Wyoming families should not foot the bill for expensive electric cars they don’t want and can’t afford.

I'm ok if they want to raise the gas tax accordingly as well.  Even better index it to average fuel economy and inflation so we never have to talk about it again

$356,393 and $781,381 during a single election cycle. It puts things in perspective. And we are the little suckers who put in our hours so maybe at the end of the day we could get maybe a Miata or a motorbike on the side. And we are supposed to keep calm and respectful? Give me a fucking baseball bat and bricks. Those…

Self-described Liberal Redneck opinion: I’m all for deleting the tax incentives for EV purchases, but ONLY if every single subsidy given to oil companies, field-corn farmers, and anything else related to ICEs is also deleted at the same time. You say taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize EV adoption? I say taxpayers…

Your daily reminder that if you drive an EV, any type of EV, you are a liberal elite living a lavish lifestyle outside of Wyoming.

I calculated this for myself once, and there’s already an EV registration tax in NJ to the tune of $250/year. I was paying more than that in gas tax before going EV, and even with the extra EV fee I still save a boatload over gas. It’s high if you drive very few EV miles, low if you drive a lot. I’m happy to pay my…

The gas tax hasn’t been raised since the early 90s. Hybrids getting 40-50mpg pay substantially less than traditional gas cars. I hear no one ever ask those to pay more.

At 18.4 cents per gallon, it would take nearly 5500 gallons of fuel to equal the $1000 tax on EVs. An average fill up of 15 gallons would be 366 fill ups. Every other week would be 14(!!!!) years of gas.

I am both happy and sad. I’ve always been a car guy, so I love V8's, but I’m also sad that the EV transition is stalling. I genuinely don’t know how to feel about this.

Actually, believe it or not Chevy also still sells the Malibu.

I’d go new on looks alone; never liked the FK8 styling.

It really depends on how many owners. Thanks to initial cost of entry, I’d imagine initial buyers actually didn’t thrash them badly - or at a minimum were more likely to do so in a controlled fashion. It’s the second and third owners that will really rag ‘em out.

I believe they are mainly referring to SUV’s and trucks.

The ‘CARS ARE TOO BIG’ circlejerkers, as you describe them, have always been correct.

If they are based on the same platform and look nearly identical, I think adding the E-Tron is still a good idea. It’s not unlike adding S, RS, AMG, M, Limited, Platinum, or a myriad of other naming conventions to higher powered or higher end variants.

I think part of the problem is that it can’t really be the “same vehicle” in most cases. EVs have different packaging concerns than ICE vehicles and need their own platforms. So you can have an EV that looks pretty similar and fills the same niche, but it won’t be the same like vehicles with two engine options would…

So normally I would come on here and call conservatives a bunch of pejoratives, but I’ve had a number of social media interactions that make me think perhaps people legitimately don’t understand how economics and government budgets work. So this is going to be a rare, good-faith attempt from me to explain this stuff…

I mean the GOP is basically 100% victim mentality.

The US is the biggest bully since the pre 1940's British Empire. We are not ripped off or exploited by anyone. When our military or dollar-policy says “Jump”, other countries ask “How high?”. This current Administration has such a victim-mentality, or more accurately, exploits the massive desire of the populace to…

“We may have short term some little pain, and people understand that. But long term, the United States has been ripped off by virtually every country in the world,” he said.