None of those are street legal though, right?  I mean, yeah, you can legally use them like a bicycle (except where e-bikes are specifically prohibited, but that’s a pretty narrow selection of bike trails/parks).  So it’s not really a fair comparison.  You can get this insured and get a plate on it.  None of those can…

Ain’t no one in the US (well, the western world really) cross shopping a 390 Adventure and a scooter; except maybe with a Trail 125.

Monaco isn’t a shit track. It’s a shit track for the current cars. Well, it’s a shit track since the mid ‘70s or ‘80s. Cars since then (even though they were still pretty small) are just too big.

Numerous videos showing people getting hit at these things, and they still choose to stand in tight circles surrounding amateur garbage drivers trying to show off? I feel bad for no one.

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Electric motorcycle typically do this; primarily because a person on a motorcycle is less aerodynamic than a brick, so it’s a huge range penalty to be going 65~70mph for electric motorcycles. You’ll commonly see things like: 170 mile range (city range. 115 mile range highway)

So yeah, screw this crap. I have no problem paying with cash—you see it flowing out of your fingers so the expense hurts like it should—as opposed to adding that expense to the credit card total as you “painlessly” roll it over and keep paying interest on the balance. Duh—cash is king.

Why do the EVs not have a clean 75 kwh = full, and 37.5 kwh = 50% is beyond me.

Which, as far as degradation goes, seems pretty fuckin’ good. That means it retains ~91% (Model Y) or ~89% (Model 3) of original range performance. But again, this sounds good, but without comparing it to other manufacturers and models it’s hard to conclusively say.

What a weird metric. They were never at 100% of EPA range because Tesla apparently is able to score real well with the EPA test, but does horribly in real life. So saying they only achieve 64% of that is... well, kind of meaningless as far of “degradation” claims go. Give us what they actually started out with. Did…

I’m not informed enough to come down hard on either side of the argument. But I bet people back in 1950 thought the Powerglide was the bee’s knees and that there was no need for more than two gears. And yet, here with are with 10 speeds being super common.

Yeah... I don’t think I’d be attempting to touch the apex predator of the ocean.  Too bad the Orca didn’t retaliate or see him as a snack.

Brammo had a transmission on their motorcycle, and it was well received. While yes, a transmission does create another source a parasitic loss, it also allows to various torque ratios.  Plus, I don’t believe most electric motors are equally efficient at all speeds.  So it might be possible to use a transmission to…

I said almost exactly that...

Probably because Musk realizes China will retaliate in some way, and that he likely wants to expand production in China and export those Chinese models elsewhere in the world. An EV trade war with China will likely blow up into other markets as well.  Potentially having tariffs on his products would only serve to hurt…

I don’t see any dragging, though the angles are bad enough that maybe it happened while not in view of the camera?

If they had just gone with a step 3a) or 4a) which resulted in the sweet, sweet Volt tech spreading into Tahoes and Equinoxes and Silverados... damn, it would have been glorious.

Don’t forget about changing airbag design to be best for belted occupants. Right now, they have to work for both belted and unbelted occupants, which means they work less well for belted ones.

Why not make it a percentage based thing. 10 over in a 30mph (even if it ain’t a school zone) is a heck of a lot worse than 10 over in a 65mph.