engineering, I might say, is easier than *production* when it comes to magic. A genius can conceivably produce some “perfect” design but no amount of genius shifts tons of raw materials thru a thousand companies to produce parts for parts, shift those thru a hundred subcontractors, deal with their logistical realities…

when I was a toddler in the mid 70's, my mother owned and dd’d a 72 Datsun pickup. So when Mom was working in the flowerbeds, she’d put me in the back and use it as a playpen when the weather was nice.

I see Leafs actually on the lot and available for sale in a LOT more places than the Bolt. Available product right in front of potential customers drives a lot of sales. A single model and “ordering” like an empty shelf, means a lot of buyers go elsewhere.

for those who actually move stuff for a living, a shorter range EV pickup or van would sell like hotcakes at the right price. Look at how the Transit Connect is pretty much everywhere that plumbers, electricians, repair guys, groundskeepers and all the “service people” are busy keeping the sneering anti-pickup people…

and there’s no better excuse to extract money from the taxpaying public by claiming some “green” excuse.

is it still “conspiracy theory” when it’s proven and documented?

thing is, any money spent on “subsidizing oil prices” at a Federal level also coincidentally is helping EV manufacturers so the subsidy goes across the board. States don’t kick in to overall oil price modification, but they do kick in towards EV production and ownership especially when that manufacturer is in their…

if the ONLY reason you’re getting an EV is for incentives and tax breaks, you’re demonstrating a number of the problems involved in both the EV market and the problem with government kickbacks in a given market.

a good older SRT 8 in any flavor hits well into the 12K range around here. Custom goodies and low mileage engine? that’d be over 15K for a Charger or Challenger thusly equipped, without the longroof utility!

wow. one of the very few times where it’s not the car that dooms it to CP status. Almost always there’s some reason or flaw.

don’t worry, it’s almost always cured by The First Scratch.

broken promises? Never happened before Trump! Gitmo is closed, we’ve got no troops in the Sandbox, and so on and so forth.

if you can (and do) only afford one vehicle, the “thirst” for a SUV or pickup is a lot less than owning and running 3 or more vehicles trying to meet every single role.

holy crap, it’s like Car Centerfold right there. “I’ll be in my bunk”...

yeah. only thing scarier than someone pushing the limits on the street, is someone pushing those limits with the mistaken perception that they have the situation under complete control. A hooning driver who knows other cars are about, might be a little more alert and safer than a driver who “knows” there’s no one…

better check to see how many miles that car gets while “impounded”. Next arrest will be an off duty officer in the same car :P

after finding out suddenly my mother passed, I can say “shock” allows you to do what seems to be surprising things.

“found it in the fuel tanks” that’s our story and we’re sticking to it!

yeah and sadly, for every person like you who wants the cops to get “serious” there would be a bunch of SJW’s videotaping the thing and screaming how “evil cops” picking on some “poor” drunk guy. We saw a lot of that when Oakland cranked up the DUI checks and suddenly SJWs found some angle to get outraged about.

not to be argumentative, but is there a simple yet accurate explanation as to why Elio Motors’ case is treated as criminal while Faraday Future’s situation is not?