Then sell the Rubicon, buy something cheaper, and use the difference to pay for parking.

Wikipedia says the drag factor ranges from 0.20 to 0.40 depending on the configuration.

It’s a K-Car Wagon. A nice, reliant automobile.

Too big for a garage so it’s been left out in the sun it’s entire existence. Since it’s not being driven, it’s not getting dirty so it has rarely been washed and waxed.

It’s a statistical fact? Really? It’s not disputable? If so, then please provide that statistic. Because here are some statistics I have:

Technically, don’t 2-door SUVs count as hatchbacks that have just been raised?

While not technically Diamond Star, the Mitsubishi 3000GT / Dodge Stealth are a pair of the greatest sports cars from the 90s.

MC Chris’ bounty hunters in cars series.

Well, there was the Smart EQ Fortwo which started at about $24k, but no one wanted it.

Not really, no. I mean, they could save a bit of money going to a smaller engine, but for electrics, that difference is tiny compared to an ICE. The total HP in an electric car is mostly based on the power available from the battery pack, and increasing range means increasing battery size, which means increasing power…

At a high enough mass, wind resistance is not going to have as much of an effect on efficiency compared to a lighter vehicle, especially at lower (city driving) speeds. This probably makes sense for the Class 3 B2, but seems more like a aesthetic choice for the B1 SUV and they’re just hoping that buyers won’t care…

Like, what does Raph expect Tesla to do? Replace the entire grid themselves?

Slide 10: “Over 90% of electricity is wasted in transmission.”

Businesses have also invested a lot of money over the past year upgrading networks, and adding in software solutions for people to work at home and improve teleconferencing. I would be willing to bet that a bunch of those businesses will decide to continue to use those upgrades as much as possible even once the…

Holy cow, I didn’t realize it was still so dire in most of Canada, but it seems there are no Tesla service centres between Calgary and Toronto, which is a mere 3,400 km (2,100 miles). Owners from Winnipeg, a city of nearly 800,000 people, would need to travel over 1,300 km (800 miles) to get to a service station.

I would also imagine that there is a large overlap between people who buy EVs and those that try to reduce their overall energy footprint, so many of the households studied would generally have below average electricity consumption if not for the EV.

For a vehicle so beholden to skulls, wouldn’t a plate with all 4s be more fitting?

As mentioned upthread, Starship uses liquid methane / oxygen which produces much less soot than RP1, which is essential for a truly reusable engine.

Quick back of the napkin math, if the 700W solar panels can charge the car at 25% efficiency for 12 hours, that would result in 2.5 kWhr charging. At 10 miles per kWhr, that gives 25 miles per day.

It’s called the money market, which is similar to a stock market, only they trade currencies. The value of each currency is determined by how much people are willing to pay for it on any given day.