Honest question — If Gas Tax is used to pay for highway infrastructure in the State and EV’s do not require Gas - thus the owners do not pay any gas tax to help pay for infrastructure. How do you propose the state collect funds from vehicle owners to pay for highway infrastructure?

This. The biggest threat is Mrs. Hammen in first class throwing a panic attack and causing everyone, including the doctor, the nun, the hare krishna guy, and a couple of men with boxing gloves to have to stand up to try to calm her down.

Okay, who put a penny on the line down there?

Pretty sure they would have made it safely with the F/O alone.

I’m kind of surprised he could drive a manual transmission. I thought those were best theft deterrents going.

We effectively swapped our Toyota Land Cruiser for an R1S, and while this is anecdotal from a party of 1, I’m extremely happy with our decision. Rides better, but still goes off-road just as well, obviously much lower cost-of-maintenance/fueling...and the one thing that perhaps surprised me a bit, so much more…

It’s negative margins because they’re building an entirely new plant and product line (R2), and they’re still recouping initial costs from creating the R1, among many other things. The latter will come down as more units are sold, and the former will also come down once the plant is built and producing cars. Does no…

Road tripping in my sister’s Expedition is fatiguing. 

Totally get it. Rivians are really nice, and a genuine alternative to luxury SUVs from legacy automakers. We’re debating trading our full-size 2019 Range Rover in for an R1S (had itfrom new, absolutely love it, and has been very reliable). The R1S has a Land Rover feeling about it, just not sure if we’re ready for 2…

Neutral: Trucks are appealing to people who want to have the thought of living an adventurous life, since obviously no one can find adventure in a sedan.

And nor does Rivian need to. They have a huge wait list for the R1S SUV. Something Lucid could only dream of.

Teslas have racist flags on them? Is that another Easter egg hidden in the menus somewhere?

After having Malibu rentals over the years, the most recent model was so bad that I can’t imagine anyone buying one outside of rental companies. The seventh generation (third modern generation) was actually a decent car but it was one of the few cars to get worse instead of better in subsequent generations. I find the…

Then you get the punishment, simple as that. 5th isn’t a get out of trouble free card.

It’s a good question. I don’t know what Tesla uses for speed limit recognition, but I’ve found it to be quite accurate. A few exceptions like when they suddenly close off part of the highway during a huge construction project and it might take a week for the maps to get updated, so it falls back to the default side…

“The installed devices would prevent the vehicle from exceeding the posted speed limit by more than five miles per hour.”

Well this does sound like a reasonable idea, similar to breathalyzers for drunk drivers. But...

There’s a difference between unacceptable and malicious.

This seems like a typical kneejerk anti-Tesla reaction, especially given there is zero evidence there are Teslas on board, and a large majority of the EVs have already been identified as Mercedes, with the rest BMW/Mini. Tesla are statistically far less likely to catch a fire than any other EV brand, given they are…

ROFL you really think consumers’ opinion of a CEO affects their purchasing decisions? It’s likely dead last behind (1) price (2) performance (3) comfort (4) design (5) trunk space (6) reliability. Guess what? Model 3 is getting yet another price drop by the end of summer - that’s under $30K after incentives! People…