Range only matters if it’s not enough. The Leaf has enough range for most commutes with a reserve. The Bolt doesn’t have enough range (ease of refueling away from home) to make the annual Thanksgiving trek to aunt Edna’s. A commute-only car is a lot easier to justify at $16K than at $30K.

And buy-pintism.

Your lawn mower and snow blower aren’t used every day?
You don’t get a new lawn mower every two years as part of your water service contract?

Bullet trains have to acquire their right-of-way, or substantially rebuild an existing right-of-way while keeping it operational, so they’re stupid-expensive government projects. Airlines, by contrast, appear economically self-sufficient.

I hate those commercials, but they must be working — Chevy’s been banging that drum for a long time.

I think there’s some snobbishness to it, too. American cars are popular in the heartland, and since us coastal folks are more sophisticated we look at domestics as being just a little bit redneck.

And not have to look long or drive long to get to a station, or worry if it’ll have the right nozzle.

GM often does this on purpose. They want to start production slowly, and they want to introduce it in a few friendly markets before going mainstream.

You didn’t get through the fourth paragraph of the article, did you?

I’m sure you can make it work,

How’s the Jag a better GT car with no room for luggage? The Corvette is a road trip master.

I say that as if electronics are not moving parts nor high-temperature bulbs. I say that as if automotive electronics are generally very robust and long-lived.

Subaru fixed the nose and it still didn’t sell. They didn’t disguise the tall doors well enough, so it looked like a minivan posing as an SUV, and the restyle made the nose look like a Chrysler, specifically a Town & Country. D’oh.

While it probably means that United is going to take it in the shorts when this passenger sues them, you can bet they’re already drafting the addition to the Definitions section of their contract that “boarding” applies until the plane has disembarked from the gate, even as their PR and policy people pledge that such…

You’re not alone — GM has had no trouble selling Stingrays and their more expensive siblings. I just can’t get there, performance be damned.

The bulbs in such housings should be lasting much longer.

Yes, it’s worrisome, but not so bad for popular models where there isn’t a fundamental design flaw. When the supply of new parts gets thin or is unfavorably priced, picked parts will take their place. And diagnostics have gotten better as the engines have gotten more complex.

Don’t be so dim — the more expensive the headlight, the more likely it’s protected by crash avoidance technology. Y’all are making too much of this problem and need to lighten up.

Striking is what you say when you can’t say beautiful.

High horses that don’t even transform.