This is something I commented on month’s ago: there needs to be Moon Shot emphasis on batteries getting away from lithium while still performing well enough. Maybe this is the beginning of a whole new branch of battery tech which can be a cost-effective solution for the car battery supply issue.

Whenever he says “I have a friend who...” or “People are saying...” it really just means he’s about to pull something out of his ass.

Donald Trump does not have a friend who owns a car that gets 38 mpg.

Nothing except possibly the universe starts everywhere all at once. Even a cup of water begins freezing one crystal at a time, and then another freezes and then another. Those are the green dots on the left. When more people in the green dots buy electric cars, and then people just outside the green dots buy electric…

What I really think would make a lot of sense is for the feds to incentivize gas station owners (especially ones in more isolated areas) to install fast chargers. I know a lot of them are limited on space, but it would alleviate a lot of range anxiety if people knew that they could find chargers at the majority of gas…

Donald Trump does not have a friend who owns a car that gets 38 mpg.

it’s not unethical.

they’re a “stealership” because they’re middlemen that add nothing except increased cost. the dealership model exists, in reality, to benefit dealers, not consumers. they’ve paid mightily to own politicians over the years and it has paid off many times over.

As long as dealerships have enough political influence in state & local governments to keep franchise laws on the books, we’ll continue to have the dealers as middle men.

I bought a Polestar 2 this year and it’s a D2C setup. No haggling, no add-ons, no markups. I ordered my car and did my credit application online, test drove the car at the showroom, and I think I had to lay down two or three wet signatures before driving off with the car two weeks later. It was the only pleasant car…

It’s long past time to have direct from the manufacturer sales. Dealerships have become unnecessary middle men.

It was even cheaper when Nixon was President.

You’re supposed to yield when merging, asshole!

Each time change is around the corner, some idiots have to find a way to spread misinformation, EV, Climate Change, Vaccine ....etc And you will be surprise how many people eat this type of info without even questioning it. Unbelievable.

“It does seem like a pretty strange scheme to be involved in. “

Tesla loses its head of AI and magically anonymous sources are claiming that Cruise is unsafe. {Places tinfoil hat on head}

I have handled 90% of my dealer work through email, so haven’t had a bad experience in a long time. But the experience that led me to this method? Still pisses me off.

Tired to buy a VW Jetta TDI (before the scandal) and wanted to trade my 2009 Dodge Challenger SE. They took it to have the mechanic look at it. After this was done, they told me they’d but it, but for ~$5K less than I owed on it. I said no thank you, can I have my car back. They refused to give it back to me as a…

Concur. Years ago I worked a ‘summer’ job in the parts department at a Dodge dealership in the early Eighties. I say ‘summer’ job because I only planned on working until the Fall semester started; they wouldn’t have hired me if they had known that fun fact. My job was to unload the truck that came in every morning,…

Worst dealership experience? I worked for one for almost 12 years (internet sales, then an upper management position in the internet/tech team).