Eh, I’d wager that small cars are profitable, just not as profitable as SUVs and trucks. So in the short term, sure! Eliminate costs associated with your lower-performing lines, and focus on the ones that bring in the most profit (both in dollars and percentages). Remember, Ford’s stock went UP when they made this…
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More performance cars are HARDER to drive, not easier, but they are more rewarding. To give an extreme example, here is what a competent, experienced, and well regarded driver, one of the hosts of Top Gear and The Grand Tour, looks like when trying to drive a Formula 1 car. It’s the same thing with the Alpina. You…
Incorrect. The GN only had the 85 speedo. There WAS a digital dash option, but after 85 it just blinked.
True, but you know what's even more efficient: denser cities and telework.
the ones who are just blaming people for sucking so much just to get them to do things that don’t actually help.
Of course you have to have a comprehensive solution to climate change. I think that’s pretty obvious by now. By reporting on one part of the equation, we’re not saying it’s the *only* part.
What evidence do you have to support your position that gasoline engines, which are a major factor in climate change, are less dangerous than electric vehicles?
Natural gas fuel cells are far more practical then h2. It's far cheaper and far easier to handle. H2 is a bear on metals and requires advanced alloys.
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Nice! According to VoltStats, my longest trip between drops of gas was only 1247 miles during a 2 month span last year.
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I don’t think the targets themselves are the problem so much as Americans’ tastes in automobiles. Trucks and SUVs rule in sales. If small cars were hot sellers, those fuel economy standards would be a lot easier to reach. It’s a lot like nutrition groups telling fast food restaurants that they need to create healthier…
I second the LeSabre but just about any big midsize/intermediate/fullsize FWD V6 sedan from GM will work - they may not be fancy but they’re reliable and get decent MPGs and they’re very undervalued because everyone is fighting over 240,000 mile Corollas.
For $5000 you could buy two Buick LeSabres, which are the best cheap car you can buy.
Mine only goes ~28-31 miles per charge (Sonata PHEV) but even with a roughly 65+ miles put on each weekday and mostly EV only driving on the weekends, my most recent 3 fill ups have been a few miles over the 1k mark. I typically wait until nearly empty so I usually fill up with 11.5 - 13 gallons.
The Chevy Volt is actually a pretty solid vehicle.
Volt sales tend to differ.
Right, that’s why I said “technically”, because you’d have to a) not plan ahead by turning on “mountain mode”, and b) drive up a mountain at highway speeds in order to “outrun” the engine. But, it’s technically possible.
i3 works the same way. The tank is now basically empty. I just have no reason to refill it.