Every major manufacturer (except for Chrysler, Toyota and Honda) offers at least one BEV that directly competes against one or many Tesla vehicles.

The owner has tried, but has he really tried? If you’re serious about making a Sentra quicker, you can go a lot further.

The benefit of electrically adjusted steering/seats is that they have memory presets. When my wife drives my car, it takes me ages to get my manually adjusted setup just right. 

My old Datsun has a HVAC setting called “Bi Level” which allowed heat to the floor and cool air to the face. I may be a minority, but I love that feature.

Well, that’s equivalent to the backless booster seat without the 5 point harness, so, for older kids, not toddlers. Based on Walmart, having this feature in your car could save you anywhere from $13 to $50. That said, I imagine the option cost more.

If you hate your kid, but want them to learn to drive on a manual...

Street legal?! Only on the back of a trailer on the way to the dump...

I normally say that anything under two grand that is a runner, even as a project, is automatically a NP, but this is too much of a project even for that. ND all the way.

This seriously pushes the boundaries of “Running, driving vehicle with a manual transmission under X dollars” so it’s definitely a conundrum.

You are off by a factor of 28. The USA national debt is at 28.6 Trillion and counting.

Sure it is, our national deficit is over 1 trillion dollars.  That IS somebody else’s money.

So we should just do it willy-nilly for everything?  You know what, I like chocolate ice cream; maybe we should tax you and give me the money to buy chocolate ice cream with?

Where do you think the government gets “its” money from?

It depends on your perspective. All of the governments money was either collected from citizenry or printed in a manner that reduces citizen’s wealth.

I believe electric generation is subsidized as well

Bribe EV buyers with someone else’s money. Italy is doing what every other government is doing:

It’s still not crazy that 1/6th of an infrastructure bill would be spent on roads. 

PHEVs seem like the best transition path forward. Even a small (~50 mile) EV range is good enough for 95% of the trips for most Americans, and the gas engine is there for longer trips. The small battery also means a smaller pricing hit, especially after the subsidies kick in.

So basically bribe folks to purchase an EV, the “superior” product? And am I the only one surprised to see that sales are only at 7%? If they are leading the charge, I definitely don’t see the USA moving past 2% any time soon.

Raph, why don’t you quit your job? It is obvious to a casual observer that you actually hate cars.
2nd gear: Highways are where we drive cars. We are car enthusiasts. We like better roads that don’t beat the shit out of our cars.
4th gear: If you have a problem with raking in huge chunks of cash from ICE vehicles, then…