Even the basest of base models today is far nicer than what my parents drove when I was a kid. In features definitely but especially in safety and reliability. Cars have come a long way.

The thing about average costs is it turns out quite a few of the included items will cost significantly less than that. Just because lots of people are buying a giant top of the line Canyonero doesn’t mean you also need to.

... and yet people wonder why Americans don’t want to take public transit. It’s because other Americans are fucking terrible.

“It’s really disconcerting when you’re building a $60,000 SUV and you can’t afford it.”

We were “decades away” from all the things generative AI can do until we suddenly weren’t. Having ridden in an actual Waymo vehicle, it felt much safer than a lot of human drivers I’ve ridden with.

Lincoln Town Car. Love the sporty electric cars but where are the electric couches-on-wheels? Just floating around everywhere in my battery powered land yacht would be amazing.

Are they going to set up more dealer locations so a significant portion of the population wouldn’t have to drive hundreds of miles to see one / for service / etc?

After watching tons of dashcam and “just rolled in” videos on YouTube, if anything we need far more safety inspections. People are out there driving crazy deathtraps and if you’re anywhere near them you’re in danger too.

Yeah, I saw the preview of the new Volvo EV today and it looked amazing until they showed the interior with no gauge cluster. Immediate full stop on my interest in it.

a Waymo Jaguar generates 1,100 gigabytes of information — which would cost the company $22 a month to store on Amazon’s AWS infrastructure

Charging during the day is easily done for many people whose employers offer charging infrastructure in their parking lots. It’s also trivial to delay charging until later at night when demand has subsided.

Seriously, a few decades ago random people in the cockpit wasn’t rare.

From the opposite direction, you’re arguing precisely for autonomous vehicles. No road rage if you’re not driving.

Pretty much any of the S3-8 or their RS siblings, in a plain color. Fantastic performance, blends in with all the other random Audis on the road.

it’s almost like more than one thing can be bad

Any performance mod that doesn’t modify the car’s physical appearance. Sleepers > *.

They taught us how to do CPR in high school. If high schoolers can learn it, then airline employees have no excuse.

Would love to get a Polestar 2 but for some reason they have absolutely no presence in the entire state or really anywhere close to me. Seems weird how restricted their network is.

4) Far less complex drivetrain. As EVs age, they’re far less likely to suffer huge issues or maintenance tasks. No blown head gaskets, no timing belt changes, etc. etc. Other than some slightly diminished battery capacity, EVs age a lot more gracefully.

You just described a whole lot of human “artists” as well.