Yeah, but is he? Promoting veganism while lending his image to promote Petronas, shaking hands with / legitimizing despots, and being the reason for the season that millions of fans drive across their respective counties (and sit in massive jams) to get to venues to see him race... That’s gotta add up to a whole lotta…

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I’m devastated that Audi has dropped the Benetton color scheme. Sigh. At least Techeetah is still gold and Envision Virgin is purplish (go Sam Bird!)

No level of NIMBYism will ever match the Parisians who lodged a noise complaint against the Formula E race. https://jalopnik.com/politician-is-mad-about-the-thundering-engines-of-the-f-1834416746

They got the Montreal ePrix shut down as well. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/19/16792468/formula-e-montreal-race-canceled-mayor-plante

Speed Racer was completely inaccurate, and it really ruined the film for me. The esses weren’t added to Thunderhead until years after Rex died (don’t even get me started on the twist), so how could you have that ghost race?

Don't even lie that would be epic.

Dual-motors are banned starting this season. I remember reading that Nissan was fine with it, given how abysmally they did this/last year.

WRC is likely going full electric sooner rather than later. Citroën and Hyundai really want it.

Remember that last year Nissan was the only team running a dual motor setup, and it was supposed to be unbeatably (and possibly illegally) energy efficiency... and then they ran out of usable energy in Mexico City and finished 4th in the constructors championship.

Aren’t horsepower numbers certified minimums?

Does the Outback count as a wagon? I’ve always thought of it as an SUV (the current generation at least).

I’m trying to imagine what it would be like if giant swaths of I-95 had no speed limit. Trying to imagine driving to work every day along roads where I gotta worry about a thrill-seeker wanting to open up his GT500 or AMG or Koenigsegg in the lane to my left.

Wow. Way to get all worked up to attack arguments I never made. I was never going to bother trying to convince you that BEVs are better for the environment than ICE (if Ballaban couldn’t do it, no way I’ll get through your skull https://jalopnik.com/enough-with-the-actually-electric-cars-pollute-more-bu-1834338565).

Oh, cock.

Written by someone who has done zero research into the sport. FE events are carbon neutral and low waste, which they can accomplish by racing on street circuits in city centers thus not requiring permanent infrastructure or for fans to travel long distances to events. The sites are powered by fuel extracted from seawee…

Only if the Chancellor of the Exchequer is in attendance, but as I hear it he has a chequered past, having received cheques from unsavory sources.

The 2+ car homes is absolutely a hugely significant factor. I would absolutely consider an EV for my family’s second vehicle, especially if it were a supermini and even if the range was crap. Because having a runabout for getting to the grocery store would be awesome, and we’d still have the dinosaur-burner for…

In case you, like me, saw this image and were horrified about the damage to the environment done by dumping giant rust buckets into the sea, this is apparently a legit operation to create artificial reefs. Honestly pretty cool.

I was hoping he’d go back to Formula E, but I think he’s missed his window.