I’d love to see hydrogen get cheap enough to be practical as a motor fuel (or even cheap enough to be a practical fuel cell fuel) but unless we’re producing lots of commercial quantities of hydrogen with vast amounts of dirt cheap nuclear produced electricity I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

What you actually said was this:

“But consumer behavior is not used to filling up their vehicle at home so charging at home will also not come naturally, especially when it’s at least $1,500 to install an L2 charger.”

You were talking about consumer behavior. I replied about consumer behavior.
And then you made a broad…

I very much doubt GM will hold the line on these announced prices. I see big incentives coming around when expected sales levels fail to materialize, especially in this high interest rate environment that is here to stay for a while.

I guess “synthetic leather” is how GM spells “vinyl” on this $48,000 Chevy.

One more time: it is not discontinued yet. They are still being made, you can still buy one, there are likely hundreds if not thousands on dealer lots. And yes, GM is paying up to $1200 for each EV charger install for Bolts and Bolt EVs. Which is what I said, no matter how many times you pretend I said something else.…

I have no idea, especially with the decision to use cold rolled stainless and all the problems that brings for stamping, welding, fabrication along with energy absorbing behavior in various crash tests.

JFC, dude. Don’t let facts get in the way, eh?

The Bolt is still in production until the end of the year. The charger install incentive is active, right now. And the discontinuation is temporary, Mary Barra has confirmed that the Bolt is returning on the new Ultium architecture. And GM is on track to sell 70,000 to…

No idea what you’re talking about. Our plug in L2 charger was $600 and covered by GM when we bought our Bolt. GM is now paying up to $1200 to put a standard charging outlet in the buyers’ house, including money towards the permit fee if necessary. Our outlet install was under $400, and we have an old, small rowhouse…

Fellow TourX owner?

Exoskeleton would be a fully structural, stressed outer skin. My guess would be welded, structural front fenders and front header panel(s) rather than bolted on and unstressed conventional ones, as well as welded rear quarter panels that are thicker and stronger than conventional unit body since Musk promised a 3500…

Lots of assumptions, no evidence.
Are we aware of the 70 fires in the last 5 years on large container ships, none of which were carrying EVs?
Or the fires on other Ro-Ro ships of this type that did not have any EVs on it, only gas cars?

So, about that. Global containerized shipping is highly energy efficient, the most efficient way to move goods in the world. A ton of cargo moved 2,000 km (1,242 miles) by a large container ship emits 6kg of carbon, the same as a ton of cargo moved only 75 km (46 miles) by large truck or under 14km (less than 9 miles)…

When a Reliant Robin is too mainstream for you

US numbers:
BEVs had a 7.2% US market share in Q1 2023, a new record and up 44.9% over the same quarter last year, considerably more than the rate in the rest of the world. Total electrified US market share (BEV+Hybrid+PHEV) = 13.0% in Q4 2022.

Try again.

Also, “speed was a factor” is an extremely vague, blanket law enforcement term that is virtually meaningless without relevant context or specifics.

For example, if someone under the influence drives the wrong way on the interstate and hits someone head on @ 20 over the limit and dies, “speed was a factor”.

If someone…

The problem with those tactics over here is the large number of large privately owned vehicles. Those visual barriers around here get hit pretty frequently. And multiple narrower lanes next to each other become places where two wider/longer vehicles can hit each other when they are passing one another.

Most Autobahn has a speed limit, which is enforced. Unlimited sections of the autobahn do exist, and when they have high speed crashes there they can be *big*. But driver licensing is taken much more seriously in Germany than in the US, and they have a rigorous mandatory vehicle safety inspection program and serious…

With all due respect, have you driven all the way across Texas a few times?

Many of the interstates are straight, flat and go on that way for ages through virtually unpopulated rural areas, where 75-85 mph speed limits are both safe and appropriate. Modern cars made in the last 30+ years are more than capable of doing…

Bolsonaro revoked those protections against clearing the rainforest for sugarcane in 2019. Did you miss that?

Or until something better happens, if we’re pulling our hypotheticals out today.