With the maintenance costs of both ICE and HV powertrains. We’ve had a Lexus RX450h. The cost to replace those batteries with refurbed cells are almost as much as it is to refurb cells on a Model S. You still have oil changes, etc of an ICE vehicle.

I’m sorry, but hybrids are stepping stones from 2006 when the Prius…

Toyota seems to finally be getting it?? It seems like they are still sticking it with Hybrids. Aim for 1.5m EV sales by 2026? Meanwhile Tesla sold 420k+ in Q1 2023 alone, 1.3m last year, and is on a rate for 1.7m in 2023 how is that getting it? For a company that sells 10.5m cars annually, 1.5m EVs like 15% EV.…

I thought of the Bolt EUV and thought which is worse, the Mustang Mach-E or the the Mach-EUV. And somehow I made things worse.

I would love someone at Jeep getting their hands on a Ram 2500 Power Wagon and mold a Jeep Grand Wagoneer XL on it. 

A Prius has been available since 2001. The hybrid was considered a step stone. The Chevy Volt has been available since 2011 and was the next step stone. Calling the Prius Prime’s 44 miles of Electric range the next stepping stone is something the 2016 Volt beat with its 53 miles of Electric range. For 2023, this does…

I agree with you. The possession of voice was inferred to be Toyota, not mine.

The NSX story is bitter-sweet for me. I bought one in 2004 (a 1997, first year of the 3.2l and 6sp manual) in Kaiser Silver (grey, but not the same black or red you see every NSX in). It had 100k miles, but was dealer maintained. I just sold it in March 2021 with 185k miles and it went to the Royal family of Qatar. I…

1) 2017+ Honda Ridgeline AWD - $25k-$30k (Same price as a newer Maverick AWD or Santa Cruz)

Toyota (Main Stream) competes with Honda/Hyundai/Nissan/Kia.
Lexus (Luxury) competes with Mercedes/BMW/Audi.
Mazda (Premium) competes with Acura/Buick/Volvo (Volvo for now.)

And yet I now see Kia Tellurides parked in driveways shared with Range Rovers and Porsche Cayennes because a family wants a 3-row SUV and a Q7 looks understated. I think if its a good value and appealing to the masses they will sell. If they don’t, we can blame the car, the brand, or the dealerships. Time will tell.

Forget the price. You can’t even get a Maverick with hybrid and AWD. That is a truck. A Prius is a econobox and comes in hybrid and AWD. That’s the point. Second if they did, it should come in at $25k. A Ranger is $2k more.

https://www.alfaromeoofmonmouth.com/inventory/used-2019-mazda-cx-9-touring-awd-sport-utility-jm3tcbcy3k0329156/

They’ve been sitting on this one for 60 days. So Maybe $21k-$22k gets the deal done. 2019 is fairly newer, It’s decently sized with 3 rows, perfect for growing families. It is AWD. Lower miles than the Buick.

“So all in all, not a wonderful time to be running an EV charging company, unless you randomly (and against all common sense) decided to base your assembly and an increasing percentage of the production process in the U.S. years ago.”

That quote seemed odd. Tesla has been making and building their cars and Supercharger…

The Maverick confuses me. Prius can be a hybrid and AWD, and you can’t get the Maverick with the hybird and AWD for under $25k? And the Ranger and Tacoma start at $27k. The value add is miss-matched.

Thank you! Price points are irrelevant.
A $500k 1000SF Condo.
A $500k 2000SF Townhome.
A $500k 3000SF Single Family Home.

I bet the smaller, more expensive place has more luxury finishes. I bet the larger single family home places a premium on space. They are the same price point. That doesn’t make them all luxury homes.

I’m not a fan of the Inflation Reduction Act. I think the money could have been appropriated more wisely. That said, companies from the EU, Japan, and South Korea are talking about building factories in the US. Nevada, Texas, Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, etc. are all targeted for…

11/2021 - LCID $53.
1/2023 - LCID $6.

Lucid needs to crank these out. They need the Gravity SUV to be released next. If they can’t get scale, they’ll wither and die. Their run rate is not sustainable. Rivian has the same challenge. For all of TSLA’s faults, they figured out their 2017-2018 Model 3 volume ramp right…

I think the target pricing in a Kia survey was:

 I used to think that. But this is what Wiki says. So I’ll say they share many common things.

“Although the B8444S shares its Yamaha origination, its transverse layout, and its 60 degree bank angle, officials of all three companies involved insist that the Volvo V8 is not related to the SHO engine; the die-cast…

That Yamaha V8 was pretty badass in 2005. I remember how this transverse, 60 degree engine shared a similar layout with the Ford SHO motor. And at the same time Ford’s D3 platform was derived from the Volvo P2 Architecture including the Haldex AWD. That platform was still under the Taurus until 2019. Ford knew how to…