“You don’t take out a loan for an iPhone,”

Recharge time is the keypoint. It reduces the need for as many chargers because throughput at public chargers will be better. It will decrease the amount of battery needed which will reduce weight and improve efficiency. Smaller capacity batteries = lower cost. Lower weight = less wear on tires and roads (and safer…

Maybe they were looking at least efficient EVs in the most expensive electricity areas, and comparing that to a Prius in a cheap gas state.

Uh, what? This smells like bullshit to me.

My Chevy Bolt uses about 29Kwh to drive 100 miles.
I pay .25 per Kw to charge at home. That’s $7.25 for 100 miles.

My gas car gets about 22 mpg combined, for 100 miles that’s 4.5 gallons @ $4/gal = $18 in regular gas for 100 miles.

I have a Sienna and only two kids. Our day to day doesn’t require the third row, but we use it almost every weekend when their cousins come over and it is nice to have when my parents visit and we can fit everyone in one vehicle. I’m also planning to get a hitch attachment so I can tow the Christmas float for the…

The only thing luxurious about a Tesla is the price.

I still can’t figure out why heat pumps are considered a “costly” technology, but air conditioning isn’t. It’s literally the same cycle, just in reverse.  Yes, it means you have to have add a few more components to your AC and size it differently but I can’t figure out why this is somehow a huge financial hurdle in…

This is an old roommates van. He loves it. Great for his family. Granted, is a relatively cheap lift kit so instead of paying a premium on an old van with a lift I’d rather just buy a nice example and do the kit myself.

I have a 2000 4.7L 4WD club cab. The only thing missing from being peak truck is a sliding rear window and cozy wings.

Haha that plate

“second-row seat that stores under the rear cargo floor, allowing you to switch between seating for seven or eight. Honestly, that sounds pretty cool.”

They kept using 3G on a 2018 model?  Wow.

If BMW continues like this and Cadillac manages to not fuck up the Lyriq launch (unlikely, because GM) then the Lyriq actually has some pretty good chances. Super Cruise is best in the industry, and supposedly the Lyriq will get all-bespoke switchgear (I’ll believe it when I touch it). I even think it’s fairly…

FWIW, the Model Y is $40k cheaper, also has better range than the iX, and even offers a third row option (albeit, a little cramped). The iX clearly wins on fit and finish, luxury features, and driving experience and I don’t think anyone will refute that.

Stop using logic and reason articles like this. They are indirectly paid advertisements that keep the gears greased.

Model X seats 7 though, right? That is a pretty big difference. Model Y is significantly cheaper and probably a more apt comparison. I know the iX is roughly Model X-sized and physically bigger than the Model Y, but the additional seating is a big deal for many.

It just seems like the only suitable response to all of this is Fuck GM.

What Tesla can do that? I don’t think that’s accurate. As far as I’ve read the F150 is the only EV on sale that can do it. 

Part of me wonders if they don't do this with Fiat because Fiat and CJDR share dealers. And just try to imagine a RAM buyer and a Fiat buyer in the same showroom with a full line of quirky I-Talian vehicles. It'd be anarchy.

Hence the reason most of the dealers are next to the used car lot - why buy used when you can buy new with a warranty for the same price, even if the experience would be better with used?