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The Drive
6 hours ago
- The Drive
In-Depth Dodge Dakota Aero Analysis Shows the Old Truck Is Actually Pretty Slick
The latest car news, reviews, and features. I've never once thought about how aerodynamic the second-gen Dodge Dakota may or may not be. Of course, I'm pretty clueless when it comes to stuff like that; the closest I've been to a wind tunnel was when the AC went out at my high school and they stuck fans at the end of the hallways. But fortunately, there are some smart cookies at Premier Aerodynamics who specialize in this practical type of airflow analysis. A customer recently asked them to simulate their Dakota, and as you're about to see, the truck's designers actually got a lot right considering it's just an old mule. Premier Aerodynamics runs these simulations in a program called OpenFOAM. It's open-source computational fluid dynamics software, or CFD for short. They've tested some interesting concepts, from a car with rows of spoilers on the roof to every kind of helicopter blade and aircraft wing design you can think of. Personally, I'm a little too simple for most of that, so the Dakota appeals to me just fine. Premier Aerodynamics via YouTube Replicating a 65-mph air environment, the aero wiz host shows the Dodge pickup from multiple angles, changing heights while also tweaking the display to show flow as well as low- and high-pressure zones. He points out that because the second-gen Dakota's front is so rounded, it's actually on-par with a lot of cars. It's even better than some supercars at allowing air to pass up and over the hood, while even creating some downforce below the bumper. 'Look at how much low pressure there is,' the host insists. 'We've said it time and time again: A rounder underneath is better for drag, and it can also produce good downforce. Dodge accidentally proved it here.' Premier Aerodynamics via YouTube He draws special attention to the truck's flat roof. It allows for a fairly consistent flow speed, which results in less energy lost, but what's more important is how it directs the air as it heads toward the bed. This is where it gets more technical, but he does a great job of explaining how the air can take one of three paths after rolling off the rear of the cab: far past the tailgate and into the wake, just short of the tailgate where a high-pressure zone forms inside the bed, and just over the top of the tailgate. The latter is the preferred option, but also the least likely in the Dakota's stock form. Any way you can keep the air from landing just shy of the tailgate is for the better. By forming a high-pressure area, it creates a considerable amount of energy that is pushing against the rear of the truck, which is the opposite of what you want. He mentions that you could find a way to flare the roof at the rear of the cab, sending more air slightly up so as to avoid crashing into the rearmost part of the bed. 'By playing with that flare angle, you can dramatically reduce the drag of a truck,' he explains. I won't waste either of our time by rehashing everything he says, because it's better illustrated in the video where the views aren't static. One relevant note is that he recommends a tonneau cover for aerodynamic efficiency, adding that it really only needs to cover the back half of the bed to net a noticeable benefit. As arguably goofy as they look, those fastback truck bed covers are some of the best in terms of drag coefficient. You should definitely check out the rest of the video if you want to learn how the air interacts with different design elements on the truck, whether that be the wheels that sit mostly flush with the front fenders and bedsides or the trailer hitch underneath the back. He gives some handy tips, not only on how to improve the Dakota's aero performance but also on how you can avoid making it worse with different mods. Most conventional truck 'upgrades' tend to make them less efficient, but you know, there are some diehard hypermilers out there. The Dakota's 0.44 drag coefficient lands dead-even with a Porsche 911 GT3 RS going roughly 180 miles per hour with a window down, but slightly ahead of—as in, better than—a Lamborghini Countach and Jaguar D-Type. That's crazy to me, but then again, I'm in unfamiliar territory with all this. I have a feeling we both have a lot to learn from this channel. Got a tip or question for the author? Contact them directly: caleb@
New York Post
8 hours ago
- New York Post
Elon Musk's long history of having a short fuse and burning through friends and relationships: ‘he busts up with everybody'
Become friends with Elon Musk and, likely, the clock will be ticking. Characters as diverse as Silicon Valley tech moguls and Canadian alt-pop singer Grimes have all entered his personal orbit before later screeching out again, usually followed by some degree of scorched earth via social media. There is no greater example than Musk's relationship with now-President Donald Trump. Everyone knew the richest man in the world would fall out with the most powerful, but few predicted it would happen so quickly — just six months after the inauguration. 'He is prone to lash out,' admitted Faiz Siddiqui, author of 'Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk,' to The Post. 'He is insulated and can make his point.' Advertisement Regardless of how sharp the point may be, Musk can shed a friend and walk away unscathed. 