“Exactly.....so what happens to all of those 2040 car batteries in 2060?”

“ It’s not like we’re collecting GM EV1 batteries to re-use for new electric cars.”

“You’re still in a scenario where people can only charge during certain times, will the general public be okay with not being able to top up their car whenever they’d like?”

“That’s an over 31% increase in electricity consumption.”
 
Consider that the electrical grid and generation plants are basically unused during the night. I don’t see a problem.

Don’t forget that the Lexus RX is/was on the Camry chassis.
And the Lexus GS is/was a Toyota Aristo.
And the Lexus IS is/was a Toyota Altezzo.
And the Lexus IS is/was a Toyota Celsior.
So there’s that.

that metallic green is sublime

Mostly by not being interested in rebadged Toyotas.

“Lexus makes it obvious each model is different. The great looking IS, the wonderful shaped GS, the meh ES” 

“what purpose the plug-in hybrid Volt serves”

“something that happens more often than almost any other event”

Alexa, commence high-speed chase.

So you’re the cunning linguist!

“Plus HOV lanes...”

I saw two Model 3's in the wild on December 23. One at a grocery store, the other parked on my street. The young lady said it was her fiance’s and that he did not work for Tesla.

Actually the batteries loosing their function as they age is “shit”.

Does Google not work where you are?

“What is the average number of miles driven per year? The short answer is: 13,476, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration”

“My lease on a $30k car is $200 a month”

“leasing rather than buying hybrids and electric cars is simple: because of battery pack life 200k from now”

Buy an $80 tablet and an OBD2 bluetooth adapter. You can have all the gauges you want, wherever you want.

Chains/AWD are only required when it is snowing. Perhaps one in ten trips. Too cold? I suppose 25 degrees is too cold if you’re wearing at-shirt.