I completely agree about the EV obsession over range and size needs to stop so prices could come down. For a while after my dad passed I kept his Chevy Spark EV. The thing had a maximum range of 80 miles, and in the winter it was more like 60. But I was able to do 90% of my driving with it because as everyone with…

I’m not sure why anyone pushes PHEV investment at this point - you’re paying for a large % of the battery cost but then adding all the ICE costs at the same time.  Combine that with the fact that the PHEV’s battery will likely experience faster wear than the EV’s battery, and it seems to be a losing combination now…

Limiting it to minors is just their means to get a foot in the door. There’s already been comments and suggested legislation that expands well beyond “protecting minors”. It’s been very apparent that the way to “protect minors” is to eliminate any chance of exposure to the concept to begin with.

Is EV demand really soft, or is demand for their EVs soft? Let’s look at what they have for sale:

Hydrogen is the balsa wood of energy storage.

Nope. And I don’t own an EV either. ( Buzzer sound ) Try again!

I love Toyota. But they are constantly dragging their feet on this while at the same time the Chinese automakers are quietly taking over. German automakers are suffering due to the rampant growth of Chinese brands being brought over to Europe. The BYD Dolphin just got “Budge car of the year” in the UK. They are all…

Yes, it would be nice if everyone was immune to distraction and had calibrated limbs that could perfectly balance braking, steering and throttle in emergency situations.

I don’t think I would call a 1st generation Land Rover a coupe.

Fair enough lol.  But at least have something going on.  It’s just a plain bare dash and screen, I get some people like that super simple look but it’s a no from me.

Edit, it is actually worse. BEV sales were down 48% YoY and Tesla down 61% YoY. PHEV and BEV were down 58% together.

Great, but their sales are declining enough to reduce prices. That is what this whole article is about and what it talks about. Tesla reducing prices due to declining sales. I don’t have other OEM sales data or pricing, so this article is still factual. And according to what you linked, total EV sales went down 58%,…

“Every time I get into a friend’s tesla, I get annoyed by the nothingness inside and the terrible vegan leather that’s worse than Mercedes MB tex vinyl interior shit...

The numbers are right in the tweet in this article. Sales have been declining in Germany over the past 4 or 5 quarters. 

Then they’ve correctly identified their audience. Most Americans are dumber than a box of rocks.

Saloon resembles the Aston Martin Bulldog which is a good thing

Awesome. Finally, something new to pine for after the VW iBuzz Microbus fell flat. Bring it Honda!

Saturn didn’t fail because of no-haggle pricing, it failed because GM’s other divisions didn’t like how it was operating in a unique way (and initially got a lot of resources when it was highly successful at launch). Later they changed things to operate more like other GM divisions (shared parts and spread out…

I’m pretty sure all of the major legacy automakers are quietly trying to figure out how to shrink or even get rid of their dealer networks to move towards more direct to consumer models, largely because dealers absolutely refuse to ‘get in line’.

I thought cars & bids flips was fisker’s official sales model