Are you referring to the Kenaf panels? It may not be soft-touch, but it is highly sustainable and goes along with the entire premise of the vehicle.

I was just thinking last night, as a neighbor backed into their parking space in the parking garage in their brand new Range Rover.... “No one buys a new Range Rover for its capabilities”.

Very true - also note that the article you linked to was from 2012 - so those numbers are probably even more realistic now with 100+ mile Leafs, and forthcoming 200+ mile Bolts/Teslas. I tend to be conservative when advocating for EVs to avoid being accused of being subversive by some know-it-all internet commenter.

The thing is, with an EV you refuel at home and leave every day with a 100% charge - a vehicle with a 200 mile range should be more than enough for 95% of travel needs for 99% of people without ever needing fast charging.

Yeah, I kind of misread the question. I read it as “What car is cool now, but uncool when it was new?”

Always the answer.

It looks like there wasn’t even enough vertical clearance either.

Totally not on topic - but I too have a weirdly unexplained crush on Mary Steenburgen.

There are a lot of reasons why Li-Ion batteries are a better bet than Lead Acid without even talking about weight or footprint:

Knowing Google, it will be something like this:

And now he should go for the real deal:

From Wikipedia: Scarcity (also called paucity) is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources.

Sorry - I’m still caught off guard when I hear how much full-sized pickups cost.

Ugh.. this... My mom tries to give me a set of these every year.

As someone who stuck a custom Euro plate on my S4 - allow me to explain.

Ugh.... PLEASE don’t pick a Viper. There is nothing interesting to learn from someone driving a Viper - I’ve met plenty at my local Cars and Coffee that are more than eager to espouse the wonders of driving around with a tractor engine.

Neutral: I got me a BMW i3.... am I doing this right?

Sure, sales are sales - but a car that is only sold in China poses no real competition to a company selling cars globally. That’s all I’m saying.

Only in the sense that people who drive around with their high beams on are either: