I’m the kind of person who buys new and then drives the car for a long while. I current have a 2005 Corolla that I was looking to replace around now, but the car market going stupid has pushed back my plans to the point where I’ll probably make it 20 years with my car.

It really depends on what gas prices are doing.

It could just be they haven’t received any feedback because a good 90% of people have never used their radio and instead have their phones connected via Aux, Bluetooth, or Carplay/Android audio.

My 2005 Toyota Corolla has a really annoying panic alarm on the key fob that goes off if it is just simply pressed. You don’t have to press and hold it at all, so it will often go off when I’m taking my keys out of my pocket. I almost want get a 3rd party remote start system installed just so I can ditch the factory…

Seems kind of useless for anyone who doesn’t live in New Jersey or Oregon.

It varies a lot depending on where you live. I’m thinking about an EV down the road and currently live in an apartment with no charging options, and my local Target has some Electrify America chargers. I’ve downloaded the app and have been checking it when do the weekly shopping on Fridays, and the chargers have been…

Foxconn is complicated. They are a Taiwanese company, despite having a lot of manufacturing in mainland China.

Yeah, I’m also curious how they arrived at that number (I can’t really get more details because the article is paywalled).

Seems like that is a good way to send engineering staff straight into the arms of legacy automakers who are building out their EV portfolio right now.

EVs use low rolling resistance tires to help the range, so they are generally more expensive than tires for an ICE vehicle as well.

I’ve seen the EUV version drop down to below 30k for the LT models in my area. It’s a little above the $27k budget, but it is worth it for the less dorky appearance.

The interest rates won’t help matters, but I’m sure $6/gallon gas will get a lot of people looking at the F-150 Lightning. Not that you can make a reservation now anyway, but even when gas prices drop people will remember the pain at the pump for at least a little while and will at least be considering a hybrid model.

I’m betting little bit of the price increase is the Saudis holding back on increasing production because they’d rather have Trump in the White House so he can come back and fondle the Orb after they use another journalist as a human sacrifice.

The lines look bad, but at my Costco at least they move pretty fast. There are a lot of pumps, you can tap to pay so people aren’t wasting time trying to get the card reader to work, and the light up signs to tell you what pumps are open keep the line moving pretty smoothly.

My worst experience was when I was in college in 1994 in Buena Vista, VA and during the summer I took my 1979 Olds Delta 88 to see my girlfriend in Fredericksburg on weekend.

To be fair, automotive infotainment UIs are some of the most user-unfriendly interfaces designed by man. I just rented a 2021 Corolla and I had to do a Google search to find the place in the settings to turn up the navigation voice in CarPlay because it was super quiet compared to the music. It was hidden in Menu ->…

Sorry, I was typing too fast and I meant to say Android Automotive.

This seems a little different than Android Auto. My impression is that is just an overlay that replaces the OEM interface for those screens (which could be running Android Auto) with a CarPlay interface.

It’s the same around in the Seattle area. Most of the time the fast chargers I see at my local stores are not being used.

Ford has been working closely with Electrify America, and has a team that goes out to check stations regularly and make sure they are functioning. With the F-150 Lightning rolling out to customers now, Ford really wants to make sure they have a good experience.