The goal of this legislation was to bring battery production to the US, not necessarily to make cars cheaper. If making cars cheaper was the sole goal we would have reduced the barriers to entry, not made them harder. This was more about protecting jobs and fighting a geo-political struggle with China than making…

I really wanted a Niro, Kona, or Ioniq 5, but instead I got a 2020 Ioniq Electric Limited with 10k miles for $16k after rebate. At that price I couldn’t justify going out and buying something new at a much higher price, and I don’t need the extra range they offer.

Except, this isn’t some mechanical issue hidden by engine components, or things that happen as a result of use - these are a delivery checklist of things you need to look at immediately upon delivery of the car. (Think walking around a rental car marking all the scrapes and dings when you pickup it up at the airport.)…

I’m just here to note (correctly) that Jim Spanfeller is a herb as well as a thin-skinned poopy baby. A thin-skinned farty poopy baby herb who doesn’t know not to mess with one of the site network’s strongest assets: its lively, active, frequently returning commentariat.

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Should we though?  Here and Giz are about the last ones standing, and hopes are not high from an end user perspective.

GMA has entered the chat. With the T.50 and T.33 his sole focus is to make the best driving car you can possibly make, and lightness is key. EVERY gram counts, if he can make a nut or bolt 1 mm smaller, and retain all it properties, it is, the pedals all milled out of titanium, and they didn’t de burr them to act as a…

Musk could’ve just sent all the pre-production ones that can’t be sold to SpaceX to have them running around the facilities, they don’t need to buy any. If they did buy it’s just shuffling money around on Musk’s ledgers so cost doesn’t matter as it is just going from Musk’s right pocket to his left.

Everything I know about diplomatic immunity I learned watching Lethal Weapon 2.

You’re thinking of an MRI scan which uses a large magnet, a CT (Computed Tomography) scan is a glorified Xray. It takes many Xray images from different angles and generates a 3d image/model.

Engineers tend to lack people skills and shouldn’t talk to end users without a handler.

The biggest competitor to buying a new GTR, imo, is the fact that there are 15+ years of used GTRs out there giving the majority of the experience for far far less money.

Throttle House summed it up well - put a new infotainment unit in the old one, and save $100k for a very similar drive.

Lucky you then? I have absolutely written a check to the government for my taxes.

But you are paying the taxes. 

No, they’re paying for labor. The employees pay taxes. 

That 300k mile ICE doesn’t have 100% original range either.

Yes, but because we wash our birds in chlorine.

All fair points, but the Ioniq 5 is bigger than it looks. I own one and I still often forget how big it actually is. It’s technically an SUV.

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Even if you delete the rear seats with the Weissach package, it’s still a 4 door sedan body, no?