From what I’ve read, it seems to be electric cars in general are doing even worse. Honestly, I’m pretty surprised by that but I think it could be because:
A. Gas is incredibly cheap now
B. When people panic they go with what is most familiar, so fewer people are trying out alternatives

The platypus lost my vote only because that’s not a real platypus in the picture. It’s like going to a party only because a celebrity is supposed to be there only to find there is just a cardboard cutout of Sean Connery taped to the wall.

One of the big takeaways from churches go to live streaming is that smaller is better when it comes to maintaining community. Larger places of worship are emphasizing small groups (with good reason). My own church has switched to shorter videos but equipped the smaller groups to meet via live streaming (zoom, Teams,…

I know there are going to be a lot of comments here talking about how frequent charges distract from what they enjoy about riding/driving. And I can definitely understand that. With any vehicle there are aspects that some people find inconvenient and others who enjoy it. Some love to wrench on their rides and others…

When I was in college, I used to buy broken MacBooks, repair them and flip them. The vast majority of people were extremely happy to get a repaired MacBook Pro at a fraction of the cost and I would still make $100-$200 per laptop. Plus I did it because I enjoyed it. I say go for it!

Here in Nashville housing and traffic are already bad. But I’m pretty sure that Nissan might be willing to sell some property at a reasonable price fairly soon.

That might be a good idea. I’ve inherited a high end carbon frame that is broken. I’ve never gotten around to having it repaired because I thought the resale value wouldn’t have been worth it. But a Frankenstein carbon frame e bike might be crazy enough to do!

I’ve been considering e-bikes for that, but they are still a little too pricey.

I am 100% certain you’ve never seen an invisible driver look so relaxed.

Granted these are Fiats, but I think it kind of applies to the discussion:

As long as these cars have the same UI as accidentally take a screenshot this demographic will be forgetting where they parked long long long into their golden years.

This is one scenario where that might not be the case. One demographic who could both benefit significantly and be able to afford it is the elderly. Many of whom when faced with the choice of losing their license or buying a fancy new self driving car will pick the latter. And many of them will be able to afford to do…

An electric autonomous RV would be amazing and totally rejuvenate the industry (imho). The two biggest drawbacks currently are driving them in a city and the gas mileage. Solve one or both of those and they would be awesome family vacations.

I agree with everything you said. I own a BMW i3 which also has good enough for me range and is a blast to drive. But I still think that considering BMW has been making EVs for over 6 years now they would be more competitive on range instead of still just good enough. Yes people whine about range anxiety unnecessarily…

I’m assuming they would have to use disc brakes but maybe they will put a track for brake pads?

I live in Nashville which is definitely mild (just dipping below freezing in the winter but hot in the summer), I have a BMW i3 which only has 100 mile range claimed by the manufacturer. Which means it has lousy range on a good day. BUT all of these cars can be “preconditioned” meaning that while they are charging at…

Frankly this c3p0 situation is exactly like how BMW digitally limits the size of the fuel tank on the i3 REX to meet California standards. California being the ones banning the Sith language, BMW being the ones who included a larger tank of Sith but reserved for European force wielders, and gas equalling the Sith…

Counterpoint: I think this has the possibility of becoming the truck buyer’s Prius.

I’m absolutely NOT certain that it will happen, but I think this has the best chance of most of the electric trucks currently announced. The prius, when it first came out was a weird, wonky car that “wasn’t for everybody” until…

Serious question for nice car havers: If I were to get a car like this, is it possible to keep it nice DESPITE the fact that I would have 2 young children regularly riding in it? The only possibilities I can see now are getting it detailed daily or infanticide. Is it possible to own something like this without your…

While it isn't the default they do nag you to do it everytime you open the app. You have to click "not now" to even access the app.