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2025-12-22 Science & Technology

San Francisco power outage puts 130,000 in the dark, as self-driving car service stops vehicles in the street

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Posted by Unumble Hupineng4529 2025-12-22 00:51|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1811 views ] Top

1 New York parents say kids 'freeze' on mandated electric school buses during brutal winter weather

Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-22 00:54|| 2025-12-22 00:54|| Front Page Top

2 If only people had predicted this and the link Skidmark posted....

Posted by no mo uro 2025-12-22 07:29|| 2025-12-22 07:29|| Front Page Top

3 #1 "The heaters on the bus run off the same electricity as the bus itself," Scott Ziobro, a local parent, told WIVB. "They were told that it drains the battery capacity of the bus itself."

Funny, I've rode on electric buses in Tel Aviv and they use full air-conditioning in summer and heating in winter.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-12-22 08:33|| 2025-12-22 08:33|| Front Page Top

4 That's because Israelis tend to be rather smart about how they go about this, while liberals elsewhere are what one might call "dumb f*ks".

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-12-22 09:41|| 2025-12-22 09:41|| Front Page Top

5 HYBRID keeps on rolling,,,

Posted by crazyhorse 2025-12-22 14:30|| 2025-12-22 14:30|| Front Page Top

6 Ah, previews of things to come.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-12-22 15:43|| 2025-12-22 15:43|| Front Page Top

7 "Waymo? I'd like to get out now!"
"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't let you do that"

Posted by Frank G 2025-12-22 18:34|| 2025-12-22 18:34|| Front Page Top

8 The only allowed self driving car design should be Johnny Cab.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-12-22 21:37|| 2025-12-22 21:37|| Front Page Top

9 eh?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-22 23:51|| 2025-12-22 23:51|| Front Page Top

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