Holy shit, all major #car #companies including #bmw , #ford , #toyota , #tesla , #kia , #subaru and more *all* #collect your #personal #data for any reason they want to and #sell it: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/p.. The type of data includes any #conversation you have, which somehow includes any #passenger you have in your #car !
Cool #van #module #idea , just too #expensive https://www.autoevolution.com/news/vancu.. I really do like the #idea of a #prefab #module you can put into a #van , #car or #home . This could really catch on in the #future !
Interesting #perspective from #car #manufacturers using #clay to #model their #cars https://hackaday.com/2023/03/03/will-car.. Honestly speaking I think we could do a better job with #software #modelling , or even just hammering out panels to suite. The #irony is that really not much original #design happens anyway.
Very cool #camper #van #build https://hackaday.com/2023/01/22/off-grid.. I wouldn't mind building something #similar on a #budget . Maybe I would look to #convert a normal #car and add some things to make it a little more #enjoyable , for #sleep , #cooking and #privacy . The goal would be to have a #camper #van I could go #travel the #uk with.
The #citroen #ami is a pretty cool little #electric #car https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/elec.. It's a little #expensive for 8000 #thousand #pounds , but the #idea is interesting. Unfortunately it is a little bit of a #deathtrap though. I think they can do better.
We now see the #used #secondhand #car #market #collapsing https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/used-c.. I #predicted this will soon enter the #uk . People simply have less #money and the #demand to #buy things is being #reduced .
Looks like the #used #car #market is about to #crash pretty hard, with tonnes of people looking to #sell their #vehicle https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sell-m.. Looks like we are about to enter a #buyers #market pretty soon!
Cool #quad #design , even if it does catch #fire ! https://hackaday.com/2022/08/31/converti.. To be honest this has made me think twice about throwing an #electric #car together...
Damn, #beer #price in the #uk has #raised to *70%* - as much as #turkey 's #inflation https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/co.. I propose this may be the *real* #inflation that all of the Countries are so far hiding. The #used #car #market reflects a similar increase in costs.
#bloomberg #opinion think that you should #sell your #car in favour of #public #transport , #eat less #meat , let your #pet #die . Essentially they want you to " #own #nothing and be #happy "... They want you to become a #serf to the #government and be completely #dependant on the #infrastructure they #provide .
This #youtube #video from #garbagetime #showcases a #beautiful #car from a time of #simplicity https://youtube.com/watch?v=H0FHMYvCzUg I would *love* to have something like this!
Very #cool #story about a guy who #built a #motorbike out of a #broken #car after becoming #stranded in a #desert https://historygarage.com/emile-leray-su.. Very impressive!
Interesting, #car #manufacturers only #design their cars for very specific #scenarios https://danluu.com/car-safety/ People in the #hackernews #comments have suggested that some cars are smart enough to #prepare the #passengers to a well #tested scenario to maximize #survivability https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=291..
Okay... The #chipshortage may have had an unexpected #consequence of majorly #inflating the #usedcar #market https://www.axios.com/used-car-market-pr.. It's apparently to the point where a #secondhand #car can be as #expensive as a new one!
#season 1 of #clarksonsfarm was legitimately good. I didn't want to really like it so much, I wanted #jeremyclarkson to remain a #car person indefinitely - but I *really* #enjoyed seeing him as a #farmer and understanding the #struggle they went through. My #respect for #farming has increased exceptionally. I hope there is another season!
#tesla making a scary move towards #realtime #car #insurance https://electrek.co/2021/10/14/tesla-off.. Perhaps in the future we can look forward to #realtime #cancellations too!