics. A 20" wheel will cause more of a disruption in airflow than an 18" wheel. That's why Tesla (and others) uses aero covers on their wheels (Car & Driver testing showed it gives about a 3% efficiency bonus at speed). The smaller the wheel, the more of the side profile of the wheel & tire is perfectly flat (the tire is flat, the wheel open: more tire = more flat area, less open area). Ideally, you'd have just a plain, solid sheet for the wheel, but obviously that's not idea for brake cooling. Wheel covers are today's common compromise as they have some airflow, but minimal.

[1] https://youtu.be/NYvKxsYFqO8

Comment · 8 months ago

Subaru almost certainly uses radars for both cruise control and blind spot detection.

Your link isn't exactly a white paper, here's a Subaru link that mentions radar: https://www.subaru.com/vehicle-info/articles/what-is-adaptiv...

Comment · 9 months ago

Weight has nearly no effect on range of an EV. The YouTube channel Aging Wheels has two good videos on this.

Here he talks about towing, and he demonstrates loading the truck to max capacity makes nearly no difference: https://youtu.be/UmKf8smvGsA

He also covered an attempted Cannonball run where they stuffed two extra battery packs into a Rivian R1T: https://youtu.be/yfgkh4Fgw98

Real differences makers are smaller wheels and aerodynamics

Comment · 9 months ago

> While drafting the fact sheet, we checked two headline policy ideas that the One Big, Beautiful, Bill introduced: the early sunset of the consumer EV credit and a new $250 annual EV fee. While the annual fee was dropped from the final legislation, the $7,500 consumer credit now ends September 30th.

> For the Equinox EV, these changes would cut its seven-year savings over the gasoline Equinox from about $9,000 to under $200. The Model Y also showed savings compared to its gasoline comparison under that less favorable scenario for EVs.

That link also factors in fuel savings which depends on where you live. I'd personally never save on an EV if it costs more upfront.

Comment · 9 months ago

SCE will screw you nearly as hard. We are on a tiered usage which is the cheapest they offer and it's $0.32/kWh and even at that rate the EV isn't much cheaper than the non-hybrid I replaced. I'd need to switch to a ToU plan which would increase my other electricity costs.

Also for depreciation:

2020 Mazda 3 - sold $18k at dealer, originally $28k, 64% retained

2022 Kia EV6 - bought $25k, originally $55k-$7.5k federal, 53% retained

Comment · 9 months ago

That's great to hear as a fellow Reverb G2 user. Starting with Windows 11 24h2 they dropped all Windows MR support. It looks like there's also a driver called "Oasis" now which restores functionality on Windows.

Comment · 11 months ago

Also a pretty subtle one, this article was written after Boeing and McConnell Douglas merged a year prior.

Comment · 11 months ago

I can't promise how effective it is but Google Pixel phones have a built in scam detection feature in their dialer app. It uses a local LLM that runs on device and analyzes the phone conversation. Here's their support doc: https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/15654065

It likely only works for US English phones, and of course if they get him onto other platforms like whatsapp or signal then it's no help. Sorry to hear you're dealing with that it's a big fear of mine as my parents age.

Comment · 1 year ago

This depends on which seat you're in, which model, and which year. Some models have no emergency release in the backseat for certain years.

Here's a model x, this feels pretty hidden to me: https://youtube.com/shorts/cfPhUY9erLM

This model 3 version has nothing: https://youtube.com/shorts/FWUWm9KaHzE

Here's the model y: https://youtube.com/shorts/FVwuOdMBpfo

I'm aware of at least three different versions of emergency release on the model 3 which vary greatly.

Comment · 1 year ago

I'd instead talk to the CFPB.

You might also try some other governmental bodies but I've read a lot of success with the CFPB

Comment · 1 year ago

I just looked it up and CZ is harder than glass, so disregard what I said above!