15 Elon Musk has been known to bring disagreements to X and to comment publicly. Getty Images 'He has an army, the largest following on X [the social media platform], that will back him.' Advertisement Here then is a sampling of former friends, colleagues and loved ones who once embraced Musk, only to later feel the burn. Larry Page Google co-founder Larry Page and Elon Musk were so chummy Musk routinely crashed at Page's home. Fortune included the pair in a story about 'eight business leaders you didn't know were BFFs.' But things fell apart when Musk hired a top scientist away from Google in 2015. Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, paid Ilya Sutskever $1.9 million to head up its new lab. According to 'Musk,' by Walter Isaacson, the poaching ended their friendship. 'Larry felt betrayed and was really mad at me,' Musk told Isaacson in the book. 'He refused to hang out with me anymore.' Advertisement 15 Larry Page of Google fell out with Elon Musk after Musk poached one of his employees. AFP/Getty Images Zack 'Asmongold' Hoyt It's hard to imagine the world's richest man in a childish spat with an online gaming streamer. But that was the situation with Musk and Zack 'Asmongold' Hoyt. Like other professional gamers, Asmongold watched Musk playing 'Path of Exile 2' on a livestream. Following common sentiment, he alleged Musk paid other people to play for him, which is called 'boosting.' Apparently insulted by the allegation, Musk unfollowed Asmongold and removed his blue checkmark from X. In response, Asmongold posted a YouTube video called 'Elon Musk has Lost It.' Advertisement Musk went on to push out private direct messages between them. Forbes summed up the fallout by noting about Musk, 'He may not really have time to beef with Twitch streamers … Yet, here we are.' 15 The gamer Zack 'Asmongold' Hoyt saw his relationship with Elon Musk fizzle after he accused Musk of boosting a computer game. Asmongold/ X Justine Wilson Justine Wilson was married to Musk from 2000 to 2008. She watched him become a billionaire and bore six children (one of whom died tragically at 10 weeks due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). She later described herself as a 'starter wife.' Musk, according to Wilson, told her, 'If you were my employee, I would fire you.' After eight years and three sessions of couple's counseling, Musk filed for divorce. During two years of litigation – which Musk said cost him $4 million – she rallied for their house in Bel Air, 10 percent of his Tesla shares, 5 percent of his SpaceX shares, $6 million and a glacier blue Tesla Roadster. But thanks to a prenup, Wilson said, 'I had effectively sold away all my rights as a married person.' She wound up with far less than the billions won by other tech divorcees like Bill Gates' ex Melinda French and Jeff Bezos' firs wife, MacKenzie Scott. While Forbes estimates Wilson's wealth at $18 million, they also estimate she would have $17.3 billion had she received the settlement requested. 15 Elon Musk and Justine Wilson when they were still married to one another. Justine Musk Advertisement 15 Had Elon Musk given ex-wife Justine Wilson what she asked for in their divorce, Wilson would be a billionaire today. AFP via Getty Images Vivian Jenna Wilson Originally name Zavier, Vivian Jenna Wilson was born male, to Musk and Justine, along with a twin sister, in 2004. Responding to Vivian's transgender identity, Musk publicly maintained that his offspring was 'not a girl' and described them as being 'dead' to him. Vivian went to a California court to change their name and distance themselves from their father. 'I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,' Vivian stated in the filing. 15 Vivian Jenna Wilson told a California court that she no longer wishes 'to be related to my biological father.' Vivian Jenna Wilson/TikTok Philip Low Advertisement After meeting Elon Musk socially in 2011, neuroscientist Philip Low, who had been a test subject for Stephen Hawking, became fast friends with the Silicon Valley mogul. Soon after, Low launched a company called NeuroVigil, which boasted a non-invasive device for brain monitoring. Musk invested and joined the board. In 2021, according to Politico, Musk – who had his own brain implant company, Neuralink – wanted to resign from the other company's advisory board. Not wanting him to exercise his stock options, which could significantly hurt Neurovigil, Low fired him. He sent an email to Musk, warning, 'Don't f—k with me.' Advertisement According to Politico, Low '[cast Musk] as obsessive, prone to seeking revenge, power hungry and in constant search of dominance.' 15 Philip Low warned Musk 'don't f–k with me' when he started making noise about exiting his brain implant start-up. Martin Eberhard In 2003, Martin Eberhard was one of two co-founders who incorporated Tesla. Elon Musk invested in the company and, one year later, became chairman. Musk was later recognized as a cofounder, following a lawsuit. 'That was a side issue and it got sorted out,' Siddiqui told The Post. The falling out has more to do with Musk 'claiming that he was almost solely responsible for the company.' Advertisement It doesn't help that Musk ousted Eberhard from his CEO post in 2007, according to Business Insider. Musk has since described Eberhard as 'by far the worst person I've ever worked with in my entire career.' In 2009, Eberhard sued Musk for defamation. Though the suit was settled out of court, in Isaacson's Musk bio, Eberhard does marvel, 'This is the richest man in the world beating on someone who can't touch him.' 15 Martin Eberhard wonders why 'the richest man in the world' would be 'beating on someone who can't touch him.' AP Sam Harris Disagreeing with Elon Musk might not be a good way to foster a friendship with him. The neuroscientist Sam Harris discovered this the hard way. Harris and Musk first became acquainted in 2008. They fell out in 2020 when Musk tweeted 'the coronavirus panic is dumb.' Harris has claimed that he asked Musk to 'walk back' from the position. 