This is one aspect that I’m starting to hate about EVs. Everything now makes crazy amounts of power, and honestly the average driver has no business being near that kind of performance capability.

I guess it’s different strokes for different folks, but you won’t see me spending $84k on a Tahoe. 

Or buy a gigantic vehicle with a large displacement motor, then add some heavy chunky “off road” tires and then complain about gas prices going up.

Of all time?

I’m a bit surprised he hasn’t fired 55% of the employees already, seeing as that’s how much profits dropped in Q1. But let’s give it until Friday, we’re only half way through the week after all.

Just learned today that the new G-class EV weighs in at 6,800+ lbs (1,300 lbs more than the ICE)… I guess that’s skewing my perceptions. <eek!>

I hate to say it… but only 4800 lbs? That seems light for an SUV these days.

He’s laying off 20% of the company because sales dropped by 20%… it’s a linear relationship apparently…

What new model? No, seriously… what new model? The high-priced limited production Roadster? (Did they even mention it?) The cheaper trims of the Cybertruck? (Any timeline or pricing updates on those presented?) The “you will make untold millions with your new robo-taxi while you sleep” model? Is Optimus going to…

I agree with you 100%.

I’m not a G-class buyer (I think they are ridiculously overpriced), but I think it was wise for MB to keep the exterior design mostly the same as the ICE version. Hopefully this means Mercedes has learned their lesson from the EQS and EQE design debacle. Just give us EVs that look like normal vehicles. 

When you add the bonus of what an electric vehicle gets you in terms of cost savings…

It’s almost like Porsche ignored what made the Macan the big volume seller that it was in the first place.  

No marketing department can counteract the effects of a CEO, who has made himself the public face of the company, posting a continuous stream of inflammatory nonsense and garbage on social media. But it’s good to see that the self awareness is essentially zero, and that the narrative is that “marketing wasn’t doing…

Record profits, but we promised shareholders we’d cut some costs so… sorry Bob, you’re out a a job.

Yep. Given how most EVs are chewing through tires, that’s probably a pretty decent long term play.

Personally I’m a bit indifferent about the Macan. Sure, it drives really well, but I’m just not interested in a Porsche SUV (yes, I understand they are wildly popular). I don’t love what they’ve done with the split headlight design for this new generation, it feels a bit derivative of what everyone else is doing; just…

Correct. They don’t even have regulatory approval for autonomous driving, and it’s not like our government is known to move quickly on matters like new policy. Even if they unveil a fully functioning robo-taxi on August 8th, when will it actually be allowed to function on the nations roadways? A cheap EV would fill a…

Well, seeing as how the new LC and GX are only $1,005 apart, people would be stupid not to compare them to each other.

He did say “briefly” didn’t he? It could briefly serve as a boat.