since dropped to $95o. But there are two other manual wagons with many, many fewer miles and under $2k nearby (I found a third on my phone, but it was gone when I looked it up on my laptop). So is this worth it with those options available?

All of this. I also assume one could replace VC gasket when doing timing belt.

Batteries will never scale

SBA’s Firmly Against Horselesscarriagebullying, c.1907: “The real challenge the automobile craze faces is that it’s pretty much all Early Adopters buying to this point— the mainstream is unconvinced. And unwilling to put up with all the hassles.”

NONE OF THIS MATTERS IF THEY DIDN’T SAY WHEN HEDGHAGS WILL FINALLY TAKE FLIGHT

You’ve completely missed missed G42dog’s point. EVs differ solely in what mechanism they use for locomotion. They don’t fundamentally change the way we use a car, such as Palm Pilot and BlackBerry did for the cell phone.

A 2019 Civic has a curb weight of 2762 lb, wheel base of 106", 183" length and 71" width. While your Dart is a tad bigger, those numbers (aside from wheel base) are dead-on with a ‘67 Chevy II.

It’s amazing how much crumple zones, body and chassis reinforcements, and sensors and electronics weigh.

Apologies. C-rate refers to charge and discharge rates as they relate to the battery’s capacity. A typical lithium ion battery might be 2 amp-hours (meaning it can sustain 2 amp discharge for one hour), which is “1C.” So a 1-amp charge is 0.5C and a 4-amp discharge is 2C.

I can’t believe Samsung would recommend such a high charge rate. The i3 uses Samsung SDI cells which are touted mainly for power storage applications that don’t see as high charge/discharge rate (I’ve heard Tesla use (used?) them in the Powerwall). They’re nickel manganese cobalt (NMC), which is a bit of a compromise…

It will be tight if they’re rear-facing. We have one on the passenger side of our eGolf and had to move the passenger seat just a touch too far forward (I’m 6', she’s 5'10"); not quite knees-in-the-dashboard, but close to it. I’m not sure a wagon would alleviate that.

waverace 64 is still fun as hell

BMW use Samsung in the i3 and AESC are in the Leaf.

The i3 orignally came with a 22kWh pack, and 50kW is >2C charge rate. That’s overkill and likely degraded those cells considerably. BMW/Samsung estimated a cycle life of 4,600 cycles at 1C charge, so I question whether BMW actually allowed a full 50kW charge; that’s still >1C with the latest 42kWh (120Ah-cell) pack..

No way, the i3 is goofy in all the right ways. The Bolt is just ugly.

Have you seen a Bolt? It doesn’t look boring, it looks awful.

You really whiffed big time on that list. The clear #1 is buying SWAT gear, assault rifles and other toys for the police force.

You mean Russell running into the middle of the dance and standing there like a complete goober wasn’t reason enough? 

The cells, which are pouch-style lithium ion cells from LG, are arranged in “3P96S” and “4P94S” configurations, meaning the smaller pack has three parallel sets of 96 cells arranged in series, while the large pack has four parallel sets of 94 cells arranged in series. Overall system voltage is close to 400 volts.

And I’ll say again, if anyone is thinking of getting a Switch strictly as a home console instead of a PS4 or even an XB1, I’ll ask them to think about it very carefully because the Switch isn’t really the same thing.