Transportation
Chevy Corvair – The Weird, Quirky, Cheap and Yeah COOL Compact
As the television commercial in late 1965 said ... "A most unusual car, for people who enjoy the unusual. Independent four-wheel suspension that's almost like riding the wind, road grabbing traction, quick-response handling."
Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety – Why are People so Afraid?
Why America’s MPG Is A Dumb Unit For Fuel Economy
Crouse Hinds PCE-3000 Traffic Controller- Dials And Cams – YouTube.
Albany has a lot of the circa-1950 Crounse-Hinds of Syracuse Traffic Signals and controllers. Quite reliable, they don't always work properly in cold weather.
The controllers (shown in this video) are prone to malfunctioning in cold weather due to the grease binding up and causing 5 minute yellow lights and 20 minute red lights.
Here is some of the old traffic signals, as shown on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jryVhVsYV_s
The Chevy Bolt Recall & The EV Battery Fire Problem
I tend to think the EV Battery Fire debacle is a whole lot of bull about nothing -- cars catch on fire from time to time, as powering them takes a lot of energy, and when you have energy you have fuel -- be in the form of the battery or gasoline. And both burn really well. But it's good they are fixing this issues now before the cars become even more popular.
I thought about getting an Chevy Bolt eventually, they might be a good car once the bugs are worked out fully. Kind of like the Corvair, which was said to be a great car by the late 1960s. That said, I have a friend whose had a few issues with her Bolt -- making random noises and other issues and GM has been a bit difficult to work with ove warranty work. My other, much bigger issue with the Bolt is it doesn't use a heat pump but only resistance heating, which means running the heat in the winter can be very taxing on the batteries, leaving to quick discharge.