That this isn’t doesn’t come exclusively with the hybrid powertrain from the Tundra makes me annoyed with Akio Toyoda. Always--rightly--bragging about how much emissions have been avoided just by hybridizing, and then releasing this and, like, the Corolla Cross without hybrid powertrains. C’mon, man.

How about the fact that in about 95% of America, you have no choice but to drive. Everything’s too far away, or if it isn’t, it’s dangerous, inconvenient, or just unpleasant to walk, bike, or take public transportation, even if the distance seems silly to drive (say, just a few blocks). People in the country seem to…

Korea’s market has long followed a weird mix of the European and American market trends: diesels and quirk from the former, big (really big for such a small, dense country) sedans from the latter; this is probably in part due to the importance of export markets for automakers with such a small domestic market. As both…

There’s been both an “e” version of ever Genesis model trademarked so far (i.e., eG80, eGV80, eGV70; the lack of an “e” on this “e”-only model is somewhat confusing), and an electric version of the GV70 spotted around Korea. I’d not be surprised if the GV60 is more expensive than the GV70, but expect it to be cheaper…

I mean, I think most environmentalists would argue that it still is; certainly, I still do. However, if the latest infrastructure bill says anything, it tells us that Americans—via the politicians they elect—somehow still think you can just keep adding lanes to roads and highways in growing metropolitan regions and…

I do love all the neat little bits of engineering in modern ICE cars; it shows such dedication to the medium, so to speak. However, I do think it also shows why electric cars are the future. Hybrids show that the most efficient way to “run” a car with an ICE is to turn it off most of the time. A decade-old Nissan Leaf…

I’d say I’m amazed at the number of presumably self-proclaimed car enthusiasts enthralled to the idea that prioritizing making people who don’t care about cars drive their cars everywhere by not investing in public transit is somehow in the interest of car enthusiasts, but this is the internet, and people are dumb.…

Love seeing AI researchers and Silicon Valley tech bros struggling with the types of problems that philosophy has been dealing with for--in the least generous understanding--the past several hundred years. It’s almost like, despite the popular misconception, philosophy’s not bullshit, or something.

I really think that a lot of progress could be made just by making a lot of hybrid-optional cars only available as hybrids. People would probably mostly not even notice--either the difference in driving or cost. Toyota’s definitely going in the right direction, but I still see so many Camrys and Corollas--to say…

Unions DO work. They work better (though still imperfectly) in other countries where amorality and greed are less openly celebrated, but even here, they, at least in theory, can be held responsible for workers’ welfare. For some reason, we’ve largely given the companies actually employing people a free pass on…

I do remember reading, when I was trying to decide between an Accord hybrid or Sonata hybrid, that Hyundai stuck with a conventional transmission in part for people who prefer a more traditional driving feel, but that they could and likely would start pairing their hybrid systems with a CVT, which would still make it…

Frankly, I think Hyundai needs to start going the Toyota route of offering models only as hybrids. The 1.6t hybrid in the Tucson and Santa Fe seems to be better-reviewed than the 2.5 that’s standard in those models, and the 1.6NA hybrid from the Ioniq seems to be holding up well, and would do great as base engines in…

I’m 6'6", and I fit just fine in my mom’s CR-V, and very comfortably in my own Sonata. Granted, I’m skinnier, 190-200ish, but anything bigger than a subcompact shouldn’t present any issues with space.

Anybody else most amazed at the fact that per passenger-mile, a 747 is more efficient than a single-driver Civic? Planes aren’t great for the environment; cars are even worse—at least gas ones—and we’ve been using them in the U.S. way more than anyone else for the past 70 years. Intercity high-speed rail replacing…

I can’t help but think that a lot of these quality problems are Hyundai’s own fault, even if the relevant parts are made by parts companies. The thing about the chaebol—the big Korean companies like Hyundai and Samsung—is that most of the companies they work with work with them exclusively, by the chaebol’s design, so…

The vast majority of noise cars make 98% of the time is tire noise, and that’s not going to go away with EV’s.

I mean, Biden is personally responsible for making car companies from other countries make hybrids over the past two decades. I heard he puts the batteries into the cars, himself!

I think people who haven’t been to a large Chinese city don’t realize the extent of the problem. I remember walking around downtown Beijing a few years ago: 10-lane-wide roads absolutely everywhere, having to walk long distances to cross them, massive interchanges and overpasses right in the middle of the city.

I mean, it sure as hell seems like it. Maybe you honestly don’t think it’s likely that some 14-year old has a picture of one of these one the wall; frankly, I don’t think it’s terribly likely either. But proceeding that thought with, “We have different definitions of “gearhead”, would strongly seem to suggest that…

“Hey Siri, what is a bad faith argument?”