For $25k, you can probably get a new GTI with it’s 6yr/72k mile warranty, if you’re okay with lower-trim models. Even my 2018 SE/DSG/leather package was only $28k OTD. 

You’re right! The gen 2 Chevy Volt has a range of “53 miles” but we easily see over 60 with generous use of regenerative braking (the paddle makes it fun!). I’m not plugging a car in to get a whole 12 miles of range that won’t get me to and from work.

I could see the concern about being stranded. Personally, I’d be OK with a city-car EV if I wanted something only for commuting. Our current vehicles are multi-taskers and I don’t see that existing as an EV yet. 

For my wife it’s a timing and range issue.

In my house, future-wife would love if we got a Tesla, but I won’t do it because I’m the one put off by Elon Musk. Does that mean she’s the irrational one?  No, that can’t be right...

I wonder if the lack of range and charging times is simply a safety issue for women? They don’t want to be stranded because their car ran out of a charge or have to wait at some charging station for 30-60 minutes before they can be on their way? 

100% correct.

You guys forgot to shit on GM today

[Neutral] Mrs Skipp has been driving a Leaf for 5 years now and adores it, so I’m gonna say electric cars are not necessarily the domain of the bro. I get the practicality argument, but think of it like this - it takes a lot of “left brain” to be able to analyze your driving habits and determine that your primary…

“I think Elon Musk is a brilliant man, no doubt there,”

It’ll be a very versatile vehicle,” Michael O’Brien, vice president of product, corporate and digital planning for Hyundai’s U.S. unit, said in an interview. “That has the promise of creating a whole new class of buyers.

2nd: 115 miles is absolutely unacceptable for a vehicle intended for real world use. 115 miles is a toy, plain and simple, and EVs are not going to catch on if automakers keep releasing nothing but toys for rich people.

It is stupid to think that a limited range EV is for city dwellers. City dwellers don’t use cars to drive around the city- they use them to get OUT of the city. And limited range is a bad selling point. That Mini is DOA.

It’s only really a problem for hyper pedantic people.

A Brat that isn’t made out of tin-foil sounds absolutely lovely.

1st Gear: They call it a pickup truck, but I’m not holding my breath for much more than a Hyundai-styled take on the Subaru Baja running on the Elantra/Tucson platform.

I just bought a 2019 Ford F150 Supercrew 4x4. I am amazed by this truck having 470ft/lbs of torque, weighing 5200 lbs AND getting 22 MPG on a regular basis. These big vehicles have come a long way and I can’t see people stop buying them until gas hits $5 a gallon or the earth is literally burning outside of their…

Ground clearance on a Kia Soul or Toyota C-HR is almost an inch lower than on a Corolla and the Soul is almost identical to the old pre-Protege 323. And my Jetta is several inches taller than the 323 hatch was (and almost as tall as a current GLA. And the Jetta has higher ground clearance than the C-HR)

Current buyers love that form factor, but don’t like the extra weight, extra fuel consumption and the wobbly driving dynamics that comes with BOF architecture. They also, for the most part, don’t need to be able to pull a small church. A car like the BMW X5 can tow up to 8,000 lbs, which is way enough for the common…

It obviously can’t be peak SUV yet. NASCAR still doesn’t have an SUV series.