By some estimates as much energy goes into building a car as it will consume in its lifetime. At 9000 pounds the Hummer EV weighs as much as three Prii and takes commensurately more energy to build. Besides, that Hummer isn’t pulling down 47 MPGe when the small penis owner is showing off its 0-60 times which he will…

I didn’t use the terms rare or precious. But thank you for your thoughtful reply. I’ll give it all the consideration it deserves. /s

Maybe he meant something else. Vernal? Visceral? Vestigial?

“. . . understand software at a much more vestral level than before.”

Odd. When you google the phrase you get hundreds of hits.

EV batteries are composed of scarce, expensive materials. Hybrids and PHEVs use much smaller versions of those same batteries. The materials used to make a typical 75kWh EV battery could have been used to make roughly 50 hybrid batteries or 5 PHEV batteries. The battery in a single Hummer EV could have made 133…

The regular ST was also sold in that last model year and was the same little go kart of death it had always been. This nomenclature is pretty common, to offer an ST and an ST-Line or in Hyundai’s case the full N package and the N-Line which is just a trim package without the performance bits.

Checks out.

I gave it a Nice Price only because two people I know have Elements and they absolutely love them and won’t give them up until they reach the end of their useful lives (the cars’ lives, not the owners’). Also, $7000 is the new $4000. That said, if you’re stuck on buying a Honda the only reason to choose this over a…

You’re looking at it too simplistically, it isn’t apples-to-apples. Why did transaction prices go up? Because with production constrained by the chip shortage manufacturers are cranking out higher trim levels of their more popular cars and shifting production to their more expensive cars. Understandable, there’s more…

You’re looking at it too simplistically, it isn’t apples-to-apples. Why did transaction prices go up? Because with production constrained by the chip shortage manufacturers are cranking out higher trim levels of their more popular cars and shifting production to their more expensive cars. Understandable, there’s more…

Sorry, I should looked in your garage before I replied. You didn’t say it had to be a sedan.

My thinking reflects that of buyers. If they can’t afford the higher purchase price of a new EV total ownership costs are a moot point. But let’s have some fun with an example. A Tesla Model Y is the company’s most popular car while the Honda CR-V is that company’s most popular car and both are considered compact…

The moon shot analogy doesn’t work here. We made it to the moon because we were willing to spend whatever it took and we kept throwing more and more money at the problem until it happened. A better analogy would be PCs. Market forces combined with technical innovation fueled an expansion of capabilities while…

Until the ‘40s and ‘50s? Henry Ford would like to have a word with you.

This. Right now the auto manufacturer raising U.S. prices fastest is the one that sells exclusively online.

Maybe you haven’t noticed but quite a few manufacturers offer PHEVs that can go 35± miles on electricity alone but are also much cheaper than a Volvo and more reliable.

“First at the scene of the accident” school of design.

I’m not the one who brought the Prius comparison to the argument. Besides, these beasts are as bad for the environment in their own way as a 15 mpg pickup.

Toyota Prius is rated at 56 MPG combined. Hummer EV is rated at 47 MPGe. Electricity is fuel, too.