I’m actually a bit sad about the S60. It’s a handsome sedan, and that’s becoming a very rare thing these days (both the sedan part, and the handsome part). The T8 was a bit of a dark horse with its 455 hp and 40 mile EV range. Not cheap mind you, nor the most nimble, but competent and comfortable. Since Polestar spun…
Forkish
forkish
“Unfortunately for all of us, outside of a few select neighborhoods in a couple of cities, there’s only so much you can do to get around without a car in the U.S.”
What we need is more emphasis on pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, and fixing the zoning codes so that more markets, restaurants and other businesses can be build closer to residential areas, even within them. Like, every cookie cutter residential development should be required to have at least a small grocery…
I live 200 yds. from a supermarket, but if I wanted to walk there, I would have to walk 1/4 mi. to the nearest intersection (which doesn’t have a “walk/don’t walk” signal) and then walk another 1/4. mi. to the supermarket. I guess I could dash across the road rather than cross at the light, but the speed limit is…
Jimmy Carter was both a good President and a good man through and through. Conversely, there’s not a decent cell in Trump’s body, unless it’s a cancer cell. The “malaise” (a word President Carter never used) of the late 1970s looks pretty good compared to the utter shitshow we’re about to face.
“He tried to leave America a little better than he found it. He attempted to warn Americans about the challenges we’d face over the next five decades. Our own legacy shows we were completely unwilling to heed those warnings.”
It is the same for any electorate, at any time, unfortunately. From the time of Solon and Pericles all the way up to today. People do not want hard truths, candor, limits. They’d rather think (and be told) that they are exceptional and intelligent and that the future is bright.
Genuinely great piece, Erin.
2017 Prius V?
Two questions:
I live across the river from DC and a few miles from the Pentagon. If stuff ever goes down, there is the macabre comfort that for me it will probably be instantaneous, so no melting skin and radiation sickness to worry about!
I’m the guy who wrote the comment, and all I’m saying is that in a perfect, non-corrupt world (which we will never live in), red light cameras working perfectly without any of the suspicious “too short/rigged” stuff is a dream for safety. Also, there’s a huge difference between “ah shoot I think it may have turned red…
it begs the question who does Trump think will buy these more expensive electric models?
3rd: I kinda feel bad for Austin drivers and pedestrians. They’re going to be beta testers against their will for Leon’s half assed self driving shit.
Bingo. Plus this gives Honda the thing they don’t have but need to compete - volume. They have current gen EVs thanks to the GM tie-up (selling quite nicely, but of course at low margins because they’re buying them), they have next gen EVs in the pipeline that look promising, they have a nice array of vehicles in all…
Why would we bring back Mean Astronauts? Leave them up there until they’re nice again.
I would much rather drive one of these adorable little guys than the massive monster trucks that have far less actual utility that are currently clogging up US roadways.
What does Nissan bring to the table? Millions drivers with credit scores of < 500 who don’t know where the DMV is.
In the context of this hemisphere: 1) Nissan has established plant capacity in lower cost locations (i.e. south, non-UAW). 2) These could be valuable in a future economy challenged by tariffs and trade wars. 3) Honda hybrids are great, Nissan has none. 4) Honda doesn’t really do trucks, Nissan has some. 5) CVTs aside,…