What manufacturer is accepting a 1988 vehicle and signing the documents to convert it to an electric drivetrain?

Toyoda was a legit samurai family name...unfortunately, the Toyodas that established Toyota were not descended from samurai.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teijir%C5%8D_Toyoda - Minister of Naval Affairs during WW2*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakichi_Toyoda - Japanese Inventor Extraordinaire - his grandson would establish Toyota

Ok, so what is your proposal? Cities are already built. Do you want to unbuild them? Who'll pay for the relocations of millions of people and businesses while you rebuild?

Kora. Ffs just add the name to the title.

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They have registered the most Solid State Battery patents i believe. And actually have a working model.

I think they arent going all in on battery yet cause they dont believe the current battery tech is good enough long term. Which i agree with.

Oh yea they can definitely afford it, but what they need is time to catch up, which is why they're lobbying to slow down the EV rollout. They didn't really bet on two horses, they went all in on hydrogen. It's why they only have 1 electric car across their entire lineup right now.

But his precious feelings! Evidently he gets triggered by people disrespecting Florida.

Here in the UK, we have an opt-in (except on a new driving licence application, defaults in unless you tick a box IIRC) organ donor registry which will use any bits I'm willing to donate (the lot, if it's of any use to anyone. What do I need it for? I'm dead at this point 😂).

It does require me to either die close enough to a hospital, or die in such a way that my meatbag can be kept on support until they can strip it for parts though. A dead human doesn't stay viable as parts for very long, and our NHS is collapsing before our very eyes (as is intended by the vile vultures in power, but that's another story entirely...)

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there's no such thing as an eco-friendly car tho

Same. The fact that this is all operating under geological timescales is what messes with my head and makes me kind of pessimistic.

Though you are correct in the energy density being bad, it's also horribly inefficient to MAKE it. The work and power requirements outweighs the benefit is a other draw back

RIP you b/c fumes. Thank you for your service.

Someone needs to retroactively change the futurama "dunk a giant ice cube into the arctic" joke to this.

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Because different environments usually had to be "tuned" for. Things like elevation, air density , humidity, air-fuel ratios etc all had to be fine tuned for each race location.

Now...that doesn't exist. This, alongside electrical motors having little variantion in a highly regulated sport ( racing leagues have strict limits to hardware and design to help keep the the racers equipment about the same, emphasizing driving skill over hardware ).

It weakens the competitive aspect, though doesn't "kill" it outright

I view it as buying ther person time. Pretty much any organ eventually gets rejected but a decade or two is something.

You can also donate post mortem or bone marrow. Still on the registry for that but I think I am getting too old for that.

And even people who get assessed and cannot donate are to be comended. They were willing to do it but couldn't for whatever reason. Can be as uncontrollable as the anatomy of your kidneys (number of arteries, synetry, etc).

If you are so curious the depression was about 10 years in remission when I donated. If you have active depression sure, likely not possible to donate, but a history of depression isn't a full on counter-indication. I was honest with the psychiatrist about it. The depression was sort of linked to having a schizoid personality and actually understanding how my personality was built did wonders to deal with the depression; enough to get off meds and therapy.

It is true that PDs are kind of permanent but they are only a "disorder" so long as they really impact your functioning. There was a time when it did, but when I donated, it didn't. If you can live independently, work, support yourself and have a reasonably stable life, despite being mostly a loner and preferring solitary activities, I was very happy and content when I donated.

Back then psychiatrist doing the assessment asked me why I wanted to donate, and about things like mood, sleep, etc. I think they want to ensure people realize what donation entails and that your motivation is not linked to a mental disorder.

And well, the anxiety is recent. A derecho hit our city, and to massive trees fell on our house. The follow-up chaos sent me in to an anxiety spiral. I mean, I've been a worrier all my life but only for certain things. House getting destroyed is one of them. So yeah, fun times. But much better now.

And for what it's worth, there is a pretty big Reddit community related to transplants (donors and recipients), to share info on the process, etc.

Unfortunately the Baji - the dolphin Douglas Adams wrote about in "Last Chance To See" - is supposed to be extinct since 2007 (according to Wikipedia)

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