Capacitive buttons on the steering wheel, to make sure you press things accidentally and can’t be certain which button you’re reaching for without looking down:

This sounds like a great idea. The landscape is changing so quickly right now, with every automaker having some kind of EV strategy, and a lot of shakeup happening in everyone’s model lines, that it feels kind of like a gamble to commit to any new car for four years.

When you think about the (lack of) safety features and handling on that car, this is basically a Faces of Death moment waiting to happen.

You’re not real, man!

I’ve disliked every car Tesla has made until now. Their interiors are shit, and this one’s got that problem as well.

The i3 is another great example of awesome futurism. Yes, I wish they had more range, but it makes me happy every time I see one on the road. 

Right there with you. Finally, a company has had the guts to do something properly futuristic and weird. 

Watching people hate its looks is going to be one of the most fun things about it.

Well, fuck.

I’d like to see Tesla announce that they’re pivoting to becoming the supplier for EV platforms and batteries to the entire automotive industry, with an emphasis on building their Supercharger network to be as ubiquitous as corner gas stations.

You can’t stop progress, but you can direct it in better ways. Not everything that’s new is progress. There are plenty of evolutionary dead ends.

Right there with you. If I’d bought instead of leasing, I wouldn’t let my Giulia go either. Kind of fun to get to pick up another one in a different color next year, though.

I’ve worked in marketing and UX for my entire career. I know as well as anyone that “consumer preference” is not what drives product decisions. People buy what they’re told to want.

Nope, sheep selling garbage to sheep.

I’ve got a Vesuvio gray Guilia right now, and the lease is ending in spring.

Fuck Elon Musk so much for leading the sheep down this path.

ok Boomer

I’ve only spent one day with an I-PACE so far, but the interior is far nicer than any of its competition, and I much prefer the way it drives. The only complaint I have is that there’s a weird little bit of lag off the mark, almost like a tiny turbo lag. But it’s a minor quibble with a great car.

As soon as you spec out the Mock-E to have any options at all, it gets into the $60k-$70k price range. The i-Pace is about $70k, and well worth it.

I looked at the Mustang* Mach-E site, and I found the electric crossover I would buy