True this. With the gas savings, put the extra into a “rental” fund for those extra-long, twice-monthly cross-country trips that can’t be planned for in advance.

Houston to Austin is only about 160 miles, give or take. Any Tesla should be able to make that, and most of the newer EVs can also cover that distance. There is also a high-speed DCFC charger about midway in Columbus. Given the short distance, if you needed to stop there, you would likely only need about 10 ~ 20…

1st Gear: Depending on how ruthless Biden wants to be, he could probably fracture the Republican Party by leaning on onshore wind and utility scale solar, both of which will be needed to help power EVs. Those are major industries in red states, and if McConnell tries to block supporting them, that might finally be…

New wheels for this car are getting delivered on Friday. I went out to Tire Rack and picked up the new tires (paid full retail) on Monday.

This the the kind of hard-hitting journalism you can only expect from Jalopnik.

Not just that, but tires are better than they were 100 years ago. You’re far less likely to have a flat now than you were in the past. There is a good chance a spare will be flat or dry rotted by the time it’s needed. 

BS. It is their most expensive SUV that starts at $40000

Yeah what am I missing. The ID.4 looks fine to me? Nice even? 

you likely would need to replace the tire. That’s a couple years past what many manufacturers recommend for a max tire age.

Ha! I winced at that “hot take” as well. I know EVs aren’t exactly setting sales records on fire here in the US, but by all accounts, the ID.4 is exactly the kind of sensible-shoes, reasonably (by comparison) priced EV that could move a lot of consumers into the EV market space.

Lots of negative nellies here. I support the debadging; in general it looks much cleaner. My preference is to leave the brand (Nissan badge in this case) on front and rear. To my eye it just looks like something is missing when those go away, but to each their own.

My wife’s ‘91 BMW 318is spare tire (full size, 14" alloy) has never touched the ground as far as I can tell.

Have you read Erik before?  He’s pretty universally known for terrible takes.

The cybertruck is supposed to be a hostile design. It’s supposed to stick out from the surrounding environment, not mimic it. I think Frank’s ideal truck design would be something like the late 90's F-150.

I don’t think the typical tacoma buyer is any different than a f-150 buyer. They want a pickup because they like it, they think it’s cool, and it helps them with a hobby or something (DIY, camping, hunting, whatever) 5x to 7x per year. There’s some differences between the two models, of course, but I think a lot of it…

I have a 2017 Tacoma, and boy is the powertrain straight up garbage. Reliable, but garbage. Gutless on the low end (actually not too bad once it gets up to 4k rpm), rough shifting, odd shift points, and it always seemingly wants to be in 4th gear while driving highway speeds. I like pretty much everything else about…

Long-time Tacoma owner here. I have a 1996 Tacoma. The little 2Wd version no longer made.

Hopefully with a functioning adult in the White House we can get back to repsonsible management of resrouces and address climate change with real solutions. We’re going to need a fully comprehensive plan of action, every available avenue as far as renewables, E vehicles, the way we think about how we eat, the clothes…

It’s an 80's Hollywood take on what a 2020 truck would look like.

No one except Ghosn’s wife