"The only way to spot a kid darting out from behind a truck, he said, is with cameras on every street watching for hazards, paired with warning systems for oncoming traffic." Hello Panopticon arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05...

Austin Mini in downtown Boulder!

Learning about Admin Law during Trump 2.0 has been … interesting arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Cost to human life from our President’s unpopularity supported war? Devastating and I hate it. Selfish smug desire for the American public to come to grips with oil dependence and look at EVs again? Off the charts. 📈

Really enjoyed this quick pod with @gaytonausa.bsky.social + @maxpatten.bsky.social on Directly Current last night on my drive down to San Diego. Hits the quick points of what the current Canada moment could mean pca.st/episode/03b7...

Nice @nytimes.com 🇺🇸

Incredible headline.

You tell em, Liz. X is violating Apple and Google policies but exists still because Elon has no accountability. We’re all worse off for it. Fuck the creeps using Grok for demented things. www.theverge.com/policy/85990...

@hankgreen.bsky.social nailed it: a comprehensive future of EVs is inevitable but in America, with trucks, it will take longer and will probably require an intermediary eREV step. Dealers are not incentivized to sell BEVs. For small cars, SUVs, and anything passenger, EVs already win.

Mystery solved! youtu.be/LZnAQ-PWQdg?...

Meanwhile in the bad place

My favorite AI fail yet: Gemini (whose thinking model I’ve generally found to be much nicer than ChatGPT) found a stock image of a diagram when I asked it to visually a very specific concept (Federal Rules of Evidence) Props for the effort 😂 (and attribution to Getty)

The Flatirons looking particularly stunning this morning #boulder #colderboulder

“Use AI to brief cases and study” I’m glad I trusted my notes (and review of the opinion directly) over ChatGPT 5.1, which confidently told me the opposite holding of a case on appeal to that state’s Supreme Court. At least it fessed up when I called it out 🤪

What are they meant to do? Their ICE trucks are their profit center. Theres no pretending anymore and Farley is more honest than most—they are woefully behind on EV now and will happily oversee regulatory rollback while stomaching this kind of shitty rhetoric.

The web’s death will come with a thousand cuts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New media is less disclosed and uptight about payola than before. I feel for folks trying to do it right. Worked for TFL for a hot minute when I first moved to Colorado, then Out of Spec, and can confirm that YouTube isn’t an easy business. www.theverge.com/transportati...

Lots of apologies in order. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oof www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

“No amount of technology can turn a bad story into a good story.” CEOs and the tech managerial class could take a lot from this humility. Culture is valuable! youtu.be/R0XmBKsRJF8?...

Humans… in…. The… loop…. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/11...

You know what I feel needs more love? Dr. Sleep (2019) Ewan McGregor is such a fun presence, and Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat has got to be a horror movie all time villain. #nowwatching #horrorsky

Hmm was “hybrids are best for the environment” argument bullshit after all? I get the need to pander but this is pretty brazen. Take a lesson from Tesla and maybe stay out of politics, Akio? headlight.news/2025/11/17/a...

Love this so much youtu.be/ahcvx1L1oBo

The fact that the anti EV crowd ignores the issue of local emissions is batshit. Here in the front range of CO local air pollution is killing us. Also, remote coal plants (worst car emissions scenario) are still more efficient through EV motors than combustion engines.

I love Vince Gilligan shows but seriously concerned with how dehydrated characters get. 😣 girl drink water

How the hell is this not steering? They will do anything but clean competition.

New eerily accurate XKCD just dropped

Ad-tiers are a scourge on the Earth. Hope they stick to this. arstechnica.com/apple/2025/1...

The default will be even friendlier and more sycophantic? This will have only good outcomes, surely…

The car brand is beloved, but the software story is incomplete. If the VW/Rivian joint venture works out I’m sure licensing out the tech will be highly lucrative. I’ve heard mixed things on the success of legacy OEM x Silicon Valley thinking…

Oof. insideevs.com/news/778529/...

With respect to @gruber.foo I think @patrickgeorge.bsky.social is better informed here. GM’s success with Equinox (and Tesla/Rivian) are proof people don’t necessarily demand CarPlay. OEMs with control (and software skills) will win daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

We have reached new depths of parody, except oh god it’s real www.semafor.com/article/11/0...

Christopher Borroni-Bird envisioned the skateboard chassis back at the turn of the millennium. Today he envisions a world where everybody has access to safe, affordable transportation.

Directly Current episode out with @johnvoelcker.bsky.social on hybrids, cheap EVs, and the American Auto’s predicament. overcast.fm/+ABKo-TQG0A0

The Porsche Taycan has to be one of the most unfluential designs in the modern automotive world. You see its DNA everywhere, from Shanghai to Stuttgart

Lithium iron-phosphate battery tech was developed in the U.S. We then ignored it. "Now, U.S. manufacturers rely on foreign entities of concern, resulting in GOP backlash in Washington, DC, and have to play catch-up as affordable EVs become a key to unlocking greater #EV adoption." Read it + weep.

Orwellian shit from the party of “small government” www.axios.com/2025/04/23/a...

“Instead of doing their job, we have watched the Trump CFPB fire its enforcement attorneys, shut down the agency, [and] take the name off the building. So of course, that’s a giant ‘open for business’ sign for every two-bit fraudster in America.” www.theverge.com/news/640674/...

The exposure table on the US new 25% car tariffs. Friends, allies, and neighbours top the list.

The bz4X is now technically competitive with my (model year 2021) Polestar 2. Way to go Toyota!

@blogaap.bsky.social: "This is the crux of how renewable energy is viewed differently: in China, they see the revenue model and are therefore willing to invest. In the West, we see it purely as a cost." #alwaysbecharging www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Thanks to @tommolog.bsky.social for joining me on Directly Current to lend his charging expertise! We discuss NEVI funds being frozen and much more overcast.fm/+ABKo-SmLQdw

Much supposition about a line item for "armored Teslas," but few facts. Now @mjgault.bsky.social breaks it down. The line item predates Trump taking office; the solicitation seems to have been installing vehicle armor onto State’s existing #Tesla fleet. The @gizmodo.com hed nails it rather nicely.

I love how Buick’s place in the culture is now 1) the last American brand that was relevant in China 2) muscle car setpiece for Kendrick Lamar album and halftime show

Folks, I'm curious what your car and EV ad experience is tonight. From what I've been reading car commercials on the whole will be limited to Stellantis. . I love Super Bowl car commercials -- especially some of the creative EV ones in recent years. www.adweek.com/brand-market...

Great conversation with @maxpatten.bsky.social on his Directly Current podcast about leveraging EV savings for building support for pro-EV policies.https://open.spotify.com/episode/7y3xL8tEoI5mxuWoMgEC9Y?si=rejmFJKwTGqf5O3HaYZkBg

Trump Saved TikTok youtube.com/shorts/7lFNO...

LMAO. Rivian caused this by having efficient LED’s recessed in the vehicle. It has not been an issue on any other vehicle I’m aware of (besides maybe Cybertruck)