The name was misleading, but in a good way. I had ‘88 Chevy Nova, meaning ‘No Go’ in Spanish; It had Toyota running gear. I put 318,000 miles on it before I gave it up. It never gave up on me. 

We should give Toyota credit for making a practical, affordable hybrid. A 50mpg car uses half the fossil fuels of a 25mpg car. Let’s talk about how much fuel Toyota cars have saved since their inception.

EV’s will win out in time because the technology is simply better. Weak, poorly run companies will die. Toyota’s embrace of hybrids looks like the right call (for now).

The more I see of the state of EV uptake, the less convinced I am of widespread adoption. It’s great technology, and it will eventually win out over ICE. In the meantime, Toyota got it right, Hybrids are the winning formula.

Toyota is doing it right. We’re not yet ready for a complete EV transition; their hybrids are the best in the world. A winning strategy for sure.

Regulations in California have already made housing totally unaffordable for the average resident; now they want to do the same for cars too. EV’s could be competitive with ICE vehicles, but government regulations add a 25% tariff to EV’s made in China (BYD, NIO). Free markets would do better than government mandates. 

It’s the Democrats that do the most to promote Trump. Their fearmongering of saying Trump is a threat to our democracy, or that he led an insurrection on January 6th, or their over-the-top pursuit of prosecutions, or that he’s like Hitler, just feeds people’s desire to stick it to the establishment. Trump is clearly…

The fact that EV makers need a government subsidy to make any money says enough about EVs. The technology is superior, let EVs win on their own merits. Say no to subsidies.

ha,ha

It’s absurd that we’re giving people rich enough to afford a new car $7,500 of taxpayer money towards the purchase of an electric vehicle. What’s even more absurd is that they have banned the sale of incandescent light bulbs and have set new energy standards for appliances. No wonder people hate our government so…

I predict EV sales will hit an all-time high, but production will outpace demand leaving excessively high inventories to be discounted by manufacturers.

Too bad Jalopnik didn’t actually tell anyone how these predictions fared. Some facts presented would’ve been nice. Perhaps they should have named the article, “This is what your 2023 automotive predictions were”.

EV’s are a business, and businesses have to make production decisions based on supply and demand. It is no wonder that Ford cut their production because the demand just isn’t there. Yet.

It’s not often I’ll vote yes on a used German car, but that looks like a good deal to me. Nice Price.

Making the decision to replace my wiper blades this year or not. On the one hand, it’s unlikely that I’ll need to drive in the rain, I can just wait a few hours for it to stop. On the other hand, I know the blades are glued to the windshield from the relentless desert heat, so they definitely need to be replaced.

The dealers are right. In my opinion there should be no mandates for EV’s at all, nor should there be any subsidies. Maybe we’ll get a president with more common sense. I can see myself in a BEV someday, not because the government says I have to, but because the technology is simply better and cheaper. Let the people…

I sure do miss those wings on front windows, great way to direct outside air.

So true, I’m hoping they can bring the costs down soon.

That’s an ugly political statement. I can’t believe it got Jalopnik’s censors.

It’s still a Dodge, from the last century! I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. ND all the way.