No, I think everyone understands EVs definitely have their own set of problems. The biggest issue EVs face IMO is that they’re the new technology, and just like every major change in human history it’s an up-hill battle even when most people want it to happen. At least as many of the problems are more mental than…

Except every single SUV add is some form of guy/girl leaving a trendy place, putting the car in “sport mode” before tearing down a completely empty city street then turning off onto a suddenly appearing dirt road (with obligatory push of some “off-road” button) to end up at some other trendy place or secluded cabin or…

Why would it matter? The whole point is that you are only keeping that tank till it’s empty and then you get another one. The exchange company is responsible for making sure it’s safe, clean, and full.

I wonder if it was the payday or the cost of owning this thing now that it’s known that is pushing them to sell it.

I’m more likely to do home repairs than build furniture, but it’s still amazing to watch a craftsman do their thing.  The only annoying part of NYW was his special tools for everything. “I’m going to use my special mortise cutting machine” but a lot of shows are like that and even TOH is usually an old house that’s…

This! I never get how This Old House has been on the air for like 40 years yet instead of getting other shows that do similar things we get more of these “reality” shows that are more about everything other than fixing the car/house/thing.

I don’t know how they could do that today without some serious loophole, it basically meets none of the current safety requirements. Driver and passenger airbags, ABS, tire pressure monitoring, I think even backup cameras are required now. Not to mention that diesel probably doesn’t meet current emissions…

Actually:

The USDA’s cost-benefit analysis predicts taxpayers will save $300 million over 15 years thanks to the move.

We’ll see where it goes, but if GM is truly serious about the EV revolution, it may eventually have to put its own money where its mouth is.

Yea, I just don’t see it. Will there be big players? Sure, but I think that gas stations just become “fueling stations” with pumps and a row of charging spots too. With no gas tanks to buy, install, and maintain, charging stations and the supporting electrical system to may not be cheaper to install, but will be much…

But all of these are all just issues because the [battery] technology and manufacturing capacity is trying to overcome the 100 year head start that ICE engines have had. Most of your complaints are the same kinds of things people (including me) said when the first iPhone came out. A “normal” cell phone was technically…

My understanding was the ultimate price difference between and XD nicely speced out and a “real” 3/4-ton diesel with way more power just wasn’t enough to get people who were secure enough in their personhood to “settle” with the only slightly smaller but way less powerful Cummins XD trucks. I never cross shopped them,…

I have two gas vehicles, a diesel, and an electric car, and as much as I enjoy them all, the electric car is my go-to daily driver, it’s just too easy to drive. I love my ICE vehicles for the character each has, and the engagement and involvement each requires, and at the end of the day I could not operate with an EV…

I drank the Jalopnik cool-aid and in January 2017 found a 2013 SL (or whatever the mid-range model) is with 47K on the clock locally that I got for about 8K. It had 11 “bars” and was in great shape, and supposedly the 2013s were when the better battery came out.

Probably garage queens. These are more likely to be purchased by someone who thinks they will be an appreciating asset, typically a baby boomer who somehow thinks the same millennials they grumble about using phrases that include “avocado toast” are somehow going to be able to buy his mint Demon for twice what he paid…

“If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would get done!”

This is not a big area for LEAFs so there were few locally to choose from, but I figured I was safe as the switch to the lizard battery was supposed to be 2013. In hind sight if I had been less careful with the battery it probably would have worked out in my favor, but I also kind of expected I would be able to get a…

Which is what I thought, so when I dropped to 8 bars I called the local Nissan dealer and they told me the warranty expired 3 weeks ago and I was SOL. Called the Nissan LEAF support line and they told me the same, but they’d be happy to sell me a new battery for $8000, they’ll even finance it for me! Considering I…

94 Rodeo - cruise but no stability (rear only ABS...how stupid was that)