Does anyone actually enjoy car maintenance?  

<The lower cost of batteries will NOT in any way translate to a lower MSRP car.>

Tale as old as time...first person does the hard work, second person gets the credit when things improve

I remember this concept when it came out. It was hideous then, it’s worse now. I’m glad some concepts never make it.

They’re just sad that the 100s of moving parts they make for ICE engines are being rendered obsolete by 3 and some solid state electronics.

Yea this seems to be the part Erik (as usual) skips over in his head. By most accounts, Cadillac’s Super Cruise is already better Tesla’s “Autopilot” that has regularly been killing people. GM is releasing the Lyriq 9 months early and all of it’s other EV’s have all been pulled ahead.

Look who wrote the article - an article about GM. All he wants to do is whine about GM.

“$59,990, making it a bit of a weird value proposition for buyers also considering a Tesla Model Y or Model X.”

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The thing that stands out to me about the infrastructure plan is $80 billion for Amtrak’s Northeast corridor line. That’s a lot of money for an already heavily subsidized, money losing operation that ridden primarily by political hacks in the Northeast. That’s the one thing that I look at and say “waste of money” and…

2nd Gear - Tesla is correct but holy shit..they are assholes too.

The entire premise of this article is wrong. The car is not cheaper. It still costs the same. The consumer is just being subsidized by other tax payers.

Gotta whine about something, it’s way easier than actual journalism. 

Take the $85k into context with the rest of the BMW lineup. The iX is roughly the same size as the X5 and X6, which start around $59k and $65k respectively. That puts the $85k starting point 40-45% higher than the ICE counterparts of the iX.

This is like the anti-Supra. Understated instead of over-styled, distinct nods to its heritage. Give it the 400hp TT V6 and a stick, price it in the low-40s to compete with the Mustang GT and undercut the I6 Supra, and you’d have to win hearts and minds of enthusiasts everywhere, right?

I feel almost nothing reading articles that complain about being bored by incredibly impressive feats of mechanical and aesthetic engineering that would make any actual car enthusiast weak in the knees to see in person. Why do we have to affect such a tone of disdain? Paganis, point blank, are incredible. I had a…

This is the wrong take.

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1st: Everyone (the left and the right) seems to agree that supporting infrastructure is one of the primary functions of government. I’m not sure why we can’t just commit to it. I get that budgets are hard, but certainly one of the root functions of government should be supported before all the other wasteful spending.