Unlike movie trailers, I like to leave the funniest lines for the people who actually watch the video.

Everyone else in this discussion is using $40K for $40,000. This is a transportation blog, not a banking or advertising blog, and the precedent seems to be to use the Greek-based numerical afffixes (kilo-, mega-, etc.) not the Latin-based affixes (M, MM, etc.).

I’m not the one who’s confused.

“But does the Lyriq buyer really need a fat discount?”

No full sized pickups or SUVs.

What costs less than $40M these days?

The “light truck” and subsequent “SUV” classifications have always been politically motivated junk. Its just funny the way its coming back around.

There should just be a hard cap on cost no matter what the vehicle is. Let’s go with $50k, if you are buying a $50k+ vehicle no credit. Or maybe $60k? But if you are buying a $70k car there is no reason you should get a $7,500 credit.

The real problem is all the Normies and their dammed SUV culture...I would have wanted that Honda E-thing but nooooo I can’t have it cause it won’t sell well.

We are walking away from our Mach-E order that should be on the dealership lot any day now.  With the $8k MSRP bump the day we placed our order, and now on top of the fact it doesn’t qualify for the rebate, that’s a $15k hit we just aren’t willing to swallow.  Could we do it?  Yes, but we don’t need to.  It would be…

You’re missing the point. THEY don’t want to push EVs out, WE want to push EVs out. The incentive is from the government to get more EVs on the road, so they need to target vehicles that can be bought. 

But that $40k buyer may be swayed into buying an EV due to the tax break that reduces the net cost verus buying a gas crossover in the low 30k range. The average car goes for about $36k-ish so having the tax credit get EVs closer or below average is smart for the typical buyer.  I agree there needs to be more EVs in…

The fact that GM is also complaining is good news for Tesla and for the EV industry as a whole. The feds don’t seem to treat Tesla as a domestic manufacturer even though they are. But the fact the GM, with its unionized workforce, is also getting hit by this, means they’re both fighting the same fight, and GM has a…

As a developer, we typically have staging sites for that. There’s no reason this needed to exist on the production website. Unless...

*Regular Car Reviews Voice* My Corvette is best NSX

I think there’s at least a 50/50 chance this was deliberate. Gotta keep that hype machine rolling.

I remember once, my father really wanting me to watch bullitt with him so that I could appreciate how much of a classic it is. And when we actually watched it, he had a fairly regular cadence of “Don’t worry it really picks up later on, just wait” or “It gets so good at the chase sequence!”.

One thing I’ve noticed in the last couple years - FF movies are always playing on SyFy. I’m assuming it’s because they continually defy the laws of physics and believability..

I have never seen the first Fast & Furious.

I live my life ten or less Tweets at a time.

tesla has roughly 100,000 employees around the globe. that bonus is basically $560,000 per employee.... all to himself. fucking insane.