A Tesla model 3 performance would outdrive this thing handsomely, except possibly on the salt flats, right?

A typical California rancher from the 40s has one layer of stucco on the outside and one layer of plaster (ancient drywall) on the inside. And single pane windows. Modern construction is tighter, because cooling costs just as much as heating.

Yet another messy job the electric car owners never get to experience. Poor souls.

This is a feature nobody wants.

It actually matters whether the dance is long enough for copyright, just like it matters whether a four word phrase is copyrightable as a “poem.”

Do you believe “not paying taxes owed“ and then freeloading on those who do is in any way ethical behaviour? Why should anyone pay taxes, then? Why should I have to stop at stop signs? If everyone else vaccinates their kids, I don’t have to.

Start by seeming like a mark. Then make them invest time. Then drag out the negotiation and waffle, until you have $X in cash as an offer.

The 2011 leaf I still drive also changes the estimate with changes in peripheral use, and has an energy use screen. (You have to look for it, though.)

If you do that, you should compare the cost of producing and transporting oil, too. It can't be sent through wires. And the Canadian tar sands take about two barrels worth of energy in to get three barrels out.

You obviously haven't driven a Tesla then.

IC cars absolutely have to worry about their batteries — they are full of lead, which is an environmental poison in a way that lithium is not.

That’s not a bad option, of for some reason a minivan would cause your marriage to shatter or something.

If you live in LA, you need automatic.

Except California used it for “we expect slightly warm weather in your area, please go to an air conditioned place if you feel uncomfortable” messages, leading most people to turn them off here.

The mainstream customer doesn’t want a Dodge anymore.