varyingExpertise

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just to make OP feel smart. A single driven axle with an open differential with one wheel on more slippery ground than the other would result in only one wheel transferring torque.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Emergency Braking Will Save Lives. Automakers Want to Charge Extra for It⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Treated myself to a used Q8 eTron, first nice car I’ve ever had. I must say, all the bells and whistles, adaptive cruise control that eases off the go pedal when a town comes up, night vision that warns if an animal has a vector crossing mine, hands off stop and go and all that works neatly.

  Emergency braking together with night vision was hard on the brakes once before I even knew that a deer was even there. It crossed into the high beams fractions of a second later and every screen in the car and the HUD had a red triangle in it with a deer symbol while I was already hanging in the seat belt. Yeah, no shit, thanks engineers.

  What I’m saying is: Apparently all that stuff can be made properly, manufacturers just choose not to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never realized this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s what people do here in Germany.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never realized this⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, just do what a few couples in my circle of friends did and use her last name after marriage?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's fire... Maybe concerning but fire still⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they like to be talked to that directly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In my Audis at least, the child safety is disabled together with the locks opening within a few milliseconds of the airbag control unit sending a crash signal across the CAN. That message is sent immediately when the decision to open at least one airbag has been made and therefore will reach all components while the crash hasn’t even had time to finish, so all wires and stuff is most likely still in place

  Apart from that, the doors have an emergency mechanical release that is “just pull a bit harder and further on the handle”. Which is what you’d do anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People won’t even rise up for their own sake. gestures in every general direction