What is your proposal for large-scale infrastructure projects that are time-sensitive and very capital intensive then? Wait for multiple levels of government to get their collective acts together and do it? I would love to believe we live in a world in which governments are competent and agile enough to get these…

Third gear: Not sure if this was sarcasm, but were there ever any “mom and pop” fast DC charging offerings? It seems very unlikely that a capital-intensive business that makes more sense the larger its network gets would ever be dominated by anything other than large corporations.

Full disclosure, a Taycan Turbo and a manual 997.2 GTS both live in my garage, so I’m pretty invested in this discussion.

Volcano Grey. If I order the GTS, I’ll go with Neptune Blue.

There’s already an EQE in the pipeline - as you’d expect, it’s a slightly shrunken but otherwise identical version of the EQS. The EQC is on sale in other markets but it’s a GLC-sized SUV, so they’re already straying from the consistency of their ICE naming convention.

But isn’t that the point about self-driving? If 99.9% of the driving is uneventful drudgery and the remaining 0.1% is fiery death, the 0.1% is the relevant part.

We’ve driven our Taycan Turbo for about 7,000 kms now. Honestly I was a little underwhelmed when I first test drove the car, but it really grows on you. It is incredibly refined and comfortable, but also mind-bendingly fast. We only got the Turbo because we got a pretty good deal on a leftover 2020, but the 4S would…

From personal experience, what happens exactly two weeks after you sell a 911 is you start looking for a different one. I sold my manual 991.2 GTS before the market went insane, for all kinds of vague reasons such as not driving it enough, and then promptly regretted it. I’ve since overpaid for a manual 997.2 GTS,…

But the chart shows people who are considering an EV, not people who don’t care about EVs. Who is considering an EV but doesn’t know that Tesla makes one?

Sounds like they just can’t make them fast enough. I ordered in June and won’t see mine until late Feb / early March. New orders now are looking at June / July according to my dealer.

Bolt is tough to live with if you need to fast charge on the road, since I think it can only charge at 50 kW. The Ioniq has similar 800v architecture as the Taycan and can make use of 350 kW chargers (although there aren’t too many yet). That said, we’ve tried to charge our Taycan on Petro Canada’s 350 kW chargers a…

One of the reasons I didn’t want a Tesla is how horrible their infotainment and UI is. I want apple CarPlay, not an endless mess of menus and sub-menus. FSD is also mostly worthless to me.

I should also add that the base Ioniq 5 starts at $46k CAD with freight and PDI, which after the federal incentive is $33k US. Pretty hard to beat.

Just got the Canadian pricing for my Ioniq 5. I ordered the AWD Ultimate version, which has more toys and luxury than a Model Y, and is $62k CAD including freight and PDI ($49k USD). It will apparently qualify for the $5k federal government rebate, so that brings it down to $46k USD). I think that’s way better value…

Came here to comment how epically awful Lexus’s graphics are. Given the resources at their disposal, it must simply be that the company is beholden to senior managers who are terrified of change.

Agreed. The F3x 3 series is just not that nice in any form. It somehow manages to lose a lot of the sharpness you expect from a BMW product without really being comfortable or practical enough to compensate. The 5 series from the same era feels like a huge step up in terms of quality and refinement, and the…

It is here today. It’s called a taxi. Other versions include buses and trains.

I had an Outback Outdoor (not sure if that trim was available in the US - I think maybe the Onyx was the equivalent), which was basically only differentiated from the Limited and Premier XT 2.4 turbo models by its wipe-down vinyl seats, some additional cladding, a front camera and an “advanced” version of x-mode. The…

But that’s just it. I’m not arguing for fairness in everything. It’s not a zero sum game where either everything has to be “fair” (which inevitably leads to the “equal sharing of misery” version of socialism) or we have to dismiss every attempt to create more fairness. There are simple, pragmatic steps that can fix…

The logic is that the tax code is unfair, whereas your logic seems to be we shouldn’t change it because it’s simply the way it is. You could say that about anything and never implement laws or regulations, regardless of their wider benefit to society.