Fiberglass toppers are ~$3500+ these days. Aluminum and steel ones are over $4k, and don't have any structure beyond just that metal skin. All the above are heavier.
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José Rodríguez Jr.
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Staff Writer at Jalopnik. Periodista automotriz. Naturally Aspirated Stan.
Hace you ever actually met Wiley, Graeme, or anyone else at the company? Read more
They’re different companies. When you’re successful, people like to attack you. Lawsuits are, sadly, a part of doing business. And there’s rarely only one side to them. Read more
I’m so stoked for this. I had a rubicon 4xe and absolutely loved it. I sold it to Carvana (and made a 5,000 dollar profit) and i’ve been kicking myself ever since. Not only is it a rocket, but I don’t think there’s another hybrid on the market that allows and welcomes so much driver involvement in how it operates.… Read more
It’s a small production run between 100 and 200 Mini EVs for now, but given how popular the Mini EV is, the cabrio model could end up being a mainstay of Wuling’s EV lineup. Read more
Relatedly, since there aren’t enough cookies to go around, I volunteer to get the first one.
Did we ever get clarity on what definition they are using for sourcing? Many of those critical minerals are absolutely sourced from free trade countries like Chile and Australia, but then the raw material is sent to China to be refined. So if we're looking at the origin point, it's a free trade country. But if we look… Read more
Come in wearing Buell logos
i can’t believe we are going so hard with such young technologies and not asking how much destruction is being caused by mining and limited recycling of lithium. we are destroying the earth and water as a tradeoff for some cleaner air.... pump the brakes people.... I’m all for reducing the carbon problem but no one… Read more
look, can we all just kinda admit that private vehicles suck? Read more
Gotta give credit to the comment section: you folks discovered two errors I’ve now corrected: Read more
Jonas got himself corporate sponsors. He’s in it for the money, not the science. That’s how he got those sweet Caravans.
Dexter’s Lab did a wondrous send-up of Speed Racer.
I don’t have anything to add, but I wanted to comment because large, in depth articles like this one are valuable, and we won’t have more of them without sufficient “engagement.” Read more
I nominate this for CotD
My theory is that all Porsches start as 911s, and they just keep adding air until they get the one they need. Read more
Maybe you need some glasses José...
It’s important to understand that in Texas’s deregulated grid, these shortages and price spikes are a feature, not a bug. Power plants that sell electricity into the wholesale market only turn a profit when they sell during these price spikes. The system is working as designed, since its designed to make money for… Read more
Some Frahm-adjacent tunes for people to dig into: Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds (whom Nils has collaborated with), Matmos, Moderat/Apparat, Binkbeats, Kiasmos, Hania Rani. They vary widely in terms of auditory density, but variety is nice and all have a very distinct tone.