How To Check Your Porsche’s Charge Through Its Disappearing Racing Stripes: COTD

Patent applications are sometimes really weird stuff. Sometimes, you get a motorcycle company that went through the work to make a fake engine that does nothing but make noise and vibrate. Other times, you get electrically-activated racing stripes. Porsche developed disappearing racing stripes for some reason and thinks they could be used to determine the state of charge of an EV.

Brian wrote about Porsche’s new weird patent application for stripes that change color when an electric charge is applied. Cayde-6:

“But Porsche also says it can be used as a way to display an EV’s state of charge, allowing drivers to simply glance at the car’s exterior to see whether it’s charged up enough to drive.”

But in order to activate this feature, will you have to push both ends of the strip painfully hard with your fingernails?

Matt ended a Morning Dump by asking about your go-to truck stop snack. Mrbrown89:

In the past I refused boiled eggs from a gas station but since I started to watch my figure (Lost 30 lbs), this past weekend roadtrip from Arizona back to Michigan, I stick to beef jerky, boiled eggs and protein bars. Food is very expensive so I only did one big meal for dinner.

About Pilot gas stations adding GM Energy stations, I never stopped at Pilot since Loves looks cleaner and better food options but since Pilot added those stations, its so easy to charge, walk inside, use their facilities, grab a few snacks, walk the dogs, come back and your car is almost done.

TheDrunkenWrench:

I stick to beef jerky, boiled eggs and protein bars

Does your car have a fuel cell that’s powered by your ass?

Jason wrote about what it would take to get the lunar rovers on the Moon going again. Canopysaurus:

You just know no one at NASA remembers precisely where these were parked. I can just picture the astronauts standing on the rim of a crater, desperately thumbing a key fob and looking for the flashing lights and listening for the boop, boop.

The Bishop wrote about how people complained about a spicy Pontiac ad. TheDrunkenWrench:

Poncho Photo Pulled for Insidious Insinuation!
Woodward Well-to-dos Wail and Whine.

Finally, Brian wrote about the Minnesota bill that targets classic cars. Michael Thomas:

I have a family friend who had collector plates on all his “fun” cars. (From my recollection his fleet included: a late 70’s Trans Am, a Meyers Manx, an old Willy’s Jeep) I remember him telling me that he and some friends made business cards for their “car club”. They each had a set of the cards and each card in the set specified a different week day for “Club Meetings”. He said if he got pulled over and the officer hassled him about it being a collector car out on a weekday, he would produce the business card that listed that day as the club meeting day. I thought that was a clever workaround…

Have a great day, everyone!

Topshot graphic image: Porsche/Duracell