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I was a journalist for 36 years and saw a lot of vehicular homicides prosecuted. Perhaps not as many as should have been, but I wouldn't say it is rare.

That's really not a bare bones XLT. It is pretty well equipped, better than an ICE base XLT. It looks pretty close to a $60k ICE XLT. That's about a 20% increase for EV vs ICE which is not far off what one pays for a Tesla 3 vs an "equivalent" ICE car. A lot remains to be seen about how it...

One vet explained to me that there is doing your duty and then there is going above and beyond which includes giving all. Those who do their duty are special and deserve all the appreciation we can provide, but those who go above and beyond and those who gave all deserve something more. Showing...

Trailer hitch is ok for HF, especially NVIS, not so good for VHF/UHF.

Err, point 1, how can you not put the yoke in a position that will not spit your wrists in the wrong direction? Point 2, Tesla is moving the instrument panel to the center of the car on the 3 and apparently the truck. How does the wheel interfere with seeing it? I am not keen on having to move...

That may well be the point. If cars eventual are self-driving, the driver controls will become irrelevant. As one who likes being in control, I probably am more questioning of this future and prefer to be able to drive the thing myself. There are many who will decry that desire for...

So where will your hands be when turning the yoke? It gives no options for position like the wheel does. This needs to be thought out. Maybe it is better, but it needs to be verified.

Will there be more low speed collisions from it being harder to manage a yoke? Many low speed collisions will trigger air bag deployment and when the yoke is turned vertical you have the hands at 12 O'clock. No option with that unlike a wheel as you can shuffle it through your hands. This is all...

OUTSTANDING!

My organization has its own systems authorized by NTIA rather than FCC. We are not allowed to use ham though anything goes in life or death. The moment I put my uniform on, I cannot transmit on anything but our authorized frequencies unless it is life or death and nothing else will work. I am...

And there we have that. Even when you can look closely at a vehicle, there will be surprises when you actually start hanging stuff in it. The only way to be sure is to buy a public safety package which is not available on many vehicles. With that, you can get conduit for routing cables. Add a...

In airplanes, the yoke goes 1/2 turn lock to lock. In most cars these days, the steering wheel goes about 3 turns. We aren't doing hand over hand turning of the yoke in an airplane which is the primary location of most control yokes. If we keep the steering at something like 2-3 turns lock to...

The question is whether it is worth the learning curve. What makes it better than a wheel other than looks? I am not hearing an answer to that question.

When something works better, people will flock to it, but the learning curve has to be worth the effort. We will see if people flock to this. I bet that most people, given a chance to try it will choose a wheel and stalks if they can. Yes, we use yokes on airplanes but that doesn't mean they...

Anyone read the story? It hit a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle in Orlando. Not Texas.

Stainless steel can indeed rust. It depends on the alloy as to how rust resistant it is. I once spent a day with a police marine unit and their stainless steel weapons rusted from the salt spray. Sweat also caused them to rust. The lab grade stainless sinks we used in the olden days of yore to...

Just measure the area available for PV and it will turn out to be insignificant. True, over the life of the truck, which may well be longer than an ICE, it will have a minimal effect on how often you have to charge it. It won't extend life from a charger connected to grid or a much bigger solar...

I just looked up Raptor towing and it really isn't that great, 8,200 lbs or so. The 3.5 EcoBoost does a lot better at 14,000. There must be a lot going on in how they set the Raptor up for speed and acceleration. Numbers from Cars.com. I was surprised as the Raptor uses the 3.5 dual turbo which...

Width does matter in maneuvering trucks around town. When you get to F150 size, you really don't want any more width, especially in most parking lots. As to F150 SuperCrews, they are available with the 6.5' beds, but finding one is really hard. They tend to be special orders and most of the ones...

A switch to turn off anti-collision stuff so you can drive out of a situation would be nice too.