So your position is:

Tricky question, but I guess I’ll do my best to impart what the idea is.

Oh so there isn’t enough supply for the demand.... sounds like a shortage...

You can also note that the Chevrolet Bolt moved from 40k down to 30(ish)k after incentives expired. I however do not know if GM is even making money on those vehicles at the new price point. 

I think you’re missing the fact that EV’s inherently cost more than an ICE vehicle, therefore placing them by default into the “Luxury” price point, and no one is going to buy a barebones EV for 30k. When your’re paying 40k+ you start demanding some of those luxuries. 

They’re obviously trying to eliminate as many components on the vehicle as possible, hence their extreme emphasis toward simplistic design. This reduces cost and complexity. Personally, I think a lot of these decisions do reduce costs, but overall make for a much worse customer experience.

Solid point on RWD vs AWD. I think these are all things that can’t be answered at this point as details haven’t been released, only time will tell.

Agreed. I find it a bit funny how much emphasis Toyota puts on itself having an identity through it’s handling. I highly, highly, doubt the general public can tell the difference between a Toyota and Subaru if they were blindfolded and put in the passenger seat. I think customers can definitely tell between a good…

I can’t answer your question, but I can reference what will be a direct competitor to this vehice: the Cadillac Lyriq, which has been said will start at 60k.

I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like 85k is really, really missing the mark. Especially when this looks like a very bland, 5-sized crossover. Not only that, Cadillac has said the Lyriq will start under 60k. While the Cadillaq may not have the best reputation amongst luxury buyers and the Lyriq may not be…

I’m not usually one to pay much attention to detail or nuance...

It’s fun for the designers, which they absolutely love these things. The engineers aren’t apart of these are aren’t usually allowed to have fun in general. They typical contract these builds out to a smaller fabrication shop.

All mechanical failures are preventable. If something fails, it’s not the track’s fault, it’s the engineer that designed the car.

The i3, no matter how familiar it becomes, will always be a glued-together carbon fiber hatchback with an optional rear-mounted engine. The ActiveE, by contrast, is very much a half-measure.

I’ve been to Sebring several times (never driven unless you count virtually). Im also an engineer. If anything Sebring adds to both the driving and engineering challenge. Paving Sebring would make the cars move further into a more narrow niche of motorsport. Much like Formula 1 requires extremely smooth roads because…

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I see you care so little about it, you wrote this whole article about how much you don’t care about the racing surface.

Beyond that, though, it seems like this year is going to be a bit of a snoozer in terms of Tesla if all it has coming is the Semi and the Cybertruck.

Why don’t you get rid of the “Neutral” portion of the morning shift if it’s going to be the same question for an entire year?

I’m not saying unions are great at everything, but if there is one thing that they are great at it’s maintaining the safety of their workers. I’ve seen UAW plants, and the rules can make things slow, and annoying, even ludicrous at times. But safety is paramount to them and in that regard, I consider it probably the…