Perhaps you never understood that mentality because you embody it?

Bradley—

Some people do what they love and want to keep doing it.

This.  Five years ago, I was on Team Battery Swap, but watching how fast solid-state tech is developing, I’m increasingly bullish that we’re going to be at a manageable range and charge time that renders this approach irrelevant.

I don’t want more range! I want a smaller, lighter, more efficient EV. Or at least some compromise. Carmakers will have the chance to design better, more efficient EVs but I hope this does not create an arms race similar to the cylinder wars. There has to be a happy medium for EVs and solid-state batteries could…

Your faith in the state governments that already arbitrarily mandated that Americans no longer get to purchase what they want refraining in the future from arbitrarily mandating that Americans no longer get to keep what they own is... charming.

This. We literally had a controlled science experiment that validated this very plan. This isn’t a week of Sturgis— or a protest rally— it’s a masked socially-distanced managed outdoor event.

The most impressive feature to me is the Adaptive Ride Height (ARH).

I’m perfectly fine removing all Native American names from commercial and athletics use so no Americans ever have common reason to think of Native Americans ever again.

Manuals are always sporty. I had fun in a 130 hp Protege, I can have fun in a 227 hp Mazda3, and enjoy the upscale cabin while I’m at (I do love their new interiors...).

That’s great news for Mazda, and a far cry from their early Aughts reputation for being victims of the Rust Monster.

Didn’t Tesla rip of Porsche’s fob schtick?

Put the WRX engine into the Crosstrek already, cowards.

I did the entire Grossglockner with a low-fuel light on a Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle, the whole way down I was basically coasting throughout hairpins without a throttle hoping I’d have enough fuel to reach the first gas station at the bottom. My bike literally sputtered to a stop at the pump.

I really keep finding myself debating trading in my Cayman for a P1800.

Or a Uighur rescue organization.

I still remember walking down the block in Chicagoland’s Gold Coast ~20 years ago, and just casually coming across a Z8 parked along a curb out front of a coffee shop, top down. My buddy and I walked past it before I did a doubletake— I was like, “Wait... that wasn’t a Z3... that’s... OMG.” I stared at it slack-jawed…

Riding a motorcycle through the French Pyrenees on a foggy morning. There is nothing to the right except a thousand-foot drop. To my left, random grazing livestock running into the road (oh hi Mister Llama).

I don’t know about *impressed*, but choosing to own a stick shift in 2021 definitely tells your date some important details about you.

Im betting this isn’t the actual product but just a mockup for marketing. i.e. they had the 3d drawings and they just added in batteries and a generic pack over the engine.