I don’t think localities should do this, because it just ends up being not great. But there’s not a real way for Rivian to “steal” the money short of the Rivian just failing.

my kid suffers from asthma and nosebleeds for no apparent reason

I get around my city as a pedestrian 99% of the time so let me tell you I definitely have an interest in pedestrian safety. Every day, I take my life in my hands on these streets. In my opinion, my city’s problem is the complete lack of coordinating construction, lane obstructions and traffic signals which just builds…

While the stars might align, Tesla body panels never will.

For years I’ve told “successful” peeps here and elsewhere that we weren’t actually winning just because portfolios looked great and we could afford the cars/houses/vacations we want. The obscene levels of wealth inequality present today have become so egregious that we are no longer able to “afford” these things, we…

Re: Government Motors

VinFast sounds like a competitor of Carfax, not an automobile manufacturer.

I love the implication here that a car company from Vietnam wouldn’t have the wherewithal to develop a car for such a dramatically different climate as ... North Carolina.

That pales in comparison to making people wear a mask, or get a vaccine. /s

Considering that I have a cousin who believes that Joe Biden personally raised the price of gas because AOC and the other big city liberals want to take his car away, I’d say yes, idiots are willing to believe anything and if they hear that their senator or rep voted to stand up to Joe Biden’s evil high gas prices,…

It’s also been updated a bit during that time - so yes, it’s still very much competitive with the V6 options from Honda or Toyota or Nissan in terms of smoothness, power delivery, etc. Longevity may be another story, but so far it’s got a pretty good reputation, as long as you treat it right so you don’t end up with…

True. I agree. It’s just that perceived value is what pushes these people. They seem to think that because their trade in is valued so high it is worth buying the car now. But buying the car now comes with a premium (unless you are a very savvy shopper). So yes, it doesn’t hurt you and you are likely breaking even.…

Lots and lots of very large investment companies are buying up single family residential real estate all over the country. The assumption behind that is that there’s a whole generation who’ll have serious difficulty ever becoming home owners. So these investors figure there’s a captive market of long term tenants…

Really? How about EVs starting at 34K for a shoebox and heading north from there. Until someone solves the 2 seater 10K EV for commuting issue or ICE engines are banned  you can see your grandkids still driving them...for me it isn’t an issue of banning ICE engines. It is offering alternatives to taking the SUBURBAN…

The Federal Reserve is an independent entity and is not influenced by politics.  Fight me.

Glad to see there is still no editing or proofreading being done before publishing articles at Jalopnik.

Proofread? What are you new here?

Does Jalopnic not use their Slack chat to discuss article ideas between themselves? And NOBODY shot this down?

The article is complaining about a 3600lb unibody pickup with a hybrid or turbo-4 drivetrain.

“which is almost used Frontier money”