You aren’t going to want to drive 30 miles with 1.6hp, if the 1200W motor spec isn’t a typo (and I suspect it is given their other performance claims). For reference, a 49CC Honda Metro scooter has 4.4hp, and tops out at about 30mph, a good 8mph FASTER than this.

Underbody rust in NW cars? Neither one of my Subarus have ever had underbody rust, and I take them up to the mountains all the time.

Shhh!!! I’ll offer $1500 and gladly take it off their hands. 

I get offers to buy my Outback every time I take it into the dealer, but not from salespeople. The mechanics are the ones who always mention they want to buy it for themselves. I’ve been to several dealers in the area, and technicians at every one have mentioned they’d buy it if I ever put it up for sale.

I’ve found…

It should work about as well as a DustBuster or the like. Internal combustion engines are just complicated air pumps. A 1.6L VW engine idling around 1000 rpm is going to be pumping about 640 L/min or 23 CFM.

Not always. The board of directors is made of individuals ultimately representing shareholder interests. For example, the board of directors at the company I work for is comprised of various men and women from different companies in my industry. Sure, many are senior executives, but others are consultants or analysts…

I will readily concede that a single color RV is pretty unappealing:

But can they fly their yaks?

Where are you getting this $1000 pricetag? this is directly from their press annoucement:

I really think you’re overthinking this. 

You don’t think that a glued-on glass panel is easier to replace than a welded-on metal roof? Or if the roof wasn’t replaced, then dropping the headlight and doing paintless dent removal across the entire roof surface? Replacing a piece of glass seems far cheaper to me. 

The greatest benefit of solar panels like this is to trickle charge the 12V battery so you can run the HVAC fans for longer periods without draining the battery.

Why repair/replace it at all? Modern solar panels have well over a 20 year lifespan, but even if these did fail before that, it’s not like they did a whole lot to begin with.

Neutral: Yes, I have a Leaf. In 2017, we started with a used 2015 Leaf we bought off-lease with 20k miles for $14k. It was a top-spec SL model with every option.

Sure, and there has been for quite a while. There are four plugs used on EVs today, but the only real difference is fast charging compatibility.

Yeah, that’s fair. I will say I did a ton of research on the gen 1 warranties and decided to stay away from the 2014 and older cars due in part to the problems you described. We’ve been very happy with our 2018 car, but time will tell what the battery longevity is. 

Perhaps not, but I can say it was never an issue on the 2015 gen 1 car we used to have, and the 2018 gen 2 car we have now.

Well for 2013, the battery warranty kicks in if you drop below 9 bars in within 5 years or 60k miles, so what you’re describing should have been a warranty claim last year.

Huh, we’ve driven from Portland to Newport, charged via chademo, then driven back on several occasions now in our 2015, and never seen any thermal issues. I’ve driven from Portland to Bend and back stopping at Detroit Lake for a fast charge in 90 degree weather, driving over a mountain pass, and the temperature…

You can monitor the battery temp on the dash, and in my admittedly mild NW climate, it really don’t change too much year round. Yes, range does drop in very cold temps (but so does Tesla, since it still requires power to heat up the batteries), but hot temperatures don’t seem to have any effect on it, as far as we can…