I expect the next presidential administration will raise the gas tax, tax carbon emissions and restrict oil production in America. On top of that there is more tension brewing the Middle East, which never ends well and has an impact on oil supply. So to expect gas prices will be this cheap in 5 years is ridiculous.
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Well, I did my part and got a Hyundai Ioniq this year. I hope to never to have to own any sort of crossover ever. Hopefully, once gas prices climb back up the market will correct itself.
GM and Chrysler are going to be hurting after this thing comes out. Ford is probably making the best Explorer it has ever made.
These sports crossovers will always be compromised compared to an actual sports coupe. A two ton+ crossover even with 503 hp is still dragging around all that weight. The fuel economy also is pretty atrocious on both X3 M and X4 M. I have driven the CR-V and it is not fast but I would not really call it super…
So is basically every other car company is working on electric vehicle technology. What would make Chrysler’s version more compelling? Why would someone buy a Chrysler product over a Japanese or Korean car? Or even a Ford or GM product? Outside of Jeep and Ram, the rest of their brands are useless. At the end of…
Ford and GM have full line ups of semi-competative vehicles. Ford still has European models they could federalize if there is another gas price spike and GM could do the same for their Chinese market vehicles. Chrysler’s line up is made up mostly outdated vehicles or recently redesigned ones that are really just…
You could buy a M2 and a Toyota RAV 4 and have a much better experience than this car. I guess some one dropping $80k on a heavy sports crossover probably does not care about practicality or money.
If truck sales are declining, then a recession is on its way for sure. Also FCA is a dead brand walking. The US one way or another will push to phase out fossil fuels, eventually especially as the boomers become less relevant in politics and as a voter block. Focusing on gas guzzling trucks and SUVs when the rest…
Well I did my part to not get a crossover or light-truck and got a Hyundai Ioniq recently. It had a lot of discounts and good financing because of hybrid sales being down in the US. That is unfortunate that brands are focusing on gas guzzlers again. Next time fuel prices spike or a recession hits they will be…
Overhead wire works well and is used for public transit and for trains all around the world. Why not use an existing technology that has been proven to work instead of hoping that a magical solution will happen?
If the Boring Companies tunnel fails then we get a half-assed finish tunnel and abandoned construction sites in our communities and along our public ROW’s. Once again the public gets stuck with the negative externalities of when the private sector fails.
Elon Musk’s project would run into even more road blocks since it would require a new ROW and expensive tunneling. The US is a wealthy enough country where we could throw 50-100 billion dollars at the Northeast Corridor and we would not have to raise a single tax. Our President, Elaine Chao, and any other…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Corridor The Northeast Corridor is one of the few places in America where Amtrak owns a majority of their infrastructure. Metro North, Massachusetts, and Connecticut own sections of it also.
That is wrong. Amtrak owns a major portion of the Northeast Corridor. Outside of the Northeast Corridor Amtrak mostly operates on private freight railroad tracks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Corridor
https://www.alstom.com/our-solutions/rolling-stock/avelia-liberty-innovation-and-proven-design-very-high-speed Amtrak already has new high-speed rail equipment on order to replace the existing Acela trainsets. They have the capability to be upgraded to 220 mph service. The Federal Government should spend the money…
Every major city in this country has existing and former rail corridors. An Intermodal facility for freight can serve a 100-mile radius. So vans and trucks would be used for first and last mile.
That is what a delivery van is for. Freight does not travel end to end in one vehicle.
You truck the first or last mile from the intermodal rail terminal if there is not a direct connection. The idea would be to get rid of most trucking trips over 100 miles which would reduce congestion and pollution.
So freight rail is not an alternative. Trucking should only really be used for first and last mile.
A 100 car double-stack intermodal train can take 200 trucks off the road. Rail is easy to electrify with overhead wire while Elon’s garbage trucks need batteries.