It still has the fuel economy of a fire and handles like a Best Western, though.

Weight distribution would probably be perfect, center of gravity would be low, but not sure how much range they think they have to cramp in to make us happy. I mean they are planning for 2020, by then a 250 mile EV would surely be as light as a petrol car, but if they want it to have 350 miles...

The far most important thing about a EV GTI is that their I.D concepts are rear wheel drive standard. This could finally be the perfection of the hot hatch, a fun to drive car, with compact hatchback economy and practicality.

The thing is that they advertise it, from 22k and a bit, on their website. So unless you just happen to know that they have 10k discounts on new vehicles, you won’t look for them.

Yea but that comes with 1150lbs of engine wight. Maybe thats why they need those big drag radials. They aren’t for racing, but for every day driving, with a 90-10 weight distribution.

There are some fuel efficient luxury plug in hybrid SUVs in the market today.

If the impact on the environment never even crossed your mind, you aren’t a bad millennial, just a bad person in general.

You just can’t save a whole lot of energy with it. They are good for short bursts of power, but they have become inferior to batteries even there for a while now. At Le Mans, they have been trying out flywheels as well, Audi was the last one to do the change from flywheel to batteries, for 2016.

When a Bugatti W16 swap would save weight, you’ve done something wrong...

Protectionism works very well, up to a certain point. If you have little and there is a large potential market growth, like in China, it works. If you are already the richest and fattest country on earth, you will only loose. Imagine Lichtenstein, or Dubai being more protectionistic...

He said he will make foreign makes pay as well, if they import. Which is only necessary, else he will destroy the US manufacturers even faster. Also, if he really goes for tariffs, other countries will do the same with the US. Which would probably be the end to Tesla, as well as many smaller suppliers and…

It has a 5.9L diesel engine in front, I doubt you need a wheelie bar for that.

This was President George W. Bush’s favorite option, and he lobbied hard to have it selected, until Vice President Dick Cheney made it clear that there would be no Prowler Presidential Hot Rod and Trailer.

The pure irony should get you the COTD!

There are two sides to this. First there are new companies, like FF that want some spotlight, by beating Tesla. I mean most people still don’t know what FF actually is, but knowing that its better than Tesla in something is a good start.

To be honest, it really sucks if a light bulb, especially the old energy saving light bulbs, take too damn long to get bright. I had one once in ma bathroom, for a week or so, shaving in the dark really isn’t fun....

At some point and at a large enough scale, hydrogen storage actually starts to make sense. Especially for seasonal storage. You need less PV, if you can use the extra energy harvested in summer and use it in winter. Thats not a solution for going of grid, or daily/weekly grid balancing, but combined with batteries it…

I think it would have been a better choice to reveal it before and then show it to the public again, at Detroit auto show. You get twice the publicity, which is nice for Ford and the fans can actually look at it, which is great for the fans, which will buy the new Mustang and therefore for Ford.

It actually isn’t too complicated to compare it to a gasoline vehicle. 150kWh is about the same as 4.4 gallons of petrol. The electric drivetrain is about 4 times more efficient, than a comparable gasoline vehicle, maybe even more if we include regenerative breaking and take into account that those are high…

You mentioned the 3.5L ecoboost, I think this engine might end up in the Mustang GT in a few years. The Raptor already got a V6, and where V8 and truck were once synonymous, the V6es have become the dominant engines in the F150. Ford’s SUV lineup already switched to ecoboosts. And to be honest, the high output 3.5L V6…