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Comment About time! (Score -1) 254

I remember when cars were made from STEEL, had STEEL chrome bumpers. If you bumped into someone, you might scratch the chrome. Now, bump into someone and it is a multi-thousand dollar repair! Plus, with all the electronic sensors and what not, makes it even more expensive. They increased the MPG by removing most of the steel in the vehicles, replaced it with plastic. At least the steel can be recycled.

Comment Ya don't say? (Score 1, Troll) 83

Gee thanks CAPTAIN OBVIOUS! At least in the states, kids under 16 shouldn't be allowed to have anything but a dumb phone that can only call say 911 and, their parents. We see it all the time, young teenagers all sitting around NOT talking to each other but with their heads down in their phones.

Comment WON'T work in the USA (Score 1) 222

Why? SIMPLE. USA is SPREAD OUT! Japan is smaller than California in land area. That is just ONE state, not to mention the other 47 in the continental USA. You can travel from France to Germany by car in a day, but to travel from El Paso to Texarkana takes a couple days by car. Unless you develop "warp drive" for trains, it just won't work in the USA.

Comment Re:I used to work in a Google building (Score 1) 51

This is false.
Yes google had a "queries scroll" video display in some lobbies, but it was NOT real time and it was manually curated to only safe examples.
I know because I was there, I had the code, and I even pulled an April Fool stunt with my own curated "queries".

As a side note, the very first "slashdot" server sat on a shelf near my workspace at Google.

Comment Good! (Score 1) 181

"Commuter" cars are about the only thing EV's are good for. But a full size pickup truck? Pretty much anyone that wanted an EV has one. There are countless used EV's on the market because people didn't like the lack of range, the lack of battery power on cold/hot weather, the time it takes to recharge etc.

Comment Good! (Score 1) 312

When you have to have "government" tax credits to get people to buy something, then that something isn't worth it. There are TONS of used EV's on the market now because people have gotten rid of them. Oh, they might have been "stylish" to have, but not any more. Range problems, battery life in hot/cold environments, having to wait 10-30 minutes or more to charge them and on and on. For short commutes, not to much of a problem, but if you live in a rural place and do a lot of driving they are not worth it. Pretty much anyone that wanted one, has one.

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