Hitting the bottle early today, eh?

Not that it makes sense for a premium $100k sports car, but I understand the reasoning.

Didn’t the original 500e lease in CA for $99/mo? 

Looks like an Ariya from behind.

Same here. I actually use to enjoy doing all the research and negotiating, but since using a broker I now see the light. They managed to get me into a loaded Ioniq 5 (~ $60k msrp) for about the exact same as that IS350. I never would’ve been able to haggle that on my own.

Huh? What’s this logic?

Go to any dealer to test drive and then go through a broker. That’s what I did when I got an Ioniq 5 - best $500 I’ve spent for not having to haggle with a sleaze bag or step foot inside a Hyundai dealer.

Maybe not, but I knew it wouldn’t end well the second Trump and Pence began to host events at the Lordstown factory

The manufacturer endorsed by Trump/Pence went bankrupt? Shocker!

The only buttons the EX90 removed are the window defrost and hazard, the volume and track buttons were moved to the center console. The larger screen won’t make it faster, no, but the new Nvidia and Qualcomm chips will, along with the improved UX layout

Any my point is Volvo has had this same setup for nearly a decade. Why complain about it now? If anything the larger screen and faster UI will make it better, not worse.

I think the point is that what would bend a traditional frame wouldn’t do anything to a casting. If you get in a bad enough crash that would bend a casting, then chances are you were in a severe crash and fixing the frame would be the last of your worries

This sucks, but don’t all experimental procedures inherently come with a high safety risk? Don’t sign a waiver to be a beta patient and expect everything to do smoothly. 

Replacing fenders and whatnot are no different, the gigacasting is the actual body structure. I was referring to a video Sandy Munro made explaining why gigacasting is stronger and debunking this myth that they’re more expensive to repair. He beat the casting with a sledge hammer and it didn’t dent at all. He did the…

Does this go for Polestar 2 as well? Still would be weary buying a former rental car, but at least repair bills are more manageable vs Tesla.

Can’t speak for why repairs are more expensive, but the gigacasting shouldn’t theoretically impact repair costs. The casting is much much stronger and difficult to damage - e.g. it won’t be dented in the parking lot. If for some reason it is damaged, then chances are the car was in a serious crash and would be written…

But it has no more/less physical switches than the current Volvo lineup, which is all screen minus the physical volume dial and next/previous track buttons, which is still here, just moved to the center console and consolidated into a single dial.

Dork

Another day another pointless article for the sole purpose of having the CT front and center on the home page.

What are you on about? You see them every day because you’re (I’m assuming) European, where this has been out for years. This is just launching in America, so duh we haven’t seen them yet. I live in Los Angeles, unless you consider California an unimportant economic area?