I agree - Honda could just push their Clarity drive train into the rest of their lineup and they would set pretty well set.

CRZ? I think Honda tried that and people said no.

My wife’s work is on the hunt for EV SUVs or trucks. They all already drive EVs to work but no one is really building EVs for them to use at work.

I’ll second what Sammyno55 said - the C-Max is great for people with bad backs and knees. It went out of production this year, but I think the Kia Niro does a pretty good job replacing it. HEV, PHEV, or EV with a higher seating position but still a very compact car. It’ll seat 4 adults comfortably (truly) and should…

This is a pretty fantastic looking car. I’ve watched some reviews and it seems like a perfect 2nd car for near-the-city-folk family. We are just waiting for my wife’s car to keel over and die, but all she needs is to be able to drive a few miles to work and then run errands. Any big trips and we’ll probably take my…

Neutral: I’d like to see Honda make a Fit-e. A micro van driven on electrons with their magic seats and whatnot. That, and a true minivan would be wonderful. Don’t try to beat anybody on performance - Tesla / Jaguar / Audi are going to race around doing that. Beat Nissan on practicality - its one of the things Honda…

I think I disagree. Both would have 78mm of sidewalls which is the issue here. Visually there is a difference. Mechanically not so much. 

... 35 is the ratio. It's literally a percentage, which is a ratio. 

I rode one of these in the snow last winter at like 7 psi. Hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. 

Bjorn did some testing - low profile tires use more energy to get places.

And better gas mileage! 

Reduces unsprung weight? Not if you compare like to like wheel. When you go super small on the tire profile, the tire needs to be really heavy. There is no more air left for suspension, so you basically need to create run flats... Which are heavier.

Now that is a great idea. Good to know! Thanks internet stranger!

It is incredible how much it helps to have LKAS and adaptive cruise on long trips. Mind blowing even.

Yep, it feels like tramlining. If you don’t like driving in the same spot on the road where the car like driving, you’re going to be fighting it the entire time.

I agree on all accounts with you. I live in Seattle - our power is basically the least expensive in the nation. Its essentially impossible to find a way to build your own ‘green’ solution which is fiscally viable.

It doesn’t feel like your steering has issues - it feels like your car is following the beaten path on the road. Small cars have the same feeling driving the ruts on the highway put there by large trucks.

I agree that ~2k seems to be the latest actually being made into packs. Tesla has said their next packs are going to be 3K packs while 10K packs are currently in labs around the country (so 2 - 3 years out).

Yeah, it really is an epic hangar. Its one of those places that when someone sees it in Transformers they just think it is another CGI location. Its real! It actually looks like that on the inside!

Bi-directional really didn’t make any sense until batteries got to the multiple thousands of charge / discharge cycles for lifetime use. If you use up the life of the battery in 2 years with it sitting at home keeping you off of fossil fuel peak usage, you’re not helping your pocketbook when it comes to a replacement…