Perhaps the creation of a suburb goes back further, but keep in mind that the oldest suburb in the USA is thought to be Levittown, NY and was built in 1947.  According the Google AI, 19% of the population lived in suburbs during the 1940s, boomed to over 30% by 1960, and now over half of the population are in…

Additionally, if you can EV drivers to modulate their inputs instead of being herky-jerky with the throttle you can achieve both energy efficiency and tire longevity.  I got nearly 60K miles on a set of Goodyear Eagle RS-A2s on a 4,700lb Tesla Model S (mostly highway miles).

These are wonderful errand cars. We bought an off-lease 2013 Fiat 500e for $7,300 out the door and have used the car for over 75K/8.5yrs.  The car paid for itself in fuel/toll road savings in less than 1.5yrs.

I agree with you. I own 2 EVs (Fiat 500e and Tesla Model S) and 2 turbodiesels (VW Golf TDI and Chevy 2500HD Duramax) and I can attest to the dangers of EVs having a toy-like feel with instant torque, less guilt bursts of acceleration (since you regen the energy on deceleration), and I liken it to riding a motorcycle…

My wife would make it from Newport Beach, Ca to DTLA in our off-lease 2013 Fiat 500e with a listed 83 mile range. In reality, it would do about 50 miles at freeway speeds of 60-75mph. Luckily she had free charging at her workplace, got to solo-ride in the 110fwy toll lanes for free (saved up to $26 a day), and using…

To be fair...have you seen Newport Beach, Ca?  My wife questioned if Land Rover went downmarket and came out with a $20K version because they are everywhere here.

Anyone else think “Jason” committed fraud or was in some sort of crypto scheme?  I’m thinking he used his business to get PPP money; maybe he lied and claimed a bunch of non-existent employees to get more money.  It’s just the timing seems to line up with a 2021 Ferrari...coincidentally, Ferrari stock has been on a…

Out of warranty EVs, unless you have an extra $10K, wrench skills, and a curiosity about how to DIY.  I own two myself, but they were dirt cheap and my brother-in-law is a mechanic. 

So getting pulled over is part of the test drive...so you can know what it feels like to be harassed by the cops BEFORE you commit to buying the car.  Kicking the tires just isn’t thorough enough these days.  /s

My wife and I added 76K miles to our used off-lease 2013 Fiat 500e.  Other than a TPMS error over the last year, we haven’t had a single issue.  Still on the original HV battery...still on the original 12V battery that still registers 13.8V.  Paid $7,300 for it out the door at a janky used car dealership who just…

It also shows the company was stupidly trying to boast about serving the hottest coffee and neglected the many employees who suffered burns (while not as severe as the claimant) while working the coffee station. Corporate knew it was a problem before the customer was horribly burned. The judgment award was about a…

For public interest as well as public safety, the government should force the manufacturers/operators to generate a running list of errors and anomalies in the operation of cars with self-driving aids.  Folks really need to see how far from safe these are and how many lapses in foresight engineers and AI has resulted…

If Tesla can’t explain how this keeps happening, perhaps they don’t understand their own design and that should caution any potential buyers of their products.

I don’t know much about planes though dad was an aeronautical engineer, but I know much more about sailing...which is like a plane’s wing rotated 90 degrees. It seems like something catastrophically and suddenly prevented the wings from producing lift causing the plane to stall and drop.  Icing may have been a factor…

#4 is actually the Mirth Mobile...not Mirth Machine. Wayne’s World is one of my favorite movies. My wife grew up thinking life was unfair because Tia Carrere was so hot. 26 years later my wife is at a AAPI legal conference and Tia Carrere gives her a look up and down, smiles and nods. My wife comes home and tells…

Nice durable bumper. Nowadays a very light love-tap on some someone’s plastic bumper cover can do thousands of dollars of damage between the multi-coat paint matching, ultrasonic proximity sensors, LIDAR, headlight washer jets, etc.

Maybe it’s all the pent-up anger of always being presumed to be a friendly Canadian...gotta vent sometime and when when you don’t modulate the venting you’re going to explode.

Another obscure EV was the 2000 Nissan Altra. My university had a fleet of them for engineering research. I can’t believe how many of this EVs I’ve come across of the years. I borrowed a Smart ED from my auto tuner when I was having a Mobileye headway monitoring system installed on my wife’s car; that experience is…

I just spent 2 weeks in France/Switzerland, which was the longest period of not driving a car I’ve experienced in the last 28 years. I landed in Paris and took a transfer in a Tesla Model 3 to Puligny-Montrachet, had a private driver take us around Burgundy in a very nice MB V300D (don’t understand why we don’t have…

Personally I think the whole EV usage should be a paradigm shift from the traditional model of 3-7 year average vehicle cycling.  The drivetrains, battery, and components should have plenty of utility and value compared to their ICE counterparts.  Perhaps vehicle leasing/subscription, powertrain refurbishment and…