Solid and V2X: Addressing Cybersecurity Concerns in U.S. DoT National Deployment Plan

Right in the middle of the fresh new announcement of the U.S. vehicle to everything (V2X) deployment plan, is the following brief section on security concerns. Secure Deployment: Cybersecurity and Privacy Principles Successful V2X deployment requires cyber resilience so its communication services remain available and all users have confidence in the integrity of V2X data … Continue reading Solid and V2X: Addressing Cybersecurity Concerns in U.S. DoT National Deployment Plan

“My Good Friend is Black”: Elon Musk Gives Racist Response to Concerns About Twitter Racism

I’ve covered this before, when Elon Musk uses the “some of my best friends are” defense. It’s wrong to use for many well known and studied reasons, including being clearly racist. Here’s yet another example of him using it, as if he really doesn’t care. The forthcoming book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, … Continue reading “My Good Friend is Black”: Elon Musk Gives Racist Response to Concerns About Twitter Racism

Tesla Semi in “Veered” Crash: 12 Hour Toxic Fire Shuts Down California I-80

A Tesla Semi without a trailer suddenly veered off an Interstate into a tree (like so many other Tesla do) and exploded with such an intense 1,000 degree fire, it shut all lanes down. The crash occurred around 3:15 a.m. near Emigrant Gap where an electric vehicle traveling eastbound at the Laing Road offramp crashed … Continue reading Tesla Semi in “Veered” Crash: 12 Hour Toxic Fire Shuts Down California I-80

DC-X Was Reliably Landing Used Rockets Over 20 Years Before SpaceX

Ok, so if the 2013 Hyperloop “invention” is actually a 150-year old concept doomed to obvious failure, what about SpaceX playing obnoxious PR with boastful claims since 2011 that it’s the first to figure out reuseable rockets? SpaceX Makes History With First-Ever Recycled Rocket Wat. I mean really. Wat. SpaceX becomes first to re-fly used … Continue reading DC-X Was Reliably Landing Used Rockets Over 20 Years Before SpaceX