That was my experience when we had a Kia Soul EV (the second gen with the same 64 kWh battery as the Kona, but was only sold in Canada, not the US). We would regularly exceed the claimed range.

With that age / mileage, he can probably get Tesla to replace the battery pack.

I saw one on the road the other day, and it is truly hideous, and frankly looks cheap from the outside. The bulbous headlights make it look so awkward, and generally the proportions are just wrong. Not to mention that it will probably drop in value like an anvil pushed out of a window. I’m not in the market for a…

Fair point, but it still seems extreme. I’ve had a Leaf, Kia Soul EV, three Taycans, a Tesla and the Ioniq. None of them showed anything close to this level of range drop in cold weather. Even in MN, I wouldn’t say -20 F is a regular occurrence. Typical daytime temps in Jan / Feb are more like -5 F.

In that case, there is an issue with the battery pack. How old is his Model S? I also had a Model S (100D), and it would take a hit on range in very cold weather, but maybe 30%, not 75%.

That seems highly unlikely. I have an Ioniq 5 and the absolute worst range I’ve seen is just under 300 km (200 miles) in windy, sub-zero conditions at highway speeds, with the best being over 500 km (310 miles). I live in a part of Canada where it drops to -20 celsius at some points during the winter, and gets to…

And the amazing part about the 911 is that Racing Yellow is one of only four no-cost colours. Or you can spend $15k (Canadian) on Speed, Signal or Bahama Yellow.

It’s hardly FUD. This is the real-world experience of many EV drivers in many places. I have two EVs and live just outside Toronto, in the most populous Province in Canada. Non-Tesla fast charging infrastructure is very limited to say the least. Electrify Canada has 13 locations to cover an area of over 1 million km2…

I have such a soft spot for Saab turbos. One of my earliest car memories is being driven in my dad’s friend’s 99 Turbo. Nothing, nothing, nothing, huge boost and blurred scenery...

Cool, I will definitely pay attention next time I see one. Agreed that Alfa has made some amazing sounding cars. One of my dream cars is an Alfaholics GTA restomod, which I think gives you old Alfa sound combined with infinitely better build quality and reliability.

That’s funny, my dad didn’t buy it because he wanted to stick with Saabs. He ended up getting a Saab 9000 (built on the same platform as the 164, along with the Fiat Chroma and Lancia Thema), which I occasionally got to drive when I first got my license. The Saab was sadly not a Turbo, but rather a 9000i 2.0 that was…

Yes, I would be tempted by that with a manual transmission. I still remember trying to convince my dad to buy a beautiful Alfa 164 with a manual transmission and the lovely-sounding 24v V6.

Does the regular Giulia sound particularly good? The Quadrifoglio sounds amazing, but I think the regular direct injection four-cylinder sounds pretty much like any other DI engine.

On what basis do you have this faith? And what environmental cost will we accept to find these raw materials? What we’re already doing today (for example, using Chinese coal power to refine lithium) is already hardly a small environmental footprint. It’s like Germany’s greens decommissioning their nuclear reactors so…

Somewhat related, I witnessed a dad doing the school drop off in a new Model X today. My son’s school has quite a tight circular driveway, and the yoke looked incredibly awkward to manage. Despite this, I think they are still selling more of these than (for example) Mercedes sells GLSs.

While companies like Lamborghini have announced their death of their gas-powered V12s, McLaren has decided that the company will be working on the next generation of hybrid ICE engines.

A few points: yes the TH guys were concerned about the brakes, but if anything the steering was an even bigger issue; CCBs don’t stop a car any faster than steel brakes, so the main use case of slowing down a fast, heavy car on the road is no different between good steel brakes and CCBs; on a drag strip blast, the…

Not only the handling, but the ride on this generation of X3 was terrible.

Agreed. This generation of X3 was pretty vile to drive and not even that practical. The idea that it is somehow close in terms of driver engagement to a 3-series of the same era is ludicrous.

It is a really stupid option if you’re not tracking the car, and it’s really stupid to track a Plaid. Most of the reviews say that the steering is terrible on the track, and it’s a very heavy car, so I can’t imagine it would be anything but terrifying to drive this hard on the track. Also, there really aren’t many…