Changelin

joined 5 months ago
 

There’s a less glamorous side of the EV equation that doesn’t get as much attention: the EV electric motor. While the world obsesses over batteries, electric motors for electric vehicles are facing their own bottlenecks — efficiency limits, supply chain vulnerabilities, and thermal management challenges.

[–] Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Hmm. If "sky daddy" is real, is it best to avoid Him?

 

FinanceBuzz reveals 85% of parents can monitor their teen's driving, with 39% doing so covertly.

 

Tom Matano, the automotive designer who helped create one of the most beloved roadsters in history, the original Mazda MX-5 Miata, has died at the age of 76. His passing marks the end of a career that reshaped how many thinks about what a sports car can and should be: lightweight, driver-focused, emotionally resonant, and joyously simple.

 

For over a century, the automobile has represented freedom, power, and the thrill of mechanical mastery. The connection between driver, machine, and road defined what it meant to own and love a car. But in today’s digital era, a different trend is unfolding. Cars are no longer just machines designed to take us from point A to point B. Increasingly, they resemble something else entirely: smartphones on wheels.

 

It turns out the pandemic didn’t just bring us sourdough bread obsessions and endless Zoom calls. According to a recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), it also fueled a serious—and unexpected—spike in deadly drunk-driving crashes.

 

Underground developers are selling Flipper Zero “car unlock” packages for hundreds of dollars, complete with a PDF listing targeted makes and models and whether the hack enables only door unlocks or full start/drive.