Approximately 90 miles, according to the various tests that have been done with real-world towing scenarios. Stating the towing capacity is really misleading, since there are so few situations in which it would be viable to use this vehicle for towing.

Of course, just as with internal-combustion models, efficiency will take a nose dive when towing or hauling.

There’s probably an argument that an EV supercar is worse than an ICE supercar. In order to justify having a large battery with a massive carbon footprint to produce, you have to drive quite a bit. For a regular car that is regularly driven the typical 12,000 miles a year, you can offset the battery’s pollution…

Particularly when the Cayenne is objectively a better vehicle. You can still get it dripping with leather, in a PTS colour, customized to the nth degree, etc. if that’s what you’re in to, and in most scenarios it will feel as fast. If you get the Cayenne GT, it will be all these things and faster.

I’ve definitely seen a lot of new Model Ss on the road since the refresh (both Plaid and non-Plaid), but very few of the refreshed Model X. Could just be a Canadian thing, though, since it looks like Model X sales were pretty decent for 2022 in the US - fewer than they sold in 2020 and 2018, but more than they sold in…

I’ve told my 15-year-old daughter that there are two conditions she has to meet if she wants a car when she’s old enough to drive: a part-time job and a willingness to have a manual transmission. Both are character-building.

Yes, I’m tempted by the EX90, since Volvo does do a great job of packaging a car. The XC90 has some of the best interior room relative to exterior size, and it looks like the EX90 will be even better. To be fair to Volvo, apparently the air suspension issues were fully resolved by the revised compressor, but I’d never…

It was still under the regular factory warranty. In total I think the car was in the shop 10 times in 14 months. Apparently the issue with the air suspension was moisture getting into the compressor, freezing and then causing the motor to short out. I think eventually a permanent fix was found in the form of a new…

If you were to guess which EV maker would be the most capable in snow, there’s a good chance you’d settle on Polestar. A Scandinavian brand spun off from Volvo, it would make sense that the Polestar 2 in particular could handle the worst of winter.

Even the previous generation 1994 NG900 was built on a GM platform (the GM2900 from the 1980s, the same as the Vauxhall Cavalier / Opel Vectra).

I’m not sure that Lucid is “on brand” as an Apple car. I can see Apple wanting something that was more a premium small family car in the vein of the Model Y with a much nicer and properly thought out interior vs. an ultra luxury sedan. There is a pretty low ceiling to how many luxury sedans will ever be sold in a…

First Gear: Porsche sells about 37,000 Taycans a year, which they consider a success since, like all Porsches, it delivers good profit margins. So if Porsche, an established brand that has an almost unsurpassed level of reputation and prestige, sells fewer than 40,000 luxury electric sedans out of a global dealer…

Yes, this is what was missing from previous mid-sized executive cars aimed at middle management business people: TikTok and garish LED lighting.

The Ioniq 5 is better value in Canada, since they targeted the price to qualify for the $5k federal EV rebate. The Preferred Long Range Ioniq is $55k CAD, but then this gets reduced by the rebate, so it’s significantly less than the base RWD Model 3. If you spec the Model 3 similarly (for example, add enhanced…

The UK has some great public transportation in some of its larger towns and cities. But much of the country is woefully underserved by buses that run very infrequently, and cross country train services that are also pretty dysfunctional. Add to that the near constant strikes and service disruptions, and chronic…

I agree that the Model 3 is a really good car. I will say that the Ioniq is much bigger inside. Rear passenger space and trunk room are significantly better, so it’s more comparable to the Model Y than the 3. In the real world, at least in good weather, I’ve exceeded the claimed range of the Ioniq quite often (but…

Curious if you found it hard to live with the ride in the Model Y? I’ve found it way too crashy and uncomposed on anything less than perfect roads, to the extent that it’s really not a relaxing car to drive. Combined with the creaking and rattling that plagued both interiors of the Model Ys I drove, I could not live…

I’ve done a few real world experiments with this on the same drive in my Ioniq 5. The first time I did an approx. 440 km round trip, I used Eco mode since I was certain I’d need every extra km of range. Most of the driving was on side roads at about 85 km/h, in mild weather, so pretty good conditions for optimal…

They both look they’ve been in some kind of side- and rear-impact collision.

I’m on my second model Y rental right now, and the ride really is abysmal, as are the many squeaks and rattles throughout the cabin as it bangs and crashes over every small road imperfection. It really would be a dealbreaker for long term ownership.