Drew Dowdell

It actually does do stuff while you're rolling, but it isn't power-add things. I should do a write up on all the things the eTorque does that aren't directly related.

The MS apps for things like mail are terrible. Outlook sucks unless you're using an exchange server. Random slowdowns. Have to uninstall/reinstall apps to get them to work. The App store sucks so bad I don't even bother with it. Terrible phone integration ... iPhone/Android... doesn't matter. Terrible integration with other home devices. And overall, the interface just sucks.

This is most likely going to be just the eTorque system which doesn't add much in the way of power, but gains you efficiency in other ways.

I"m so fed up with Win10 I expect I'll replace it with a Macbook next time around... and with it go to iPhone

I agree that loud pipes don't necessarily save lives.... but they don't cost lives either. NO one hears a Harley and then swerves into a tree.

My first choice is still the BMW R9T scrambler. The Kawa is a good starter bike at less than half the price of the BMW.

I'm all in favor of the EV option in bikes, but "loud pipes cost lives" just isn't true. I think an electric bike would be fun to ride. I want just a bit more range on them though. I'll be going for a gasser BMW or Kawasaki for my first bike. Well, I have Zero for you then...

Power demand smoothing can be something even the most robust of electrical grids can use. It is simply more efficient from an energy perspective for your Nissan Leaf to power your neighbor's dishwasher than it is for electricity to be shipped from 100 miles away to perform the same task during peak times.

I thought you could customize the row of buttons at the bottom of the screen. Make it so the heated seat button is always there.

The Problem was that the CTS was a $29,995 base price car at the time and superior to the BLS in every way. They would have needed to price the BLS at $26k to not step on the CTS's toes. A base 9-3 was $30k.

The extra length really helps.* *that's what she said.

Again you keep repeating this and other falsehoods. First warning. There is nothing left of the original LX platform. The 5-speed automatic is gone, the interior trim pieces have been replaced, the rear differential and suspension setup are all replaced. All of this is researchable by you even if you don't believe what we've been telling you for a long time now.

According to Reuters, Nissan is working with two partners E.ON and EDF to develop technology and services to allow power stored in electric vehicles to be sold back to the grid at peak times. The technology is called vehicle-to-grid (V2G). In ideal situations, users charge their vehicles during off-peak energy prices and sell the energy back to the grid during times of high usage. By buying low and selling high, this would allow EV drivers to potentially have net zero charging costs. There is a benefit to energy grid operators also, it will allow the energy grid operators to smooth overall energy distribution, with the net effect of helping to stabilize the energy network. Nissan and Mitsubishi are working with French utility EDF and a V2G technology company called Nuvve to build a large scale V2G charging network in Europe for electric vehicles made by those two companies. Italy's Enel power utility is working on a similar pilot project in Denmark, Netherlands, Rome, and Genoa. Honda is planning on including V2G capability when it launches its first electric vehicle in Europe. One setback for the technology is that the German auto manufacturers who will be making the largest number of EVs and PHEVs for Europe over the next years have not yet signed on to the project. Further, complicating matters is the lack of a charging standard both among EV manufacturers but also in V2G technology. A large part of the adoption of the V2G technology will come down to changing consumer habits, something consumers can be slow to do. View full article

People are just trading their devices less often. This is going to be just as true for Samsung, but Samsung is much more diversified than Apple.

wow, and here I thought somebody would find it interesting about the old quote of "you can have a model t in any color as long as it's black". Way to fixate on the 10% of the video that was not about the trivia.

Some trivia for y'all

The can, but most are just shrouding and other aero. A naked bike is generally considered a sport bike without the shrouds. More sporty than a standard bike.

Ah okay. I wasn't sure what point you were trying to make.

substantially different time frames (not that I'm excusing Tesla.... or GM for that matter)

Not sure if you're joking or not.... but they expanded their workforce by 30% and then need to cut it by 7%. It sounds like they expanded too rapidly to get the Model-3 going.

Ford released details on the Ford Explorer Hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show this week, but a Plug-in Hybrid wasn't mentioned. Curiously, at the Ford stand, the sign next to the hybrid version of the Explorer mentioned it as a Plug-In. One of the engineers standing nearby told me this was a misprint, but that is a pretty serious misprint to make and then actually put on the show floor. We do know that the Explorer platform is capable of being a plug-in hybrid as its stable mate over at Lincoln, the Lincoln Aviator is getting a plug-in hybrid in its GT form. Is it likely that Ford is holding back on announcing the Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid just so that the Lincoln Aviator can get some traction with its version first? Sound off below. View full article

Shares actually are dropping at the time of this writing.

I thought you were already boycotting Tesla?