I’m the owner of two EVs (we have zero gasoline in the house), and all of your criticisms are valid. My only counter would to be to also account for some other variables/benefits of EV ownership (although they are admittedly smaller). Examples: EVs require significantly less maintenance. EVs can be turned “on” in a…

It’s all a balancing act based on income and lifestyle...

Because this is not just some pointless exercise in virtue signalling. We have to wean people off the dinosaur juice whether they care about the environment or not,  and if a giant electric substitute dick helps to do it, all the better.

That up-front cost would add to the value of your home as well as be amortized over the lives of any and all future EVs you had, not just the first, so boiling it down to the 161,550 miles driven requirement isn’t the full picture.  (Not to mention the not-burning-gas-anymore part, but I appreciate that this is…

environmental/econonic/social impact of rolling blackouts due to insufficient power to charge vehicles

I honestly want to know

Yes, we should be moving to more mass transit and less commuting. We should strive for walkable cities and other programs that reduce our use of individual vehicles.

Even Jerome Powell said that the migrants have been the key to the growth in the work force , which was the key to the continued GDP growth and ‘soft landing’. Anyone who is not an idiot knows that the migrants coming in is a much needed thing for this country.

My thoughts exactly.  I have a 22' I5 SEL and absolutely love it.  I’d definitely consider an N but not until they’re a couple years old and have depreciated a lot.

and you’re likely to save a few cents per gallon over using the pump-mixed mid-grade gasoline

Back in the late 70s/early 80s a lot of vehicle would start to knock on regular as they got up in miles. Frequently using midgrade would stop the knocking.

> Buyers at West Point Lincoln in Houston, Texas can lease a 2023 Nautilus for $199/month at 0.9 percent APR for 24 months with $6,452 down

lincoln dealers: “non alright, not alright, not alright”

Manufacturer incentive start and end dates are enforced. This isn’t a Crazy Joe’s Local Lot offer with a fake deadline.

What Trump Meant By There Would Be A ‘Bloodbath’ If He Loses (theonion.com)

100% agree with your assessment. He did his typical mind skip mid-thought and the last half is saying that the Chinese cars are the least of the worries in the bloodbath facing the country if he isn’t elected.

Hmm, I’ll just look at historically significant trends when competition entered the U.S. market from Japan and Korea.

Please explain how I would benefit from blocking less expensive cars from entering the market and forcing Ford and GM to innovate? Explain it to me like I’m a two-year-old. 

“The Japanese Threat”

“The Korean Threat”

“The Chinese Threat”

We have always been at war with Oceania. 

I have been hearing gloom and doom about imported cars for 50 years and most of the time the panic was unfounded and or the upheaval was needed.