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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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October 30, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Finally, the Biden administration is taking a stand against car bloat.

NHTSA has proposed banning SUV/pickup hood designs that are especially likely to cause head injuries.

In Fast Company, I explained why this could be a watershed moment. 🧵

www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car...
September 24, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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“The harms imposed by the Rivian are three times the harms imposed by the Prius, in terms of air pollution and death from accidents, but we are subsidizing the Rivian and not the Prius.”
-- Stanford prof Hunt Allcott

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/b...
Electric Car Subsidies Are a Plus, but Could Be Improved, Study Finds
The Inflation Reduction Act was a compromise between competing priorities. Evaluating the law on the effectiveness of the $7,500 tax credit for E.V.s is tricky.
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Don't forget to tell NHTSA what you think about car bloat during the current comment period (open for the next 5 weeks).

You can do so here: www.regulations.gov/document/NHT...
October 8, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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This made the rounds a few weeks ago, pre-Bluesky video, but now it needs to be here. No idea who created it, but here's David Attenborough narrating the "evolutionary disadvantaged" Cybertruck.
September 22, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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nobel prize. right fucking now. im serious.
December 3, 2023 at 6:58 PM