Hmm. Well, plastic can have a pretty good strength to weight ratio, if taking up more volume in the process. If sheet metal can do it maybe they went all-plastic.

If they’re including fibres too, that famously exceeds metal’s rigidity depending on to what precision it’s done.

Yeah, friction losses scale with angular velocity and not torque, and moving a ton of metal takes torque. Don’t forget the braking losses, though, unless it’s a hybrid of some kind. There’s no turning movement back into fuel the way you can turn it back into electricity.

The point is if you’re looking good range, there’s several dials that can be adjusted on an ICE car, related to the prime mover. On an EV, drag is the start and finish of the considerations (unless you’re going to move it onto rails, maybe). And of course range is a huge deal, because a liter of secondary cell can’t come close to the energy density of a liter of petrol and 38 liters of ambient air.

Are truck chassis usually stamped? I had assumed they were made from cast components.

Dope. I wonder if there’s a way to customise it into a sedan. I can speak less to the mechanical aspects of having a super-bespoke super-integrated manufacturing process, but I’m confident the electronics part needs to go back to basics like this.

Quite possibly. They’re gambling on a market for a no-frills car existing, but it might just be too small. That’s what killed economy cars the first time.

Volt or Bolt? Volt is a hybrid.

If Bolt, I’m guessing that was a very old one that will get like 50km of range.

As I understand it, the aerodynamics can be no joke on EVs. The acceleration is very efficient, there’s very efficient regenerative braking, and an object in motion just continues in motion until there’s a force. That means drag is pretty much where your whole battery charge goes. (I’m not sure how much tire flexing accounts for exactly)

For an example off the top of my head, the Arrow concept car manages 500km by not having side mirrors. Compare that to an ICE engine which wastes most of the fuel energy as heat, but to a widely varying degree depending on design and implemented energy recovery features.

Does he know what concession means?

Hmm. So are you thinking about the peer review part, primarily? Arxiv already exists and I’m guessing it’s easy to mirror.

I have a feeling, just based on how law works, that this will be highly subjective. I interpret your question as being about skill. If that’s not what you mean please correct me. (Sorry for the non-answer)

Even within criminal law, things like acquittal rate would very with the exact kind of practice - a guy that specialises in complex white-collar crime and takes easy cases might get a really good one without too much skill. Someone who takes anybody who will pay upfront will probably have a cruddy one. This could get even more extreme if you look at non-Western or historical systems where the result is almost guaranteed in advance. So, that’s not in the spirit of the question.

I seem to remember an XKCD What If where Randall Munroe mentions the highest paid (criminal?) attorney in the US, but there again, it was someone who sounded highly connected. Does that correspond to skill? (Edit: The late Ted Olson, who does appear to have defended criminal cases)

Somebody that actually knows a lot of names and legal history might be able to tell you something more useful, but just take it with a grain of salt.

Under the law of Saudi Arabia…

I’m pretty sure this is going to be jurisdiction dependent.

Kudzu won’t grow where I live either. I’m not actually sure what the equivalent would be. Dandelions are the most unstoppable plant I can think of. Creeping bell flowers are maybe a close second.

Leaves/shoots are where the energy comes from. If they get destroyed enough the root will die. Usually gardeners just aren’t that patient.

TBH the difference is surprisingly technical.

I mean, we’re nowhere close to running out of physical space. Best available solar potential would be the closest measure of feasibility, and northern, wet Germany will kill by that standard.

Sitting here and chilling with experts who have decades of experience and might just laugh me out of the room IRL is a miracle. Fuck magazines by that standard. And don’t even get me started on the people who live near me.

I think we might be through the worse of the (non-government-driven) press collapse, too. From what I’ve heard the digital subscription model is working well.

I’ve heard this called exterminism. Woe be to whichever proles they decide to keep as pets.

It appears the last commercial telegram was sent in 2013. 2006 in America.

As you can imagine, it was a damn small niche by the 21st century, since phones had deep penetration already by WWII, but it was there.

I’ve actually looked for none of them, come to think of it.

I’ve googled a couple of kids I lost touch with younger. It’s mostly normal stuff, but the one guy runs a marketing/inspirational speaking outfit now, which is hilarious because that’s exactly how I remember him at 7.

Mostly, or just yes.