Early EVs only passive battery thermal management like the Leaf had battery degredation issues, but modern EVs don’t have the same problem. Plus, those early EVs had extremely limited range even when new (less than 100 miles) which seriously limits them in the used market today. They cannot fast charge, so they are…

To the extent those sorts of seats are comfortable, it would usually be attributed to seating position. Reclining with your feet laid out like you have an ottoman (the way you would sit in a Lotus) is more comfy than sitting bolt upright with your feet on the floor (like many SUVs). Sitting bolt upright in a thin seat…

These “thinline” airplane seats are fine for short hop flights, but they are pretty hard and awful on anything longer than 2 hours.

You don’t want these seats in your car, trust me. But one issue that modern car seats have airbags built in. There’s nowhere to put an airbag in a seat this thin.

There are already dealers discounting them under MSRP. The price is too high for them to sell otherwise. I’m seeing AWD for $61k around here. I suspect that will go down, similar to the EV6, Kia has added $7,500 in incentives. Wouldn’t surprise me if OTD is low $50s for an AWD within the next year.

I suspect they will sell very few loaded out GT lines for MSRP. The problem is that you are pricing it up to Base R1-S prices, which is a more luxurious experience with another 200hp (or another 300hp if you go just over $80k).

Another tiresome “EVs are so heavy!” article. Heavy cars have been a thing since the birth of the interstate. 1950s Cadillacs could be optioned up to 5,300lbs (heavier than Tesla Models S, 3, Y, and X).

Now do it for an 80,000lb dump truck! 

Is EV demand really soft, or is demand for their EVs soft? Let’s look at what they have for sale:

Interesting note in the wikipedia article about Howland island:

Certainly a screw up on the part of the resort, but it’s one reason why I would never ski without a phone on my person. Being stuck on a lift isn’t the only circumstance where you might be out of earshot and need assistance. Another example might be having fallen in a tree well, being injured out of sight of the main…

“Indeed the aluminum piece of Earhart’s plane was found on an uninhabited atoll called Nikumaroro not too terribly far from where Romeo found this underwater blip.”

If they don’t destroy it, the environment surely will eventually. It’s not like some future generation likely going to find it in 1,000 years after it’s buried 10 feet under the settlement or in 100,000 years when anything less is encased in sandstone. 

It’s not that EVs eat tires: heavy cars eat tires. Some EVs are indeed quite heavy, but not all. A base Model 3 is in the ~3,700 range, which isn’t particularly heavy for a car in 2024. On the other hand, the EQS can run 6,000lbs and is likely to eat tires- especially if you are running a softer tire compound.

I think what your German friend is missing with respect to reduced demand in Africa for European cars is the China factor. Having traveled to Africa several times in the last few years, I’m seeing Chinese cars handily dominate the late-model market. These cars are available for prices similar to much older cars from…

If hydrogen vehicles haven’t taken off by now, they are never going to. It’s been over 20 years since automakers first started experimenting with them. There is no technological barrier or pending technology stopping hydrogen. What’s stopping hydrogen is a lack of infrastructure. But until the infrastructure is nearly…

Yeah, good luck with that. Maybe they have a “western mindset” (although I think that just means they have a mind to sit on a yacht in the Western Mediterranean) but if Putin’s goons tell them to get planes in the air, planes are going to fly maintenance or not. Keep in mind that a good portion of airliners currently…

It’s only a matter of time before Russian airliners start having major crashes due to insufficient maintenance.

Fiat 500 Abarth. They were fun little rounabouts around town (especially in a dense city), but they broke left and right on track. I went to a track day with the local Fiat club and all three of the 500s that showed up broke down. 

They aren’t the fastest, but they are actually pretty good reliable track cars such that you still see bunch of them on track today (more than C4s in fact).