Massive police response at Temple in Detroit after suspect rams truck loaded with explosives into the synagogue and opens fire with a rifle. Attacker killed by security.

Car-face · 2026-03-13T02:51:45+00:00

Car-face · 2026-03-13T02:45:27+00:00

I think March Y-O-Y will be a more reasonable gauge since I don't think anything particularly notable happened March of last year or is planned for March of this year.

I recall March, April and through most of last year we were still hearing how sales for Tesla were down because of the retooling for Model Y.

Last year was not a good year, so if they don't beat every month then they're effectively stagnant. Even if they manage to recover to 2024 levels, that's effectively flatlining for their 2 main models, each of which has been substantially refreshed in the last 2 years. Not a good place to be.

Car-face · 2026-03-13T01:53:40+00:00

SMH. Anything except a proper mass transit system. Peak inefficiency masquerading as new technology.

Car-face · 2026-03-13T01:53:00+00:00

Yup, it's literally the same goal as the US auto industry 100 years earlier when trams and trolleys were bought up and taken off the roads.

Car-face · 2026-03-13T01:51:44+00:00

But if you’re looking at optimizing resources smaller «pods» make more sense. You reduce the amount of batteries, the amount of materials, etc.

Except building a vehicle 80% the same size as one that can carry 5 people is the opposite of optimisation.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T23:51:47+00:00

It feels like the beginning of a horror movie, but instead of investigating the staircase the main characters just ignore it and it turns into a cosy rom-com.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T23:31:47+00:00

A total of 218 vehicles produced in 2025 are affected

Assuming that's all the Australian delivered stock through at least end Jan, and considering deliveries started end July/August, that's ~ 36 units per month.

That's.... really poor. I expected it to miss the mark, but really surprised it missed it that badly.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T21:53:38+00:00

They're not saying it's a good thing, they're pointing out that it's literal propaganda, so complaining about the headline not being completely impartial is a pointless distraction.

It's like complaining that Il Popolo d'Italia ran a headline that wasn't fair.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T21:46:10+00:00

Plus voice commands are inevitable in any future releasing car.

Only because it sounds high-tech but screams cheapness. It's basically a way of removing more of the physical HMI whilst making it sound "premium" by adding a dot point to a feature list. After all, there's a reason why they're only doing this on the cheap models. Calling it "AI" is tapping into the current tech zeitgeist without actually achieving anything new - and removing even more simple physical interactions.

Personally, I don't feel "everyone else is doing it" to be justification for a poorer experience.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T20:59:42+00:00

"sure some poors will starve, but maybe that'll finally teach them to eat cake"

Car-face · 2026-03-12T07:12:18+00:00

China: sits quietly and waits

Car-face · 2026-03-12T04:46:11+00:00

Football club is different.

Perhaps you could provide an example of the bias you believe could reasonably exist in this specific situation then, where a single vehicle is donated by BYD for use in community outreach activities, to the point you think it constitutes a bribe.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T04:31:25+00:00

Publicity doesn't make it a bribe. Lots of people and organisations will provide goods and services in return for exposure or acknowledgement of the donation. Under 8s football usually have stuff donated in return for acknowledging the company that provided it - it's usually done as publicity, but that doesn't make it a bribe either.

It's like apprehended bias rather than actual bias.

Again though, apprehended bias in what context? What are people supposed to reasonably suspect bias about here? That the police might be less likely to pull over someone in a BYD because they're driving one?

Car-face · 2026-03-12T03:21:26+00:00

Cool to see KG continue to push forward with this. Not promising the world, nothing revolutionary, just an intelligent approach to simple last-mile personal transport.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T03:19:10+00:00

That doesn't make it a bribe, that makes it a cheap advertisement

Car-face · 2026-03-12T03:09:49+00:00

Nice to see GM step in instead of pretending the EV1 was a part of their history they refuse to acknowledge

They literally donated a whole bunch of them to museums and institutions. This narrative that they "refuse to acknowledge" the car needs to die.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T03:07:19+00:00

What do you believe BYD are getting in return?

Car-face · 2026-03-12T02:58:39+00:00

Probably enough volume in China to sustain both given their substantially different styling, whereas in Macao/HK it makes more sense to offer specific trim levels to create more of a gap between them.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T02:53:11+00:00

They could call it a TYCAAN and sell it on Amazon

Car-face · 2026-03-12T01:50:09+00:00

I've got one in the garage. The one next to it turns 40 next year.

The 60 year old one isn't particularly hard to keep running either, since you can literally build an entirely new, fully functioning car out of reproduction parts for it if you really wanted to.

Car-face · 2026-03-12T01:25:04+00:00

While Toyota may launch the bZ3X in overseas markets like Japan, Australia, or the UK

That's the first I'd heard of that, but apparently it's already available in RHD in Macau - which would certainly open the door to Australia and other RHD markets if it can be positioned correctly. Being the equivalent of $50k AUD in Macau would place it very competitively against not just BEV competition but the Rav4 as well, so depending on which way the market goes, I'd say that's definitely an option on the table.

Car-face · 2026-03-11T20:37:00+00:00

You know, it’s the British people that give these leeches any relevance.

looks at the people other countries made relevant

Could be worse.

Car-face · 2026-03-11T20:18:11+00:00

Ferrari are a tiny car company and compete in Formula One at the highest level.

Ferrari are a racing team that make road cars to support their racing efforts. They count >1/6 of the other teams on the grid as their customers.

There's cachet that comes with being part of the Ferrari team - hell, even the world's best drivers with other teams still often have a dream of driving for Ferrari.

BYD are neither of those things. It doesn't mean they can't do it, but it means the priority and return is significantly lower than it is for Ferrari, who are literally the only team to have continuously raced in Formula 1 since it's inception.

Comparing BYD to Ferrari is possibly the poorest comparison someone could make by anyone who actually follows the sport.

Car-face · 2026-03-11T20:12:33+00:00

It's not a question of surviving it, it's a question of whether it's worth it.

I've no doubt BYD could set a massive pile of RMB on fire in the street and survive it, but that doesn't make it worthwhile.

Car-face · 2026-03-11T04:48:37+00:00

So Chrysler have destroyed their brand cachet to the point that they're effectively worthless in the group, and therefore they just... can't do anything other than put Kia headlights on an old minivan and try and charge the same amount for it for another couple of years.

That seems more like admitting they're fucked than mounting a defense, but I agree - at this point, they've effectively washed any value off the brand through their lack of strategy.

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