The car is efficient enough for it to do something (20-30 miles a day in summer if I remember), but yes it’s mostly marketing and they say as much. “Solar electric car” sounds a lot better than “this car is pretty normal but it’s super efficient”

I think the general absurdity of it, plus you’re never quite sure where they’re gonna go.

For example:

Not a metal tree, but they do impale things on thorns and trees.

It’s part of the appeal

Good hopepost

Fun fact: your left eye doesn’t go only to your right brain. The left half of your field of vision in your left eye goes to your right brain. Same with the right half of your left eye, and your right eye is split up similarly. How nuts is that?

Look at those dudes, living their best life

Hell yeah, good hopepost!

My dad worked with a guy who is designing a system like this and it makes all the sense.

1. you shade the parking spaces

2. you absorb less heat into the ground than tarmac

3. free energy

4. direct panel-to-car charging for EVs

Yeah but they have thousands of tons of steel going overhead and rocks and dust all around. I don’t really see the advantage compared to a solar farm or a roof where they’re easier to set up and maintain

Damn engineers

That’s both interesting and disheartening

Self landing rockets is a great thing to cheer about!

But also people cheered for a guy eating cheese balls so you may have a point.

Shit I have to up my game

Well…

I don’t like that

He meant saying that non-verbally

Dude you are keeping this community alive, wow

Doubt it, the truck doesn’t say “CVEVORLETTE” on the bumper

That must feel so strange

Like yes taxes go up, but also you’re already paying for health insurance