Washington (State) makes sense as the best place to own an EV - with the exception of the vehicle licensing costs. Because EVs are paying zero gasoline taxes they decided to add 14K at 35mpg of those fees (average ICE numbers) into the annual required payment to use the vehicle on public roads. As a result, the State…

Thanks to a ruling by the SCOTUS, students cannot be disciplined for activity outside of school when the court determined this year that it would be a violation of the first amendment. Public school systems cannot legally discipline students for activity outside of school, even if said activity is shared…

• Batteries have limited capacity.

Except dino juice runs over $4 a gallon here in the Pacific Northwest right now which puts the comparison on ICE [excuse] since the 33 miles costs the same between the two — if you always pay to charge your EV. But reality is that most EV owners charge their car at home most of the time.

Obviously this is not true. Folgers has been making beanless coffee since 1850.

Agreed. It is a good list for the “gaming curious” but none of these are going to get the attention of non-gamers.

It’s worth reading the article. “Induced demand” is why adding lanes typically increases the number of cars on the road and traffic continues to move at the same speed. So, yes, your point that adding lanes places more cars on the road is very true, but that also means more drivers impacted by the traffic (which then…

Let the Chinese keep the bastard-car Integra and sign me up for a new Honda Prelude, please.

Note: Harassment ≠ Running over 6 people

I love myself some robonecking.

Damn it, Torch. I’ve been trying for months to get my two teenagers to appreciate great automotive design and then you toss that on here? We’re going to have nightmares for weeks. Thanks a lot.

What happens when Sony’s servers no longer support this game? Will the career mode no longer work? As someone who occasionally plays a round of GT2 (still love that Cardigans intro) - I am having a difficult time imagining Sony (or Microsoft or EA or Nintendo or ...) still supporting it more than 20 years later.

Clearly my brain cells were working as well as those at the RV company - I think I understand your point now. The only advantage I can think is that it also serves as battery/generator for the RV itself. But — yeah, I’m not buying that one, either.

I suspect I am completely misunderstanding your point, but —- being an RV, it is assumed that every trip would require the ICE, so a bigger battery would only require additional fuel usage. Their engineering goal would be to implement as small of a battery as needed for the purpose.

Doh!

Re: Speed Limits

... and when you factor in that “all these taxes” do not actually cover the cost of the roads. Bottom line is that America’s addiction to automobiles is expensive.

My point was that brake pads last twice as long in EVs and that they have significantly smaller maintenance costs - hence why the cost of ownership of a Model 3 is less than a Honda Accord. If you can live with the range issues (which is a big “if”, I recognize), it is well known that the TCO on a BEV is less than ICE…

“The only thing a BEV lacks from an ICE vehicle is the engine itself.”

A bit tangential, but one interim option that is not currently used by many is to have an EV for the daily commute and to hire a vehicle for vacations. In fact, some dealerships will allow you to borrow an ICE vehicle from them when needed if you purchase an EV.