It's a shame, because the Cyber truck has caused a surge of interest in Tesla. 

You are right in one regard to hybrids. My cousin ridiculed hybrids, especially the prius. At Thanksgiving he drove my newish Ford Maverick hybrid. Lived the size and couldn't believe the gas mileage. He put in an order for four of them for his landscaping business that week. Key to him was that he never has to plug…

Electric vehicles are also suffering a political backlash in the US. Some members of my family seem irrationally angered by EVs, public chargers, and any associated government mandates with them. Trump himself is actively stumping against EVs. Given how politically polarizing everything is, I wouldn’t be surprised if…

My wife’s ID.4 has an 8 year/100k mile battery warranty. 

Ahem, Cybergenerator. 

I just assume he’s going so hard for right wing stuff to make sure he gets the hand outs if/when leadership changes. All his public acting out aligns with the Trump base. Heck, he gets the Texas AG to launch bogus investigations on a whim. 

This is the simplest explanation and likely true. His subsidy train never seems to stop, no matter what he does, so why not give into his impulses?

I have conservative families that rail about how stupid electric cars are and want nothing that plugs in. My assumption is that Elon is banking on a Trump presidency resulting in him getting the government to buy all his excess capacity. Otherwise being so extremely online makes very little sense to me. 

I mean, those oversized rigs are incredibly popular with most Americans. I think they're dumb as hell and wish we regulated things like Yukon Big Gulps out of existence, but hard to say GM isn't delivering what Americans want. 

I love Pocket Casts and have been a long time paid user of the app. Just got a notification this week that the price of PocketCasts is going from $9.99 to $39.99/year. A huge jump in price that was totally unexplained and not really justified by prices. Guess I’ll go back to a free user and continue to use the app.

Nice! Thanks for the detailed review. We looked at the Mach E, but my wife hated the look. Also at the time (and even still) Ford dealers were hanging ridiculous mark ups on any units they had on the lot. 

What EV did you switch to and how do you like it compared to the Passport? 

I do the same, but still do some raking and leaf transport. My yard is fenced and bordered by several large maples. There's a coue of corners where leaves just pile up and can't be mowed over. Otherwise the Honda mower I bought years ago has great mulching capability for all the leaves on the lawn. 

Make moar Maverick Hybrids! I’m averaging almost 48 mpg in mine. 

I’d say it’s in anticipation of them coming out and looking like butt in plain stainless. That said, Tesla hasn’t given any real indication that they’ll actually sell the stupid Cybertruck. 

Yes, but they’re a joke. Just look at the monster trucks and SUVs that the domestic US manufacturers put out. Pedestrian fatalities are at all time high, but it’s fine because you can’t have pop up headlights. 

I know a guy in Rhode Island that does minor caretaking tasks for people’s second homes while they’re away for the winter. In exchange he gets a garage bay for his various other vehicles. He keeps a Shelby mustang in one bay of my Aunt’s summer home and has a motorcycle in the garage across the street. 

Amen. Though on really cold days the propane grill can be hard to heat up to the right temp. Always good to have a charcoal option for those days.

Never short Tesla stock. The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain remain solvent. 

MF DOOM made a song about this universal stupidity.