I think it’s just a product of most people not really caring about cars. Most people in the U.S. buy a car because they need one, not because they want one, and if an EV can promise long-term cost savings while being less environmentally-damaging than gas cars, that will win over a lot of buyers.

What are you talking about? Of course we track market share for type of powertrain! It’ just that Americans have been so short-sighted in their vehicle purchasing habits that they’ve rarely ever bought anything besides pure gas vehicles. It is a bit silly to be tracking one brand’s share of one type of powertrain’s…

Friendly reminder to all developing countries: per passenger mile, NOTHING is LESS efficient in terms of public funds per person than automotive infrastructure. Make trains, buses, bike lanes, and pedestrian streets—make them all good—and keep cars out of your cities as much as you can.

The ol’ horseless carriage…

I think it’s worth noting that, EV models aside, we’re still talking about models that average closer to 3000lbs than the 4000-5000lbs that are common in the U.S., with commensurate improvements in fuel economy, and safety for those outside the vehicle. There seems to be a greater awareness in some circles that taxing…

....Sure, but the MOST rational choice is still going to be a mini-MPV or small/mid-size station wagon. Less ground clearance means lower CG and more interior space; lower-profile front-end styling means better fuel economy and pedestrian safety; less emphasis on looking “tough” typically means better visibility;…

Usually, AFAIK, dual-clutch cars don’t do the idle-roll that most people are used to from torque converters, so technically the dual-clutch hybrid in the Elantra shouldn’t do that. My ‘20 Sonata hybrid Blue, which uses a clutch pack in an otherwise traditional automatic, does do the traditional idle-roll (if you don’t…

I think in part that’s because people didn’t like the idea of a “cute”-ute as they used to call crossovers, and the only crossovers available were small. Nowadays, the average “mid-size” crossover, like a Telluride/Pathfinder/Explorer is as big as those old Expeditions used to be, the new Expeditions (of course) also…

Seriously; it’s one thing about automotive reviews publications that’s becoming increasingly annoying to me over the years. I understand they need to be on friendly terms with manufacturers to get access to vehicles and information, but....C’mon. This certainly pertains to acceleration, too. If I have to read one more…

This is kind of how I feel, too. I bought a large-ish midsize sedan a few years ago because I liked how it looked, but would’ve gladly taken the next size class down if something similar-looking had been available. I went hybrid with it for saving gas money and to reduce environmental impact, but something smaller and…

Love this nonsense. I take care of the old and sick—a job someone is always going to need to do—and I still have to work ~50 hours a week just to afford my shitty 1 bedroom and a mediocre standard of living.

That’s the thing. Car makers never made a bunch of money on those cheapo cars, so they stopped making them; simple as. They’re under no public obligation to make sure everyone can afford a car, so they go for more profit, what with being for-profit companies. That’s why it’s so important to have viable, public…

The confusion is yours.

It’s so disheartening to see so many people on this site not get it. You honestly think all the people driving around in CR-Vs and RAV4s, Tahoes and Expeditions, Camrys and Corollas, are car enthusiasts? It’s completely delusional. How often have we all read a review of an actual driver’s car—a RWD 2+2, a roadster, or…

So weird; I thought you needed a car in order to be a driver.

How can you be so dense? Automobile dependency DOES NOT equate to automotive enthusiasm. You’re telling me that the people who buy giant pickups and mommymobiles SUVS/crossovers are all car nuts? Gimme a break.

But the fact that people don’t want to BE attentive while driving shows how dumb an idea it is to have built all of our transportation needs on driving. Hell, we car enthusiasts SHOULD make this argument more often: the types of cars being bought are clearly not ones made for people who drive because they like to…

Cliche and easily falsifiable response to accusations of car-brain. They have smartphones in other developed countries; none have seen the recent rise in pedestrian/cycling deaths that we have.

More evidence that neither driverless cars nor cars, generally, should be allowed in city centers. Cars, when used for private transportation, are simply too disruptive of urban economic and cultural activities to usefully contribute.

Possibly it wasn’t as significant a technology as we think it was, or they thought it wasn’t back then? Possibly they couldn’t just Baidu, “how to make a good commercial passenger jet” back then.

Honestly, given Vietnam’s demography, geography, and geography, I’d say skip trying to develop a native automotive industry altogether. Two very large cities at the ends of a very skinny country with heavy tourism in the middle; relatively low (though certainly rapidly growing) GDP/capita PPP; rapid transition through…