Recent content by Mookuh

According to the interview, the VW was going around 40 km/h at the time, so it wasn't going at breakneck speed (though certainly enough to leave a bigger bump than that.) Mr. Kick explained in the interview that he intentionally breaked hard enough for the initial impact to register with the...

I do not have a Tesla yet. If I buy a new Model S P100D, will OP cover the bill? Need an answer till friday, kthxbai

For the record, the linked article was from a UK website, hence the price tag in pound. The factory, if built in Germany, would be paid in Euros. Or Deutsche Mark I guess, if the EU deflates until then.

You are right VW emissions scandal: VW Group agrees to $15bn settlement with US owners In the second part of this article it's discussed. This is one of the reasons why I will never own a Volkswagen in my life, and I will try to prevent anyone I can from buying one. I will also never work for...

The article seems sensible. Lighting has a strong impact on human health & the psyche, so it should be chosen with great care, rather than with a "brighter is better" approach. I feel that the title of this thread is a bit misleading however. It's not that LEDs are harmful, it's that light of a...

That's genius. Wonder how many car manufacturers are going to "overtune" the driving characteristics of their cars using something like this? But no. They would never fake the apparent performance of their products :confused:

The google translates are pretty spot on. Anything else you'd like to have confirmation on? Translating the entire article might take a bit ^^

Handelsblatt claims the usually ominous "corporate sources" as the wellspring of their info. Regardless, it's making quite a buzz in German media tho I'll spare you the articles in German. Exclusive: VW Considers Building Own Battery Factory - Handelsblatt Global Edition Edit: It's printed in...

"VW to invest 8 Billion pound sterling in battery factory" VW 'to invest £8bn in battery factory' in a bid to reinvent itself as electric carmaker If this is more than just empty talk, we might see some developments rather soon. And Germany might actually enter the EV theater in earnest, not...

I did have some luck in deciphering the CAN Bus indeed. Given that your location is "Aachen, Germany", however, I presume that you're my successor at the ISEA institute and you thereby have all of my work, anyway :P

No news is good news. Unfortunately for Mitsubishi, there is news: Mitsubishi: We've been cheating on fuel tests for 25 years Paraphrasing: "The engineers submitted fuel consumption data based on calculation rather than real-world testing, which is required by the transport ministry's...

Tesla can't seriously ramp up production until the Gigafactory is operational, afaik.

Ah I sailed right into that then. My defense is that I'm German and thus neither expected nor encouraged to grasp the concept of "humour" and everything related.

That's really as far as you need to read that. All this said, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that large scale windfarming has an impact on weather patterns and airflow on a regional or even global scale. The entire system is more sensitive than most people realise.

While things in Canada might be different, in Germany going too slow without good reason is actually illegal. What we were told in driving school was "10 km/h under, 5 km/h over can cost you the attempt." Granted, going 85 in a 100 zone would likely not result in you being fined, but you're...