My real world metric is that roadtripping in my Model Y is about 30 min per 500 miles slower than it was in my gas car. Not enough to be a dealbreaker, not small enough to ignore. The real problem of course is that EA is inconsistent, inconvenient, and shockingly expensive atm, so.... still hard to recommend (though…

I love it, and by the time I’m willing to part with my Model Y, it will be on the shortlist. That or any fast/lift backish performance EV that doesn’t sit 100 inches off the ground. While yes, technically you can go basically anywhere you want using EA, it would be disingenuous to suggest it isn’t a incredibly…

Hats off to you Jason, from a Tesla owner myself. The Koolaid is strong with this one.

I think Edmunds tests are a great representation of daily use in temperate conditions, but unfortunately really bad evaluations of roadtripping or incliment weather tests, which is where electric range actually matters even a tiny bit. You don’t need a 300 mi car for your daily commute. Less exacting, but ‘as good as…

As long as there is any intent to roadtrip/primary car this EV, the obvious answer in the US at least is Tesla. EA is such a disaster still, unfortunately. Significant reduction in range (particularly in cold/wet based on youtuber tests anyways) combined with using EA is a hard pass unless it were to be multi-car…

Agreed. This was a farce purely because the FIA made a stupid implementation of a stupid rule that has the obvious (even on paper) consequences. This wasn’t even strategy at that point, just ridiculousness. Hugely damaging ending to an otherwise pretty decent race (minus the really gross halfassed chicane before the…

I don’t know if that is true. In a world where right before this where Mercedes spent 442 million dollars in 2019 AND made a profit while doing so, it really wouldn’t be that surprising if a 60+% reduction in spending meant this year in particular was tight on parts overruns. Binning every aspect of the car is not…

WTB out of the greys....

Thanks George. Cost your (hopefully) future team the equivalent of 10-15 people’s jobs in a fixed cap format. Unlike in other sports where the 10-50 (depending on sport) semi-celebrity athletes are basically the only part capped cost that matters, F1 cost caps are largely ‘normal engineering’ personnel salaries as…

This. I will also note that Japan is a big source of second-hand cars in Asia in general. When I was in Myanmar, basically every non-new car was an import from Japan. So with Japan exporting everywhere, there really isn’t any reason not to export to the US for those who are willing to pay extra.

You say that like the (unfairly and stupidly) most valuable car company in the world isn’t the one who invested huge amounts into that very situation. There is mountains of money for the taking for some companies *though others will definitely fight tooth and nail* in this situation.

Meh, 15 years is a long time in technology terms. EDGE was barely a thing 15 years ago (2o03 release), let alone 4G (2009-2011). I also think, to be frank, setting a target of 2035 means by the time 2030 goes around it gets pushed back to 2040 etc etc. That’s basically what happens with all of these regulatory…

You literally do. You are fully allowed, and encouraged to take the racing line as the car in front. The only thing you cant do (in F1 anyways) is make more than single motion defenses, or leave less than one car width to another car along side (though you are not required to leave a car width to a car behind). Bottas…

I’ve never starred so many comments trashing a take, because this has to be the worst take ever posted on this site. Like the Russel one fine, encourage mass stupidity just for funzies, makes you a real professional. This is just bs unacceptable behavior and the dude should have been arrested not just banned.…

That is the racing line. The actual steering movement Russell bitched about was barely anything. Note Russell’s own comment “he made a very very slight movement”. They showed it live, it might have been 1 centimeter, 1.5 max.

These conspiracies are crazy. Bottas made effectively 0 motion and Russell binned them both in a pique of stupidity. Other drivers who tried that same move in that same spot would also probably end up binning both. What was Bottas supposed to do, run off into the wet to let him pass?

Personality is fine and great. Doubling down on being wrong. Purely, blatantly, wholly wrong is immature and disappointing. I’m a huge Russell fanboy and was gutted last year, but show a little bit of composure. It literally doesn’t matter who was there he was trying to pass, ffs being down in the race temporarily due…

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Yes I’ve watched Rich before, but honestly, only the powertrain warrantee is actually a big deal imo (8 year 150k), and given the bleeding edge of current tech, by the time that gets done, I don’t expect it to be worth selling. Everything is that calculus. Also, M3 and MY are commodized heavily by comparison to the S…

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