YOUR A SHORTER!

The Tesla’s app notifies users when their charge time is about to complete (and again when it is complete) — with warnings that not moving the car within 5 minutes of completion will result in fees.

Kudos to Panasonic. Managed to pull a pump and dump with someone else doing the pumping.

4th: there’s nothing more aggravating than someone at a busy gas station who leaves the car at the pump to go inside and do a little shopping (especially at Sheetz where you can order food). But at least it’s typically only a few minutes. Now imagine having to wait 20 minutes to charge the car, and the car ahead of…

I’m going to make the case for my current vehicle, a Golf SportWagen and I’m sure some people will disagree with me.

I’m almost always a loaded, lots of options kind of guy, but if I ever buy a Wrangler it would be as close to as base as possible.

The 4th amendment says:

This 14 dimension stack look bad when considered arithmetically, but consider that likelihood of all those dimensions being at the extreme end at the same time is maybe 1 in billion or more - Cpk 1.66 and six sigma for 14 dimension stack. Additionally, stack does not really flow like you indicate, but rather features…

I’m a bit sceptical about that shared bearing. The accumulation of tolerances for that interface is quite long:

Low slung and EV are hard as the batteries tend to raise the floor height

My first thought was electric XF wagon. Take my money!

I think the feeling from a lot of the “ho-hum” reviews is that, up to now, most newer EVs have been offering something “Exciting” and “Different.” They’ve had unique features or eyeball-flattening acceleration or drive-it-yourself tech or SOMETHING that sets them apart from the typical gas car.

As an engineer, I tend to be critical of these things because fasteners are expensive (up front cost plus labor to install them). Screws have their benefits, as do clips. The question is whether they are using them in smart ways. A ton of screws indicates that they were in a bit of a rush to just make things work and…

No, but they’ll still be able to sell you the wrong alternator for your ICE vehicle.

Large auto chains barely troubleshoot now, they just replace parts.

I, also just a guy on the internet, agree with you completely.

3rd Gear: I’m surprised that VW doesn’t have a China-only EV styled for that market. I thought it was clear that Chinese buyers currently like a bit more flash in their expensive cars than Europeans (sort of like US buyers in the 1950's). You would think that VW’s marketing department would be on top of this.

1st gear: Tesla is already an odd corporate animal unto itself but it repeats what is a general US business phenomenon and in my opinion something of a repeating mistake. I’ve worked for three US firms, each time setting up their first leg into Canada. Without fail, these businesses just plunked themselves down and…

I feel like the continued existence of the Navigator/Escalade probably do indicate a desire. 

Neutral: I think the EV drought of early ‘00s didn’t actually set us back much at all. Lithium batteries were still transitioning from NiCd, and batteries in general were too expensive for anything more than pilot projects like the EV1.