Neutral: They have to be decent looking and have at least 250 miles of range.

What the hell are you talking about? People absolutely want them and Tesla is now making a profit. Teslas especially are ready for prime time with long ranges and quick charging.

5th gear: Let’s all join together to play the world’s smallest-violin symphony of sympathy for communist China’s billionaires.

I love it when a plan comes together.

It was an army aviation unit, which the author would have known, had he bothered to skim the wikipedia article on the operation

I know I shouldn’t expect much from FA anymore, but this is exceedingly sloppy.

Boy, I just got an EV and have solar panels on my roof but I HATE the show offs.

I assume this line is due to the Thanksgiving (holiday) rush, but how much is due to the free price of Supercharging for many Model S and X owners? Free creates perverse incentives, even if one values their time.  

i can’t figure out why fast food/restaurants/hotels don’t install them their own or partner.

No different than the line for gas at the local Costco. Except the people in the Costco line can go across the street to a station with no lines. But they’d rather sit for an hour to save .09 cents a gallon because their time is obviously worth $1.50 an hour. 

As crazy as that looks, if you walk up and down the line and talk to owners waiting, I bet not one of them will tell you they regret their purchase. I drove from Portland to Seattle on Thanksgiving and charged in Centralia for about 30 min. It’s not THAT big a deal, it’s something I understand and expect, and I’m…

Yah, Costco gas lines come to mind.

Regarding that last point. Tesla actually cooperates with existing businesses already to position the superchargers at locations that already have a restaurant or at least a convenience store. In Texas, they seem to have a deal with the Love’s gas station chain to put the superchargers at the same locations (the one…

Yeah but the Tesla owners were probably proud to be waiting in line. Looks like ~20 cars in line for ~15 charging stations and there aren’t even any overcompensating lifted diesels blocking any. That’s nothing - ever been to a Chick Fil A drive through?

I recently got AirPods, and was amazed at the close integration with my iPhone. You just open the lid and Bingo! you’re linked right up. Thereafter it tells you your battery status. The earbuds themselves have some drawbacks, but the Bluetooth integration is just great.

I think this thing is exactly what I’m looking for. We tow a race car or equipment trailer 6-12 times a year. We need a big car a few times a year. I sold my Yukon XL because it sucked too much gas for road trips or business delivery runs, it was too huge to commute with, and it felt silly to have a gigantic truck…

Life is too short to deny yourself sustenance on the road.

Buick is putting $0 into marketing these gems. Tom McParland has probably sold more of them than any given Buick sales person.

I wish they offered the Opel looking version here in the US sans plastic cladding and SUV look.

Wagons are the best cars