'There was a question about Musk weighing in on something that he does not have the expertise to weigh in on,' said Siddiqui. 'Is that putting people at risk?' Harris claimed Musk bet $1 million with him that there would be no more than 35,000 COVID-19 cases in America. If the number exceeded 35,000 Harris would be paid $1 million, to go to a charity. If it did not, Musk would get a $10,000 bottle of tequila. Harris obviously won. But did the million materialize? His texts went unanswered. Since then, via X, Musk called Harris 'mentally ill.' 15 Neuroscientist Sam Harris claims that musk lost a $1 million bet to him and did not pay it. YouTube/ Recode Harris said there is 'something seriously wrong with [Musk's] moral compass.' Grimes The singer whose real name is Claire Boucher was romantically involved with Elon Musk from 2018 until 2021. They have three children with unique names: X AE A-XII (aka, X), Exa (aka, Y) and Techno Mechanicus. There have also been suits and countersuits over custody. In February 2025, Grimes posted to X Musk should respond to a 'medical crisis' involving one of their children. When somebody questioned her taking a private situation to social media, she replied, 'If I have to apply public pressure then I guess that's where we're at.' X accompanied Musk when he met with President Trump in the Oval Office. Grimes allegedly posted to X she does 'not approve that in every conceivable way … I am desperate to solve it … But currently I don't know how to do it.' 15 Grimes went to X to ask Elon Musk to respond to a 'medical crisis' involving one of their children. Getty Images Sam Altman In 2015, Musk, Altman and others founded artificial intelligence company OpenAI as a non-profit. It then launched its for-profit arm, ChatGPT. Musk and Altman then fell out over the direction of the company. 'Musk wanted OpenAI to hold onto this idea that it is a non-profit,' said Siddiqui. 'Like that it would be for the good of humanity.' When Musk moved to buy OpenAI, Altman, 40, accused the tech billionaire of being in 'a position of insecurity,' adding 'I feel bad for the guy.' He also recently told The Post: 'Elon busts up with everybody, that's what he does,' the 40-year-old golden boy behind ChatGPT told The Post. Musk has taken to referring to Altman as 'Scam Altman.' 15 X, standing in front of Elon Musk, is his child who accompanied him to the White House. Getty Images 15 Regarding his former partner Elon Musk, Sam Altman said, 'I feel bad for the guy.' REUTERS Jack Dorsey Dorsey co-founded micro-blogging site Twitter, which Musk eventually bought and re-named X. In 2022 as the deal was about to go through, Dorsey went so far to say he had faith in Musk's 'mission to extend the light of consciousness.' But once in place, Musk made job cuts, changes in policy and the name change. By 2023, Dorsey was saying Twitter 'went south' after his purchase. 15 Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey claimed that the site 'went south' after Elon Musk took it over. Getty Images Peter Thiel Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have known each other long enough for their relationship to be complicated. In 2000, they combined their respective banking companies to create PayPal. By 2025, it's been a bit of a roller coaster. According to Thiel biography 'The Contrarian,' the two men realized their differences early on. Soon after the merger, Musk crashed his million dollar McLaren while driving Thiel to a meeting. Thiel, according to the book's author, saw Musk as reckless. Musk viewed Thiel as profit driven. Following the merge, while Musk was on his honeymoon, Thiel and his loyalists pushed Musk out of his CEO spot. But the grudge didn't hold. After all, when Musk's SpaceX was going through choppy times in 2008, Thiel provided a $20 million investment that set the company right — and its rocket entered orbit on its next attempt. Though they have called one another unflattering names – according to Business Insider, Musk regards Thiel as 'a sociopath' and Thiel views Musk as 'a fraud' – Siddiqui sees common ground. 'I think philosophically they are largely aligned,' he said. 'In the political arena, they have advocated for a lot of the same policies.' 15 Peter Thiel is said to view Musk as 'a fraud' while Musk is said to view Thiel as a 'sociopath.' AP Vernon Unsworth Sometimes two people try to do the right thing and it goes terribly sideways. Such was the case when Elon Musk and British caver Vernon Unsworth pitched in to save 12 boys trapped in a waterlogged Thai cave system for 15 days. Musk sent engineers from Tesla and a mini submarine to the site. Unsworth took a more traditional approach, finding skilled cave divers and dispatching them to where the boys – members of a Thai soccer team – were trapped. Musk's vessel never got used and Unsworth dubbed it a PR stunt, suggesting that he 'stick his submarine where it hurts.' Musk entertained his 30 million followers on X by dubbing the diver 'pedo guy' in a since deleted tweet. 15 Vernon Unsworth, who helped save the Thai kids trapped in a cave, sued Elon Musk for defamation. The legal action was unsuccessful. AP Unsworth sued for defamation Musk insisted that, in his native South Africa, 'pedo guy' is a common phrase. The kids were saved, Musk was found not guilty of defamation. Musk's lawyer stated the obvious in his summing up: 'In arguments, you insult people.'
