And double-digit growth from tiny numbers is still a tiny number of cars, especially given the cost to develop a modern car platform.

It will happen sooner than you realize.

“He just called me out of the blue,” Mr. Musk said. “I don’t know why, but he does.”

Smart phone as a key may have faults but it doesn’t use/depend on mobile network connectivity - they create a direct Bluetooth Low Energy and/or Ultra Wide Band connection between the car and the device.

On Fuelly you can see some Wrangler 4xe drivers report MPG in the 30s-40s but most drivers are reporting 19-21 MPG https://www.fuelly.com/car/jeep/wrangler/2022?engineconfig_id=908

I had a 1st gen Escape hybrid and really liked it. I would’ve gotten another one but Ford stopped offering them from 2013-2019. fyi if you ever want to share or lookup real world MPG, there are businesses like Fuelly that offer that as does fueleconomy.gov/feg/browseList.jsp?src=feg

Dang that’s too bad. It wasn’t under the 10 year/150,000 mile warranty for the battery/voltec systems?

Guessing it was likely a combination of automakers not wanting to deal with the complexity and cost, not absolutely needing a hybrid to meet customer demands, and needing to reach an agreement with Toyota to work with or around their >20,000 hybrid patents which Toyota ended up releasing royalty-free in 2019.

How do you know manufacturers don’t like building PHEVs? A PHEV is not much more complex than a regular hybrid.

It’s hard to change habits if you aren’t forced to, and PHEV doesn’t force you to change habits.

I had a hard time picking betweeen 3rd and 4th gen. Picked the 4th gen because the concept gave me high hopes but it ended up killing the model.

The Eclipse cocoon that today’s crossover emerged from.

Love it. Hate the wheels. imo GM in general and Cadillac in particular has among the worst wheel designs in the industry. 

Dream small.

Tesla had a battery swap station operating in California but they closed it due to insufficient use

I wouldn’t pay much for this one but I applaud the people out there that will.

He’s seemingly surrounded himself with yes men in real life and online and is stuck reliving his successes of 10 years ago.

Good god, putzing around with cybertruck and roadster and robotaxi while their volume products age in the face of new and better competition coming online each quarter.

10-k. what’s toyota’s non-auto sales revenue look like?

Oops. Energy and services around 20% of revenue - growing 50% and 40% - vs cars growing 15%