Front plates are required here, don't know if you'll be pulled over but you may be ticketed when parked. (Often - always? - the same thing for backing into parking spots.)
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 May 2023 14:00 (ten months ago) link
There are plenty of gasoline-powered cars which have aerodynamic fronts.
I live in Arkansas, a one-plate state. When I moved to Minnesota, a two-plate state, I had to get a bracket installed on the front. And when I moved back to the one-plate state, I kept the license plate on the front as a souvenir, at least until the state trooper stopped me and said I couldn't have two different state license plates on my car.
(Which makes sense, I guess.)
― pplains, Friday, 26 May 2023 14:17 (ten months ago) link
When I lived in North Carolina, there was a cart in the mall where you could buy novelty plates to put in your front plate holder.
― peace, man, Friday, 26 May 2023 14:22 (ten months ago) link
We've got an airbrushed pegasus on ours, bought as a joke 15 years ago, but now, I wouldn't be able to find the car without it.
― pplains, Friday, 26 May 2023 15:04 (ten months ago) link
_There are continual arguments in every EV owners forum as to how much front license plates disrupt aero efficiency with little in the way of convincing results one way or the other. The dealer for my Mach-E asked me if I even wanted the front plate bracket installed. I chose to leave it off - I'd like to believe that the extra 0.01 in aero (or whatever it is) does matter._Yeah but I’m pretty sure states that have two license plates require that both be displayed, front and back. I see this phenomenon on other luxury vehicles too, Teslas just seem to be the worst offender. Not sure how these guys aren’t being stopped by cops.
― calstars, Friday, 26 May 2023 17:20 (ten months ago) link
plus they may be cops
― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 26 May 2023 17:36 (ten months ago) link
No one may ever get the chance to make pizza on that stupid dashboard, because it's barely a car or truck: "Leaked Tesla report shows Cybertruck had basic design flaws.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 12 June 2023 09:13 (nine months ago) link
time to load my tree into my new vehicle and carry it triumphantly home through the snow
Cybertruck struggles to get up a small, slippery hill while carrying a Christmas tree. pic.twitter.com/H13KMzA59W— 🎄 Blue Tesla 🎄 (@BlueTeslaEV) December 12, 2023
― mark s, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:05 (three months ago) link
Canyonero!
I'm sure this has been mentioned somewhere before, but I just realized that the Cybertruck reminds me of Danger Mouse's car, the Mach III
https://occ-0-2794-2219.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/9pS1daC2n6UGc3dUogvWIPMR_OU/AAAABb_28aFggX22mGKbCVkJv8XTbadAvyhGJ-a8NPPEcp_Y-TFqt5K1ajqXOkmV9rkX_ewN89kUx5wyxfcJgOVnVtxLLFVUNHjl-nL9yHKSw5SBRscBU2s8j7Rq.jpg?r=dee
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r8iGirYfejw/hqdefault.jpg
― peace, man, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:14 (three months ago) link
Not only is that Tesla Truck struggling, it appears to be struggling even while being winched. Which is to say, rescued.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:40 (three months ago) link
I hate to give them any credit, but off-road wheels aren't the same as hauling junk on roadways wheels
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 15:04 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQx3_aCWQsU
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 23:45 (three months ago) link
Oof:
Shares in Tesla plunged as much as 11% after the market opened Thursday, wiping $73 billion off the company’s market value hours after it warned of slowing growth in electric car sales and an existential threat from Chinese rivals.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 January 2024 19:47 (two months ago) link
lol none of that is news, what is up with investors
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 25 January 2024 19:50 (two months ago) link
I don't follow this stuff that closely, outside of passive schadenfreude, but I guess there was just an earnings presentation with bad news. Bad news always hits worse when it's coming from the actual company.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 January 2024 19:52 (two months ago) link
https://wapo.st/3UD1Iu2
ya so i ride my road bike on this relatively short, narrow, very winding, very very rich road probably 2 maybe 4 times a year in summer. i use a road, witter, that turns off this road about half a mile before the crash location. it's a lovely spot and nowhere to drunk drive or autopilot. because you know what? you belong in jail.
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 17:49 (one month ago) link
Current WaPo headline:
A Tesla employee often used Full Self-Driving. He died in a fiery crash.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
(Spoiler alert: he was also drunk, which probably didn't help things.)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:16 (one month ago) link
but i…
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 00:10 (one month ago) link