Obviously I know that the Warmer button brings up this screen, but equally obviously my point was that if Hyundai is so passionate about having physical buttons, why not have buttons for the heated seats and steering wheel, two of the most frequently used features in the car?

So let me get this straight, Hyundai wants to use physical buttons, but in my Ioniq 5 they decide to bury the heated seats and steering wheel controls two menus deep on the screen, even though I need to access these every day? But I get two physical buttons for “Map” and “Nav” which I have yet to use in a year of…

My point is that Apple’s UI is much better than Tesla’s (which is a horrible mess of menus and sub-menus, because ALL the functions are dependent on the screen). Apple (and Android) gives you a clean, elegant interface for the things you change most in the car - navigation and entertainment. This makes sense because…

CarPlay only controls infotainment stuff, not the car functions. But why anyone would want to use a sub-menu in a touchscreen to open the sunroof or adjust the wipers is beyond me. Dispensing with separate buttons is simply a way of cutting costs at the expense of usability and safety.

I’m just so used to CarPlay that it’s my reference point for how to access music, phone, podcasts, etc. Tesla’s UI is a horrible mess compared to CarPlay or Android Auto, but no more of a horrible mess than some auto manufacturers’ native interfaces, and definitely slightly less of a horrible mess than many.

I had a Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV and since then have had a Model S, Nissan Leaf (second gen), Kia Soul EV (the 64 kWh version that I don’t think was ever sold in the US, but did make it to Canada), Ioniq 5 (current daily driver) Taycan Turbo and Taycan GTS Sport Turismo (wife’s current daily driver). Once you get used to…

I recommend reading this piece about the Thai cave rescue story: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-full-story-behind-Elon-Musks-involvement-with-the-Thai-cave-rescue-effort. Look, I’m not a fan of a lot of what Musk says, but we also live in an era in which the media decides not what’s true, but which narrative will…

Almost all of Tesla’s success is because of Elon. I don’t dispute that he’s a pathological liar and fantasist, but without him, equity investors would not have subsidized years or multi-billion losses that allowed Tesla to get EVs to the mainstream. Just imagine how long a Ford or GM or VAG CEO would have lasted if…

The Fast Lane Truck had one for 10,000 miles, and in their towing test with a 7,500 lb trailer, range was under 100 miles.

High risk of being flagged down because people think the lidar bump is a taxi sign.

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).