CNBC
a day ago
- CNBC
29-year-old American left NYC and moved to Istanbul where he started a tourism company that brought in $100,000 last year
In 2017, Doug Barnard, a college student at the time, took a trip to India with his mom. The experience was so impactful that it eventually inspired him to become a full-time traveler—a path he didn't know was possible for him. "Going to India was an eye-opening experience for me. It was the first time I'd been to some place so foreign, so stimulating and for me it was this epiphany that I needed to experience more," Barnard tells CNBC Make It. "The most exciting part was talking to the people and seeing how things work. The immersion was what really got me." Barnard graduated in 2018 and moved to New York City to work for Walmart. At the time, he earned about $60,000 a year working in the e-commerce sector, and though he didn't dislike his job, it certainly wasn't his passion. "I think a part of me was looking for more meaning in my work," he says. While working at Walmart, Barnard started a YouTube channel dedicated to his travels. The first trip he featured on his channel was a visit to Saudi Arabia in 2020. "At the time, Saudi Arabia was kind of this mysterious country from an American perspective, at least. It was closed off for decades and they had just opened for tourism," he says. "Back then, people thought I was crazy. My parents asked me not to go. My grandfather offered to reimburse me. But I went for it and it was awesome." Later that year, Barnard was laid off from job because of the pandemic. While others might have been nervous about being unemployed, Barnard saw it as an opportunity to bet on himself. "My dream was to go travel full time, live abroad, immerse myself in these foreign places and make a living from YouTube." About three months after being laid off, Barnard booked a one-way ticket out of the United States. In January 2021, he arrived in Serbia and then traveled for two years before deciding to make Istanbul, Turkey, his home base in 2023. "Growing up in Connecticut, I never would have imagined that I'd ever end up living in a place like Istanbul or traveling to all the places that I've been lucky enough to travel to," Barnard says. "I found myself coming back to Istanbul again and again. It really is the perfect place for what I'm doing. It is pretty much the center of the world. I love the language, I love the culture, I love the history." His time abroad inspired Barnard to start a boutique tourism company called Doug Barnard Travel. They take small groups of 8 to 10 people on cultural immersion tours of places like Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan. Barnard offers private tours as well. The group tours start at $2,700 per person and what's included in that all-inclusive package can vary country to country. Flights are not included. "It is truly authentic travel. I mean it is as real as it gets. Places like Egypt and India are amazing but they have mass tourism industries and a place like Iraq is so new to tourism that you get a really authentic experience," Barnard says. "The people are excited to have you. The hospitality is out of this world and everything you're seeing is unparalleled." Barnard's YouTube channel helped bring in his tourism company's first clients. Many of the destinations featured in his early videos are where he offers his immersive tours. "A lot of the time, people will assume we're there on business and then once we tell them that we're there as tourists usually people are thrilled," Barnard says. "They're really proud to show off their country. They're really happy to see that foreigners are interested in visiting their country and learning about them." In 2024, Doug Barnard Travel ran a total of five group tours and brought in $100,100 in revenue. Barnard's YouTube channel business brought in an additional $64,029 in revenue, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. That same year, Barnard was able to pay himself a salary of $83,808. In Istanbul, Barnard lives in a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom duplex apartment where he and his girlfriend, İlkay, pay 55,000 Turkish Lira or $1,368.91 USD a month. The couple's additional monthly expenses average about 2,000 Turkish Lira, or approximately $50 USD. That includes bills like water, electricity, internet and gas. Barnard says Istanbul is the perfect location for him because so much of his business is in the Middle East. It's one of the main reasons why he doesn't see himself moving back to the U.S. "The more time I spend living in Istanbul and the more people I meet and the better I get at the language the more it feels like home," he says. It's been over four years since Barnard left the U.S. He says that traveling the world has taught him there is so much more to life than being in America. "I think Americans can tend to have this impression in their heads that the whole world hates us that hasn't been my experience," he says. "We're isolated geographically in the western hemisphere over there, and there's so much world to see." 0.02
