The point stands, though. If we’re really serious about curbing automobile-based energy consumption and emissions, then we have to look to the pricing mechanism. Singapore’s just an extreme example of that in practice, and my comparisons to Singapore were limited to two data points: cars per capita and a quick…

I can’t tell if you’re kidding. Singapore is the size of New York City. Just the city.

Solar was stillborn. It still isn’t economically feasible to install solar. You could make the argument that with climate change it becomes worth it, but the unsupported psuedo-fact that “they fought against it” is a red herring and worthless as an argument.

You realize that gas taxes are extremely regressive and you are punishing the poorest among us for having to drive to work? If you want to punish the rich then you should tax vehicles on weight and have it be a yearly recurring tax. The more expensive the vehicle, the more it weighs. Singapore is tiny, 5 million…

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The entire nation of Singapore is smaller than New York City.  You can’t realistically scale what they are doing to a nation as large and far-flung as the US.

...And everyone living in rural America (all that big space between the cities), will be instantly impoverished.

In just under 5 yrs, the way things have been going.

Carbon Neutral is a word that rich people like to use to make themselves feel better. 

The very thought of F1 being anything approximating carbon neutral is laughable. They wont even consider changing the schedule to avoid quite so many ‘half-way-around the world’ trips.

I don’t understand why the Taycan’s 2nd gear is so close to 1st gear. Motors produce so much torque that 2nd gear could be much lower and I would assume yield much higher range.

Exactly.  Try driving a gasoline powered car at 65mph, take your fuel economy reading, then up the speed to 75 then 85 and see how much less efficient a gasoline powered car becomes.

nah, a 10 second car wasn’t hard, as long as you had a solid Eclipse to work with and about $10k to spend down at Racer’s Edge. Oh, and don’t mind the dislodging floor panels.

It’s not much of a real world test, but to be fair, C/D puts all their test cars through that same scenario. So they didn’t just arbitrarily choose to do that for this test.

Mini? Sounds more like a major.

You pay $185,000 and get $185,000 worth of a car. You pay $99,990 and get $99,990 worth of a car. What a surprise! What a true revelation!!

This is the number I want on the window sticker. The 85MPH range/fuel economy.

Is there some universe I’m not aware of where buying a new Model S and a GT4 at the same time is not the obviously superior strategy?

During my own recent drive of the Taycan, a Porsche rep claimed that EVs struggle over 70 mph, as their efficiency begins to dramatically drop off at higher speeds.

Yeah, I was apparently looking at US cases for just the flu season, not worldwide. I thought the numbers seemed low.