Due to the relative scarcity of old EVs on the road and limited supply chair for new EVs, of course parts are harder to come by (now). In 5- 10 years (after millions and millions of EVs have been on the road for awhile) the story will be different.

Normally I’d agree with you, but Tesla has been dropping the costs of their vehicles steadily as they bring production costs down. Ugh... praising Tesla feels dirty.

A lot of the higher insurance premiums are because of sensor-loaded exterior components, which isn’t even an EV problem. EVs don’t have to be rolling tech-houses to be functional cars but apparently thanks to Tesla, everyone thinks they do. Anyways, as always BRING BACK SEALED BEAMS.

Another sign of free market capitalism at work? “we reserve the right to refuse business to anyone for any reason.”

Crazy nutter, or wingnut, or fundamentalist anything, tends to be its own thing. There’s this thing called the horseshoe theory that tries to explain that phenomenon (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory) - it explains why RFK appeals to MAGA wingnuts, or why in Washington State we have very urban places…

Even though just three people are named in the lawsuit it’s more than just them who could benefit. It also seeks damages on behalf of other passengers who may have flown on Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes

really are conducted by people with anti-Semite leaning

That sets a dangerous precedent for paying lawyers. Even if the company is still in the green, a 6 Billion dollar payout is insane for legal services. Even 1 billion is crazy high for any company to incur for one issue.

Next up Jewish and Muslim drivers denying an order because it has pork. Vegan weirdos denying orders because it has meat or dairy. Numerous religious weirdos denying you getting incense because it’s witchcraft.

Oh, ffs, stop it. Uber has been fair game for Jalopnik since time immemorial and this fuckery deserves to be called out. Unless, of course, you agree with the driver’s sentiment, in which case feel free to get fucked (only, you know, not).

And booted in the groin a time or two while we’re at it.

I used the same description of the dude when I read the story.

That guy is an asshole of the highest order and should get booted from the app as a driver. 

EV degradation curve is steep for the first year or two but then flattens out. In 2016 my model S could do 270 miles on a charge. I purchased it when it was 3.5 years old and had 50k miles on it; then it would charge to 250 miles. A degradation of 7.4%. Today my car has 135k miles on it. It charges to 242 miles, so…

Because they made a big bet on hydrogen being the future of personal vehicles but did next to nothing to actually get the infrastructure off the ground. This is the problem when an org gets too big, execs get excited about developing something new but when the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing, they…

Toyota needs to create an EV conversion kit for the Mirai. That would be less wasteful than selling cars that cannot, for most intents and purposes, be driven.

Maybe if somebody has such bad PTSD that they think acorns are gunshots and empty their firearm at the sound of an acorn, they shouldn’t be allowed access to firearms?

“1. A story guy, not a data guy. A story guy doesn’t care what’s true or accurate, he just loves a good story.”

Second, she says he purchased the EV6 for $72,000. EV6 pricing doesn’t reach that high, which also tells us that the dealer screwed him on the purchase and likely marked it up, especially given the timeframe that he purchased it in.

I have a feeling this is a person who should not have been driving in the first place.