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This woman needs a psychological examination
I drive long distances for my job, so my self-driving Cybertruck helps reduce my exhaustion. But angry people project their hatred of Elon Musk on me.
CW: Carbrain out the wazoo
Teenagers across Australia can get their probationary licence at 16 or 17, but in Victoria, learner permit holders have to wait until they're 18. Some say the law is out of step.
..And you can imagine the job discrimination as an adult if you don't drive.
The War Against Headlight Brightness
The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industry itself?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/184198
Welcome to the possible future: Mrumpsk controlled automated death squads with zero reporting requirements of crashes.
Tesla could launch the robotaxis by year’s end, and Wall Street is banking on the incoming president to clear any regulations that stand in the way.
It’s Impossible to Get Rid of a Tesla Cybertruck. I Want to Cut My Losses and Move On, but I Can't Give This Thing Away. I’ve Lost So Much Money Already; Help.
A Cybertruck owner shares his frustration following multiple failed attempts to sell his truck. After losing more than $20,000 in 2,800 miles, the owner says, “I want to cut my losses and move on, but I can't give this thing away.”
The scheme has faced resistance, including from President-elect Donald Trump.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/29428294
The first congestion charge scheme for vehicles in the US has come into effect in New York.
Car drivers will pay up to $9 (£7) a day, with varying rates for other vehicles.
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250105121822/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr2wn3zvqvo
SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcjr2wn3zvqvo
You've probably already heard the story: we got contracted to analyze a bunch of trains breaking down after being serviced by independent...
Talk from this years C3. Last year Polish hackers found DRM measures in train sets from Newag designed to make repairs next to impossible. This talk details what happened after.
Snow shows how much space we waste for cars
Oto Ozols created this aniamtion and other like the one at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvxCqSIf1c
If it will ever snow again where I live, I will pay attention to this!
crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113661109749394759
Cars are too damn reflective
Working at the office today and from all angles cars are reflecting sunlight into my eyes. Just realized that bicycle parking wouldn't be causing this slight inconvenience to me. Fuck cars.
Car tires shed quarter of all worldwide microplastics
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tons of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food. Researchers in South China recently found tire-...
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20009882
Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed
Electric cars are not THE solution.
San Francisco’s Vision Zero data suggest that in recent years, motorists were at fault in most pedestrian deaths by car. Still, some readers think city safety measures do more to inconvenience drivers than to protect those on foot.
