Eh, they are an improvement. Missing the stupid LED unibrow and switching to round is better... but the best I’ll give it is the Amazon Rivians look cute. I wouldn’t go as far as saying they look good. 

Still not buying a truck that looks like it was designed by Disney or Pixar. Especially one with a giant LED unibrow. 

Agreed. Honestly, if they could make an EV Miata with the same weight but only 200mi range and no fucking iActivsense bullshit I’d be happy. 

Except that, unlike fusion (specifically, commercially viable fusion), battery tech is advancing and new tech is being deployed on a regular, albeit arguably slow, basis. New Atlas, Ars Technica, Engadget, and at least a couple Youtube channels that I follow regularly discuss advancements that have actually gone…

Most of that cost difference, after employee pay, is actually the cost of materials for the batteries and motors. China either cut or severely restricts the export of lithium an other materials, especially to the US, and they have a stranglehold on most of them. They mine 60% of all rare earth materials and process…

With the 100% tariffs on Chinese vehicles, even Ray Charles could see that the US learned nothing from propping up Harley Davidson to save it from Japanese motorcycles that were lighter, faster, less expensive, had better fuel economy, actually innovated, and were better in every way. And then again when Japanese auto…

The easiest way to increase my joy in any modern vehicle is to shit-can the garbage infotainment system and extra features that interfere with driving in a fun manner.

Still don’t want any SUV. I’ve had two and absolutely don’t want another. 

I’d rather have a well-maintained ‘88-98 OBS Chevy K1500 than anything on this list. Hell, I’d rather have a first-gen S10. 

Dropping the motor and inverter size to those power levels won’t actually save much weight, would have a negligible impact on tire friction, and has no impact on wind resistance. So it wouldn’t actually increase your range much at all. You’ve got to drop more weight than that, which means either dropping total motors,…

I’ve considered getting that Taycan CT, but if I did I’d do some serious research into either converting the body panels to GTS ST or directly replacing them with GTS ST panels instead. The black plastic trim just looks ugly, and I’d have fun giving it the Rally-spec look. 

Thieves: “Hold my meth.”

They could give me one for free, and it would be on a used car lot within a couple days. I would say “that day” but, I mean, gotta hoon it at least a little bit even if it’s ugly and stupid.

I don’t really have an argument against that logic. I just wish we’d kill all subsidies outright rather than subsidize EV’s for a while just to be fair because we have subsidized ICE for so long. 

Yeah... but one well placed rock found while off-roading turns the thing into a forest fire across 3 states.

Frankly, to me you could take almost any EV non-CUV/SUV, strip out all the bullshit ADAS, cameras, connectivity and infotainment, reduce the battery size and weight, and call it a performance model. And I’d be happy with that.

I see we, as a country, learned nothing from our attempts to prop up Harley Davidson when Japanese bikes started eating their lunch. Wasted boatloads of taxpayer dollars, inflated the price of Japanese bikes that people still bought instead of ‘Murican bikes, and inflated the price of HD bikes into Low Earth Orbit…

Lol, ok, so my only mistake was thinking that taxing the shit out of ICE was a new-ish thing. Good that they are rolling back the incentives. Personally, I wish that there were no incentives at all. No subsidies, no tax breaks, no reduced registration costs, no preferred parking, none of it. However, I also wish the…

Eh, I had the same length commute into and out of Boston for a year and a half, and that was driving. Would’ve loved to take “The T” but didn’t live anywhere near a station and it would’ve taken longer both ways. I’m glad I have a 20-30 minute commute now living in Honolulu. 

To be fair, much of the reason they are posting such high uptake numbers is because they are now taxing the ever-living shit out of ICE’s and giving massive tax breaks for EVs. The only people buying ICE’s now are the ones that can either easily afford to pay significantly more, or the people that simply can’t use an…