Thanks, Brandon!

Why should they sell gas for less than people are willing to pay for it? Do you work for less than you are willing to accept from your employer, just to help them out?

I grabbed a cheap 2-year lease for an Ioniq 5. With the NACS chargers rolling out, it doesn’t make sense to buy. I’ll re-evaluate in two years, and meanwhile my one-pay lease was the equivalent of $350/mo after all taxes/fees etc. And insurance isn’t bad at all. 

“EVs are too expensive!”

My understanding is his theory is that the high-pressure pumps are leaking, resulting in gasoline contamination in the valve cover, not the combustion chamber. Why is that theory “trash?” 

“In any other situation that would be hard, but given the popularity of the Maverick, this person should be able to get close to, if not $30,000 for the truck.”

The irony of these authors. Good lord. The math is pretty simple; this is a good deal if you are a serious ride-share driver. 

It’s very practical for daily commuting. I like the style. Anyone who buys cars as investments is dumb.

Donald Trump: “I will drain the swamp; also, I had to change my mind about EVs because someone gave me a lot of money. I’ll change my mind about anything for money. If you give me money, I’ll do what you want, regardless of what I think or whether it will hurt the people who voted for me.”

The HOV lane is not a passing lane. It is not a speeding lane. It’s the HOV lane. If someone is doing the speed limit in the HOV lane, and you want to go faster, tough titties. 

I just charge from an outdoor 120v plug. I get home, I plug in. I unplug, I drive away. Basically like my phone; I rarely bother to charge it when I’m out and about or on road trips unless I happen to drive past chargers at my destination. 

Unfortunately a lot of PHEV were bought as fleet vehicles. Without the financial incentive to charge, turns out nobody did! I think charging rates for consumers is a lot higher.

We already have virtually autonomous vehicles; they’re called trains. 

Solid State batteries are probably not going to be in PHEVs for years. Plug-ins are very price conscious in that they need two completely separate drivetrains. More expensive solid state batteries will render them unprofitable for a lot longer than a full BEV, which can at least avoid the cost of a gas engine, too.

The E46 M3 ran until 2006 I believe. 

Yes, the price of cars is decreasing. There is still plenty of unmet, pentup demand from the pandemic years, so small price decreases have been met with increased demand. 

Gen 2 MPGs were way batter (40-42 mpgs), but yes; the transmission is inherently inefficient for gas operations, and the big batteries are just heavy dead weight when they are depleted.

It takes a lot more energy to keep a tall SUV full of battery dead-weight going 85 mph on the freeway, uphill, in a strong cross-wind than it does a small, light sedan. The Volt’s tiny 1.5L was cheap and small and light and allowed it to operate acceptably like a gas car when the battery was dead; an SUV would need a…

The problem with the PHEV format is that the car has to perform exactly as a consumer expect a gas car to perform it to when the battery is “drained.” But when that happens, you (1) are lugging around a couple hundred pounds of extra dead weight, and (2) using a relatively less efficient transmission format than a gas…

What’s so hard about plugging in your PHEV when it is parked in your garage overnight? It takes 5 seconds! Not a burden at all, so I think using the word “tethered” is a little weird.