Max Patten

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

Apple TV execs dismiss introducing an ad tier, buying Warner Bros. Apple execs say Apple TV shows and movies are about “emotional” experiences.

Ad-tiers are a scourge on the Earth. Hope they stick to this.

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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…

Ford has been pretty public that F-150 Lightning for example was built as a stopgap. Their “ground up” platform promises lower assembly cost, streamlined design, the works. I think the reality is no one could compete with Tesla , then BYD, on cost for years and this is what we get.

The car makers have been agonizingly slow but the way they’ve been building them they can’t produce cheaper models. Regulatory creep and consumer expectations of bigger, more capable vehicles (and the much publicized range anxiety) haven’t helped.

Apple has told us like five times now Safari on iPadOS is a “desktop class browser” and it’s so not true 🥲

The Tesla Cybertruck And Model Y Bosses Both Just Quit Tesla has lost several top executives across divisions in recent months. They seem to be leaving on good terms, but the rate of executive turnover seems high.

Oof.

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I have a hard time believing Apple Maps EV routing will work as well as the fairly mature and proven Google system for instance. Know several people with Fords who have tried it and found it lacking. I’m sure plenty of OEMs will find value in still offering CarPlay as option though

Patrick George Thinks CarPlay’s Days Are Numbered; I Doubt It Link to: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/apple-carplay-general-motors/684799/

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

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We have reached new depths of parody, except oh god it’s real

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GM R&D Veteran's Book Calls for Affordable, Safe Cars for the World 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.

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.

But the SEO is all primed for EVpocalypse!!! You’re ruining honest engagement farmers’ livelihoods here

30: John Voelcker on Hybrids, Cheap EVs, and Detroit’s Problems — Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast

Directly Current episode out with @johnvoelcker.bsky.social on hybrids, cheap EVs, and the American Auto’s predicament.

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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

How a U.S. electric vehicle battery technology became Chinese 'The intellectual concept was done by the great people in the great country of the United States of America — not in China,' Texas professor says.

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.

To be fair, German manufacturers aren’t much better with their trim packages or options for ICE vehicles 😅

Yes but it’s wasteful to put in slow chargers that will be dated in five years for some marginal savings. With infrastructure when you deploy it you want it to last as long as possible. 350+ kW charging should be the minimum at this point.

It’s important not to have a scarcity mindset with this stuff. We’ve already made leaps and bounds! No need to be stuck in old tech when cost is coming down and there’s more competition.

I agree that L2, in urban and multi family contexts especially, is critical, but I don’t see how it sucks the air out of the room. ~100kW charging units shouldn’t be made anymore. Economics and tech move on. 350 kW cabinets can provide slower kW while being future proof

It won’t be overnight but I can’t see why not. Utilities, transformers, and the grid evolve. Even if the peak usage is super demanding you can supplement with batteries to buffer.

It’s a technological showcase and not ready for scale yet but I don’t think it’s controversial to say we should be pushing the envelope of battery tech and DC charging speeds if EVs want to replace ICE vehicles. Consumers do demand it, regardless of how many *need* it.

Black Mirror predicted a lot of this. But AI For victim impact evidence? That’s wild and very concerning.

What to know about RFK Jr.'s autism registry plan Experts have called out Kennedy for describing autism as a "preventable disease."

Orwellian shit from the party of “small government”

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The dystopian frontier is not on our homes, or even in our phones, but in our auto cabins. Every manufacturer’s record of storing data is abysmal….

Mario kart and a few sets of extra joy cons/pro controllers will straight up bankrupt me

What about: “I went on a long road trip in an EV with good efficiency and charging in a highly developed suburban area. It’s here” 😄

Western Civilization is no match for one liberal, “activist” judge 😂