...many states already do this, the bill is redundant...unsurprisingly.  I renewed my Hummer EV online and it was over $150 for the year just for the “road tax”.

I miss when every other article wasn’t ragebait.

Not good enough. I just saw a year old EQS 580 SUV, loaded, 5k miles, for $60k something.  Why settle for 12% off when you can get 50%+ off a year old model.

Couldn’t happen to anyone nicer than the local VW dealer that wants $10k over sticker for an id.buzz.

Home 240v chargers are level 2. And only charging 8 hours a day on a level 1 would only provide enough electricity to drive a little over 8k miles a year for the average EV on sale.

So let’s do the math on that. 15000mi/yr is ~60mi/day if you only drove 5 days a week, no weekend driving. The average EV gets 2.5-3mi/kWh. Level 1 charging gets you around 1.4kW. So, it would take 17 hours a day JUST to maintain a charge level on Level 1. That drops to 2hr on Level 2. So you go to having to charge it…

Hotter take. If you can get by with just 120v EV charging then you could probably just walk or bike wherever you’re going...and probably have access to public transit. The whole “120v is enough for me thing” is the same pretentious attitude of “I don’t need more than flint and tender to start a fire, why do I need a…

Hot Take:  As we start pushing less expensive EVs dealerships need an electrician on staff or short call to install a home charger prior to delivery.  I truly believe access to home charging will be the deciding factor whether some buy an EV and never go back or return to the fumes.

...Taycan sales cratered in 2024 because they announced a refresh that was WAAAAAAAAAAAY better than the current model. So much better that I stopped even bothering to look at pre-owned Taycan GTSs at sub 50% MSRP.

I’d be all over an EV M1 revival. I owned a i8 for 6 months, broke even. Been wanting a successor for the M1 for so long my hopes have gone from an insane mid-engine inline-6 to a full EV. I no longer have my E30 M3 or E39 M5 (couldn’t pass up the stupid prices people were paying post-covid) but I still long for that…

...one of the main reasons I bought a Hummer EV is because it ISN’T gas or diesel...that’s the schtick. Diesel and lifted truck bros HATE them and I love it. They’re always trying to roll coal or gun it past me and I just laugh knowing I’ve got well over twice their horsepower available in an instant and have a…

Hopefully they’ve upgraded the inverter they use to boost voltage or I hope anyone that buys one of these enjoys reaching for a NACS to CCS adapter anytime they want to charge faster than ~90kW for the foreseeable future (i.e. the duration of their lease).  Surprised more aren’t just doing what Mercedes is doing and…

It’s why I just ponied up $6k to extend my ‘18 E63 Wagon’s warranty out to 2030. Should be some insane deals on the 2nd-gen ‘25+ Taycan GTS Sport Turismo in 2-3 years.  Unless the rumors of AMG shitcanning their 4-cylinder C63, cancelling the 6-cylinder E63 that should have already released (aborted due to C63 sales)…

And, again, it’s only the “best selling” if you think Tesla isn’t gaming perception by people using registrations = sales.  People are taking delivery of Cybertrucks with expired registrations from months ago.

I’d remiss if I didn’t point out that it appears one particular brand is especially...”vulnerable” to pack water intrusion.

The worst mods for me are the mindless ones. Oh, you drove your Wrangler straight from the dealer to a shop to get 37" tires, spacers, the “angry” headlight covers, leds, etc., how original. Same with lifts, rolling coal, etc. I mean, if you just want to drive a stereotype...cool...I guess.

And you can sometimes find a barely used Taycan GTS Sport Turismo for under $100k, a year after selling for $150k+.

I’m assuming this is based on “registrations”. If so, just be aware that CT buyers are finding expired registrations and tags in their trucks where Tesla is gaming the “sales” because they know that’s the only way anyone on the outside can quantify them.

If the data painted a favorable picture, they’d share it.

Tesla’s slogan at this point is “Trust me, bro”.