Links/Sources:

https://www.startribune.com/some-uber-and-lyft-drivers-say-theyll-start-their-own-rideshare-co-op/600355084/ //

https://www.thedrive.com/news/biden-will-tax-imported-chinese-evs-100-percent-report //

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/mexico-facing-us-pressure-will-halt-incentives-chinese-ev-makers-2024-04-18/ //

https://www.thedrive.com/news/subaru-is-finally-making-a-manual-wrx-wagon-for-mexico //

https://www.thedrive.com/news/even-being-one-of-chevys-best-selling-models-couldnt-save-the-malibu //

https://www.thedrive.com/news/oops-tesla-is-re-hiring-some-charging-personnel-musk-laid-off //

https://www.thedrive.com/news/hertz-charging-a-tesla-renter-for-gas-was-not-an-isolated-incident //

https://www.thedrive.com/news/feds-sue-hyundai-for-allegedly-working-13-year-old-up-to-60-hours-a-week //

https://www.theautopian.com/plug-in-hybrids-come-with-an-insane-warranty-if-you-live-in-one-of-these-11-states/ //

As a Coloradan: please anyone but Frackenlooper

This should be a site tagline

I don’t know any more than what’s in that episode, but you could try contacting Zac. Although he just had a kid recently so I imagine he’s pretty busy. IIRC the AFC is some type of non-profit.

I’ve thought about getting a motorcycle because they’re fun and fast and look cool and make cool vroom vroom noises and are cheaper than a car, but then I read about death statistics and decided against it. I personally have known one person who died on a motorcycle and two who were badly injured. Still might get an ebike tho.

Including industrial cutting tools

The German urge to paint things in blocks of primary colors

Links/Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_car#Hybrid_vehicle_power_train_configurations //

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/20246/the-real-story-behind-the-worlds-first-hybrid-car //

https://www.borail.org/collection/cnj-no-1000/ //

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/1980s-briggs-stratton-hybrid-is-30-mpg-six-wheeler/ //

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius //

Demonstrating how an electric continuously variable transmission works in a Toyota Prius https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NHYo68PpApI //

Hybrid Power Split Device. eCVT transmission https://youtu.be/jofycaXByTc //

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_cycle //

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Insight //

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt_(first_generation) //

https://www.theautopian.com/plug-in-hybrids-come-with-an-insane-warranty-if-you-live-in-one-of-these-11-states/ //

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_ELR //

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt_(second_generation) //

GM’s Second Generation Voltec Drivetrain Explained (Voltec 2) https://youtu.be/o3-wGOyT2 //

The episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X7ltK519pBE

In college I worked on a project studying this. You can run a generator off the methane but it requires filtering, which makes it less profitable, so most landfills and waste treatment plants just burn off the gas with a flare.

You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. If you have any more questions for us, send us an email and we’ll probably answer it on a future show.

PS: The car show was cancelled but we’ll try to be at the next one.

Main topic at 47:17

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Links/Sources:

Ben Norton: https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticalEconomyReport //

Aging Wheels Lada: https://youtu.be/j6dGEH6vzJc //

Aging Wheels Trabant: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzV2uljPvyAe1K8ArgPHGBmfZ7Y-7JKhv&si=maLtTxKkAhg5eCfS //

Engineering Explained: The Holy Grail Of AWD Systems | Rivian R1T https://youtu.be/XeTDwFchFdw //

Drive Deviant: https://drivedeviant.com/ // https://www.instagram.com/drive_deviant/ // https://www.facebook.com/groups/559707701976661/ //

lol

Definitely. This is why I ended up selling my Miata and getting a WRX.

You might be able to find a used Flyin’ Miata Voodoo Box but they don’t make them anymore. I don’t know of any other piggyback systems made specifically for a Miata.

Sometimes you can find a deal on good used turbo stuff but it’s a crapshoot.

You could also get a plug-and-play ECU like Megasquirt and swap everything back to stock for the emissions test. Or at least swap in the stock ECU and injectors and wire the wastegate open so it doesn’t make boost.

Not sure what you mean by fuel cards but if it’s pre-OBD2 (1995) you should be able to pass the tailpipe emissions test with a Megasquirt ECU or similar. There’s also piggyback systems that work with the stock ECU if the emissions test requires that.

Looking forward to this dude’s project car updates

If you want to look on the bright side, if you can replace the head gasket yourself that means you’re capable of pretty much any other repairs that might come later

I haven’t heard “Ute” used much in America except to refer to the Native American tribe. I’m not sure what the official word for a car-based pickup would be, but colloquially people have used the suffix -amino as in the Chevrolet El Camino. So if someone chopped the roof off of a Volvo station wagon and made it into a pickup it would be a Volvamino.

If driver tests were more rigorous it would make it harder for people to get to work and the line would go down.

I don’t really know what the advantage of air brakes over hydraulic brakes would be, except that they make cool noises

Kei trucks are very unsafe (your knees are the crumple zones) and difficult to find parts for when they break down. Other than that, they’re great!