I’ve seen it happen plenty of times in my area. It’s rude and annoying, but has never caused me to run out of charge someplace, so I move on. 

I drive a Nissan Leaf, and I’ve seen this happen a LOT at public EV charging areas, since most of them are in prime parking locations right by a front entrance or something. All of them have signs saying “EV charging only” or something like that, but plenty of gas cars park there. It’s annoying, but it’s never caused…

Notice the lack of a hood scoop, however. If this thing has a turbocharged boxer engine under that hood, I’d be very surprised.

I completely agree. The CVT tuning in the first gen XV made the already-gutless 140hp engine feel downright dangerously slow. I could hardly merge onto freeways safely.

Speak for yourself. I’m an engineer, and I prefer plastic whenever possible. Better chemical resistance than aluminum or stainless steel, great thermal properties when you select the appropriate plastic for your use case, easier to machine and weld (lower fab costs), etc.

Name one manufacturer that uses all-aluminum coolant reservoirs these days...

Should have gotten some Primitive Racing skidplates then. ;)

It’s not a minivan. A minivan is even more practical. Like I said, the Ridgeline is really good for 90% of what Americans ACTUALLY use a truck for (i.e. getting groceries and maybe getting a bag of potting soil every now and then), so Honda nailed the market segment on that front.

To be fair, nobody is forcing you to lift the Jeep.

Tom mentioned it quickly, but should have highlighted Turo more.

There are some awesome twisty coastal roads outside of Nagasaki like this. Lots of elevation changes and curves, and great views of the bays and ocean the whole way.

No.

Tesla already did share their drivetrain with another automaker: The RAV4 EV used a Tesla battery pack and power train in the last-gen body style, but was California-only compliance car.

I completely agree, although I will say that when Fallout 76 is working, I’m having a good time with it so far. However, it is far more glitchy than most Bethesda games, and that’s saying something.

I think he lived nearby and had a friend pick him up / drop off. 

Sure, if you live in Florida and your definition of winter driving includes a light rain shower and a few damp leaves.

It really is that cheap, and there are other perks besides the low cost. I rented a BMW X1 in Texas, and it was like $30/day. It was cheaper to rent to BMW than a Kia from one of the usual rental agencies, and unlike any of those places, I picked up the car right at the baggage claim area.

This is also BMW. The literature may have stated 300hp all that time, but that’s if you measured it at 14000 foot elevation, in 120 degree heat, while running on Canola oil... In reality, the engine made far more power.

Or buy a nitro car at a hobby store and toss it in the frunk:

To be fair to Arcimoto, they have actually delivered vehicles to customers, although they call these “beta” vehicles, and aren’t as polished as the final production version.