You missed the reason why Tesla doesn’t need you to jump through those hoops. When you plug in, the car communicates with the charger and sets up the account to allow the charger to turn on. Why should you have to touch extra buttons, tap your phone, swipe a card, etc. to do something that can operate automatically?

Don’t forget that most people haven’t run their electric car down to nothing each day. It will need some electricity. Not a lot.

My guess is if they didn’t produce fake shipping labels, they never would have been caught.

I’ve never had auto dimming mirrors that were satisfactory.  They never dim enough or fast enough.

Based on experience, a Dodge Omni.  The front passenger seat would fold almost flat and there was a surprising amount of room.

This would have been around 1990. I drove my car about 45 minutes on the highway. I stop for the red light and the the car was still at high idle.  It was so cold that the carb just didn’t want to warm up.

But if you don’t build it, they will not come.  They have to be built at somepoint.  It becomes a whole chicken and egg thing.

hexavalent chromium was the stuff that the Erin Brockovich movie was about.

But you have a home to charge at. What if you rent or don’t have a driveway? This is what the change is supposed to address.

Sounds like you have a problem there. $0.62/kWh is way more than most areas.

What I think you will see is people just going to buy a futzmobile and after purchase being told where the plug goes. Look at the vast majority of people who are barely aware that they need to put gas in their vehicle, much less maintain it.

COTD

I once had to show someone how to use a seatbelt on an airplane.  It was 2015.  He had never used one before.

People have to realize that we don’t need to convert absolutely everything. If we can get 80% of the transport system to move away from carbon based fuels, we will do wonders in reducing emissions.

Actually, they are probably better being closer to the seat in front.  They are typically padded and would stop some of the forward motion.  I expect we will see airbags mounted to the back of your seat moving forward.  Hopefully, they don’t drive you into the steering wheel when they go off.

No.  But we should take the time to document what is there instead of bulldozer running without looking.

Try the 407 in Toronto.  It can cost you over $50 to commute each way.

I put my lights up yesterday because the weather was nice.  Won’t turn them on for a another couple of weeks.

The key is, you have to want to learn the difference and how to do it.

Not every truck goes thousands of miles. Some (and would I expect Pepsi) would only travel from regional bottling center to either a distribution center or typically direct to the store.  Probably no more than 100 or 200 miles a day.