See my other post here on Mitsubishi. Battery heaters (outside of their stupidity) are generally part of the kit when sold in Western markets, and they automatically keep the battery warm enough.

It's news for the common person, who doesn't know anything about battery tech. And that's what happens when you sell products mainstream, as opposed to products for hobbyists.

The article references this being a problem for the 3rd world most of all. For cheap markets. And it is, but we've also seen this in the first world, from companies such as Mitsubishi cutting costs:

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The long story short of the above, if you dig, is that they simply removed the battery warmer. "Why would people in Canada need a battery warmer?", they presumably thought. Bad news for them, their marketing brochures, and website still said it came with a battery warmer. Further dealers and sales at dealers weren't told before the model came out, and most dealers didn't know until customers started getting stranded in -20C weather.

After all, who disassembles an entirely new vehicle's battery pack to see? Especially when Mitsubishi says it has one still.

They also kept this advertising it had a battery warmer for quite some time, despite complaints. I think it was a year+.

Couple that with the next move, they removed the lead acid 12V battery too. While a weight and cost saving measure which makes sense on the surface, with no battery heater, the PHEV couldn't start, as drawing power from a -18C (or some such temp) battery will destroy it. So the computer won't let you draw any power until the battery pack is warmer.

If there was a 12V acid battery, it could start the engine, which could then warm the battery pack via charging, and then you could draw power from it.

So:

- they removed the battery warmer, and lied about it
- they removed the 12V lead acid, without thinking of the consequences (or didn't care)
- people were constantly stranded

Literally not knowing that the battery heater was removed, as the car manual, the documentation on the website, the sales people all said it had one, people would discover this problem in horrible ways. Some would keep their car in a heated garage, then drive to the grocery store, and when coming out the car would be too cold to start. Yay!

I haven't heard of anyone in an emergency, but with zero power and the right conditions, you could literally be stranded on the side of the road. At -40C. With no heater, because no battery. Yes, this could happen with any car breakdown, however this wasn't a car breakdown... this was Mitsubishi being incredibly stupid, cheap, lying about it, pretending there wasn't a problem for more than a year, gaslighting people, the list goes on. And you, dear consume, get to suffer.

I hope Mitsubishi gets completely destroyed and leaves the Canadian market as a result, but we'll see I suppose. Point is, people even selling into Western markets will pull stupid junk like this, because even car manufacturers barely understand it.

They might have abandoned them. That puts Sega's rights to them in a grey area.

Someone at Sega needs to get a cheque book out and make this right. Clearly Sega screwed up, and is trying to weasel out of responsibility.

This is the City of London Police. I am not surprised at their actions.

I think it would qualify as abandoned, which would put it in a legal grey area in the UK. I don't think that it is clearly Nintendo's.

This is the City of London police, who seem to think that one of their roles is protecting the intellectual property of large companies.

This is interesting:
"Police requested the seller relinquish ownership two days after releasing him from eight hours in custody, which he refused."
"requested" ... sounds like the police know they are on thin ice.

The fact that there has not been any indictments for handling stolen property also speaks volumes.

Are you talking about China and Xi or the USA and Trump?

My Pixel 4a (5g) still works well. Battery life is reduced, but no so much that it is unusable. I have always used a "Chargie" device to limit charging (not needed on newer phones, since this capability is in the latest versions of Android OS).

I keep the phone for its free Google Photos uploads. I have about 100GB of photos and videos in my 15GB Google storage.

Many people have time during their commutes. I walk for 30-60 minutes per day (got to get those steps in) and that's when I listen to podcasts. Without that activity (the walk or commute), I would not listen to them.

When I moved to another state, I could not pass the vision test without my glasses. But it was my reading glasses that I had with me that day. Apparently, this state doesn't care about distance vision.

The article says 74% of people, not drivers. I would assume that it really means 74% of those people eligible for a license have one.

Starting with the Military and prisons, presumably.

So if it is an eight-year study, that means it was also spans COVID-19.

One of the know side effects can be "brain fog."

I didn't see that in the preview, and IMHO would be a giant glaring mistake. I'd love to know who got it, what strain (the O.G. was definitely much more malicious), and how hard it hit them.

Strange, then, that race cars use slick tires, unless it is raining (or they are required to use street tires).

No, the difference is the hardness of the tire compounds. Harder compounds give you less grip, but better mileage.

If I recall correctly, the claimed difference in particulates from EV tires vs. ICE tires was supposed to be due to the weight of the vehicle. On the other hand, the brake pads on EVs give off far less particulates.

I think you may be mistaken.

A possible interpretation is that the bank's intent was to do the following:
1. Tell the affected employees that they were being terminated.
then:
2. Send out an email giving them information on returning their laptops.

It appears that the email (2) was sent out too early and employees inferred that they had been laid-off.

You would have more credibility if you actually understood what happened with Citizens United. The law limiting campaign contributions was largely overturned in Citizens United on constitutional grounds. So new legislation will change nothing. This leaves two possibilities:
1. Stack the Supreme Court with justices who will overturn it (like the fate of Roe vs. Wade)
2. Change the Constitution.

Neither are likely to happen for decades.