Movies with Mikey is worth watching. Good on you for promoting it.

I do miss my ‘96 Taurus’s flip-n-cup. Flip it one way for a seat, flip it the other for storage, cupholders, and an armrest. Put my iPod at a perfect height, too.

Ford Tauruses too. I had a 2000. The bench was split like 45/10/45, and could seat 3 across theoretically. The middle had a fold up/down armrest, but also the seat cushion part came up and hinged forward to create a console for drinks, phone, food, etc.

I grew up in pickup trucks, old American land yachts and other cars with bench seats. The few cars we had with separate seats didn’t have a console - minivans, the AMC Concord, my much loved third-gen Civic. I’m very familiar with what it’s like to drive without one, and as a result, I can say with confidence that...

Column shifter for life

The i3's center console is pretty minimal (since it’s rear motor, RWD), which absolutely does give it an airy feeling compared to the exterior dimensions.

The teenager me, loved the bench seat in my truck. ;-D

Written by a man who loves road head.

Bench seat, with the underseat storage cubby for the middle seat. Such a pleasant layout.

No console in my ‘97 Chevy:

“Cockpit”

Seriously, what is the deal with center consoles. They must be the most inefficient use of space in any modern car. There's nothing in em, yet they're massive. It doesn't need to be this way! 

Hayabusa.

I don’t think the bolt has ever or will ever sell for MSRP. Its simply not worth that much or desirable. The Mach E is desirable and much better build quality and should fetch a higher price. The Bolt is a $22-25k hatchback, that’s really all its worth and GM now knows it.

No one will disagree with you. They don’t compete. A bolt sells in the low $20k range, the Mach E starts at ~$35 and goes up from there; they are actually selling for that price too. The bolt is the cheap, accessible electric hatchback that everyone wants to pretend doesn’t exist

and the “front locking trunk” where the engine used to be will be a bonus for truck buyers.

The end game will require either by market forces or local ordinances, that a 220v outlet be installed in all new home construction and allow renters to have the line installed.

They’re not remotely close to competing in the same segment. MachE is more Tesla Y competitor.

If you’re comparing the Bolt because its the only EV GM sells right now, give it a few months, plenty more coming down the pike.

I still believe it’s simply a race to make the first viable electric truck. Putting battery packs between the frame rails isn’t rocket science. For fleet use, it makes a ton of sense, actually. I personally think the utility of adding electric tool hookups and the “front locking trunk” where the engine used to be will…