This site rips electrek for not being objective, but determining efficiency based on the battery size would have taken about 5 minutes of research for someone that actually was trying.

This story, while not the usual over the top Tesla cheap shot, still is a sad commentary on this site’s journalism.

so this test measured the eficiency of the EPA test?

A certainty meter would definitely be a good idea. And neural network designs can certainly represent certainty.

Well except America loves holding up boy geniuses and then stoning them as being uncool nerds.

Elon Musk isn’t Jesus, but the hate for him on this site is mostly reflective of the American anti-intellectual idiocy. 

NHTSA and the insurance companies have very good statistics.

This is a moronic comment. Oh right, modern Jalopnik.

It really speaks to the disregard the market has for what old guard manufacturers are doing on EV. Everyone thinks they are dinosaurs that won’t adapt.

Celebrating designs that disregard physics and burn gasoline even worse than a normal RV.

“Oh it’s so rational” 

Such a jalopnik take.

Or we could move to EVs.

Radical concept.

- when would the profit margin be achieved?
- what is the revenue growth potential without the ability to scale manufacturing?

19 percent also sounds like a number that will easily evaporate once everything starts costing 30% more than forecast and 2x as long as scheduled

“A subscription service”

You mean “a lease”? How novel.

“It drives itself”. Uh, yeah? Google does that.
“It has AI and talks like a person!”. Uh, yeah, a bunch of places can do that.
“It has a laser!” Uh, yeah, so does the Navy.
“It goes really fast!” Uh, have you seen a Veyron?
“It can turbo jump!” Uh, the Tesla Roadster 2 will kind of do that.
“It can hack into computer…

Meanwhile the cost of EVs drivetrains/batteries will drop. And drop. And drop. And drop. And drop.

The average price reported is basically the average ICE price. What this tells me is that the vast proportion of ICE automakers are not preparing for either switching to EVs, or competing with them once their price…

Why is this surprising? FCA have no EV strategy except to buy Tesla credits. It’s really their only role in the future: funding Tesla’s factories.

They stan pretty hard for the Cadillac CTs. 

If BMW wants to be forward looking but keep engines and a single architecture, the best way forward is to assume hybrid drivetrains, and engineer for 80-100 mile all electric range and an engine for long distance.

The supercar makers are using that for monster performance, so it’s not like that’s a limiter. It probably…

Is dealership network a plus? I’m honestly curious what the logic is here.

Except both the Y and X can go on long range trips with the Supercharger.

The Etron is still a commuter car.

You don’t understand luxury european pricing! For a zealot Bimmer driver, you’d pay 16 grand for racing stripes, a slight 20HP tune bump, and a different letter after your model number.

Dealers: we will work 10x harder to push this.

We are currently doing 0 work to push this

10x0 = 0

Tesla headlines are the only thing that drives engagement at this site consistently. Supras? Ford Broncos? Some dude with a bunch of Jeeps in the backyard? Flashes in the pan.

ElonHate is keeping jalopnik’s lights on.