Sorry, I missed that part. But still, it only considers CO2 emissions, which is a significant part, but only a part, of the entire issue.

That is all excellent work, but only considers CO2 emissions post production. I was referencing the environmental impact of producing the car. The resources used to make a new car is usually more than if an older, existing one is fully utilized until no longer functional. 

They say the most environmentally friendly car is a used one built 20 years ago and still running, as the damages caused by the production and eventual end of life recycling is less harmful than building a new unit.

And people were worried about gas tanks exploding in the early days of cars (as in the early 1900s). Seems we worried about it a bit much considering how few explosions there actually were. And the same will happen with battery fires. Are there going to be some? Yes, just as a few gas tanks blew up, but both cases…

I have to disagree. The tax break effectively lowered the price of the EV for the buyer, and incented more sales, but it did not go either directly or indirectly to the OEM. The fact that they lowered MSRP after the credits went away is the equivalent of putting incentive dollars on the vehicles, reducing their…

And you know, that is what is so frustrating. Someone who has talent, but just does not live up to that talent. Raph can - and does - put out some really good articles, but then, he poisons the well by inserting an anti-automotive use bias into his work. Like a critic who loves clothes, but then advocates not wearing…

There will always be people who work hard to prove Darwin wrong. Not only do the fittest survive, but impractically, so do a lot of people who probably should not.

You are not wrong, but my point is that Toyota is not investing in new battery tech, like solid state or other, while investing in hydrogen. If solid state batteries become the norm, Toyota will buy that tech, as they did not develop it internally. And if they do develop hydrogen and others don’t, they will license…

But you can keep selling the same platform forever. Ask Chrysler.

Interesting to consider how the grid may end up being the limiting factor. But then, last mile seems to be the bane of any transportation issue. And in the case of EVs, the last mile is really the ability to recharge.

Toyota does nothing better than play the long game.

The subsidy should have never been tied to the OEM. If that is what the feds wanted, then the subsidy should have been given to the OEM, not the buyer, to reduce the buy in costs. However, we know that a handout from the government to an OEM would have never dropped the price of the EV, just allowed the OEM to make…

I hate booths, and banquette seating is just as bad. It’s just a matter of enforced encroachment onto personal space. Some people like it, most do not.

Raph, you really should drive a bit more if you are writing for an automotive site. And you should enjoy driving. And cars. You don’t really seem to, especially for someone writing for an automotive site for a living. It’s like a vegan writing for Carnivore Daily. It seems you like writing about automotive subjects,…

I have to fully disagree with your last statement. The development costs and regulatory requirements for a small “cheap” and “decent” car are already there, already amortized, and sitting on shelves of every OEM. It’s just continuing on an existing platform, making updates and changes to it, refining it, and…

I stated it as a one-for-one exchange as an example, so forgive my not being overly explicit. Perhaps it might be more a 1:0.5 ratio, or some other fractional one, but closer to one to one than not. One would reasonably figure that there would not be any one-for-one exchange, but one reasonably sees how OEMs have…

Actually, saw both. And yes, not really surprising what shit goes on in a dealership. I have to remember to share both of these with the next fool who tries to claim that stealerships are better for customers....

Yes. Full stop. Yes.

Maybe I will give it a chance, but probably not until season 3 or 4 is in the books, and the hosts end up with a style totally their own, and if - and it is a huge if - they don’t do the same stupid shit TG was doing before the Clarkson/Hammond/May team jumped the shark.

Not likely. If the idiots hired a GM who had served 15 years for GTA and murder, and a simple background check for $20 would have shown that fact at time of hire, they are likely either complicit or so stupid that they would assume it was a legit transaction.