How about this for a dire prediction? By 2050, we will either be in the midst of the bloodiest and most brutal of global wars or enduring the bloodiest and most brutal periods of global oppression ever seen. Or perhaps it will be a mixture of both. To support this hypothesis I cite deepening divisions within the…

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?

“ A simple, non-hybrid gasoline vehicle is always going to have the more economical and eco-friendly life cycle”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

Consumers need to understand that EVs are more than just good for the planet, they are better cars to own and live with! This is a win win. I will never go back to combustion.

If an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth in 2040, we’d presumably drop everything to avoid our fate and save ourselves.

And it needed to happen yesterday..

My Miata was reaching end of life, so it became an Exocet instead. But this does speak volumes to how special the car is to some people. Miata for life!

Generally speaking electrical grids are not overloaded, by a long shot. Grid operators are looking for ways to increase electricity demand, which has been flat or declining for a while.

I don’t pay for gas at all!

very first post is victim blaming. good fucking job.

So what the heck happened? The rotational inertia, which factors in the mass of the wheel, is likely contributing to the difference. Most simply put, heavier wheels and tires means less power realized against the road

This argument has always bothered me that adding mass reduces power. Adding mass, or inertia, does not change the power of your car. It just makes it accelerate slower (because F=MA). Doesn’t matter if it is rotating inertia or not. Throwing 5 people in your car makes it slower, not less powerful.

Most dyno’s that…

Well, not quite. Once the tires are spun up to speed, the inertia won’t affect the power. Increasing the rotational speed of the tires will require more energy (horsepower times time) but keeping it spinning just uses enough horsepower to counteract frictional losses. If the horsepower is measured while the speed is…

It’s been covered here before - CAFE favors bigger cars. If you can make your car physically larger, yet keep the same MPG’s, you’ll do a lot better than dropping the MPG’s of an existing platform.

out of sheer jalopism you should refuse to help anyone buy a crossover ever.

VW’s ‘Electrify America’ campaign is part of their dieselgate settlement. They are not installing them to promote VW vehicles, rather all electric vehicles.

EV drivers know where the stations are and they seek them out. Adding level 3 station is a quick way to gain them as customers.

It makes sense to put them at…

As mentioned by another, the level 1 & 2 connectors are all J1772 (Tesla uses an adapter). That is the standard for all normal public charging stations.

The confusion comes with level 3 DC fast chargers. There are 3 competing standards:

1. Tesla supercharger. Exclusive to Tesla. Best network currently by a large margin.

Those 100 stores we old be in highly affluent areas, keep in mind there are over 4,500 Walmart locations currently so while it is a step in the right direction, the 100 screams publicity stunt....