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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 107 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I wasn't aware Tesla made reich-hand drive cars.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That joke went far-right over me.

[–] _LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 17 points 4 weeks ago

I did nazi that coming

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 12 points 4 weeks ago
[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

This is pretty fucking funny. Nice work.

[–] Dotcom@lemmy.ml 70 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Getting on the highway and shifting from third to fourth reich 😎

[–] clubb@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

This fucking killed me.

[–] Quill0@lemmy.digitalfall.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I always drive in Maximum Over-Reich to conserve gas

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 51 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

But EVs don't even need more than one gear ratio because of how the motors...

What's that? Musk designed it? Ah sounds about right, carry on

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

IIRC there is actually some benefit to having a low gear and a high gear, because the electric motor works at any speed but can't give the best power output if it's too slow or too fast.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Iirc that’s how the porsche taycan works.

Pulled up an article to remind myself: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28903274/porsche-taycan-transmission/

It’s on the rear axle, and it looks like it can go into neutral for some high efficiency fwd cruising.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the gear selector for reverse, drive, hardcore, plaid mode and far right.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Some Tesla's even come with ludicrous mode.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

The Porsche Taycan has a 2 speed electric gearbox for better efficiency at freeway/autobahn speeds.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Musk put the drive selector on the cyber truck on the roof so that you gave to heil whenever you put it into drive

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 14 points 4 weeks ago

Credit to them it's recycled from a model T

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 weeks ago

Elon personally ensures that each transmission can be shifted without using his hands.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

1-2-3-putsch

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br -3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Please stop confusing the buddhist swastika with the N*zi cross, you're just spreading a harmful view of this religion symbol that almost got banned once somewhere in the EU.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the Nazi one is also called a swastika because they appropriated the symbol, and just rotated it 45 degrees.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The rotation isn't actually a required part. Anyone trying to tell you otherwise is, quite frankly, probably a gaslighting Nazi. You'll find it on various military vehicles in the 90-degree orientation quite a lot. Propaganda use typically has the tilt but, again, not having the tilt doesn't mean it's not Nazi shit.

The symbol was also used well beyond India. They actually co-opted the symbol after its popularity in Europe grew from the discovery of Troy:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-swastika-an-ancient-symbol-of-good-fortune-used-around-the-world-became-the-nazi-logo-180962812/

There are other reasons of course, but I just think that's kind of neat.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, good to know!

I feel like I've also seen it in Hindu/ Buddhist imagery with the corner upwards as well.

I agree, plus the Nazi version would possibly be easier to shift.