That’s the novelty of the headline. Because this the sort of cars people buy because of what it will be worth in 5-10 years, most were already paperweights in the first place.

I think the point (whether the article makes it well or not) is that a stalk is usually the cheapest way to do it*, and EV’s need all the ways to stay cheap they can. Lo and behold, all the EV’s have them.

We agree on this more than you realize. The big manufacturers thought they could do the Tesla approach 15 years late, and found out the hard way they couldn’t last summer. Plus, Tesla can lean on their superior charging network, and out-cost-cut the rest because they’re at the perfect size where they are scaled up for…

Rare situation where this gif can be used for a good reason:

Hell yes. The whole shifter and stalk assemblies GM had in the 90's was somehow extremely intuitive despite looking insanely complicated.

I guess we don’t disagree then, it was just a weird thing to try on pin on Toyota. IMO, I think the whole other side of the industry thinking they could prop themselves up on overpriced EV’s when we needed more affordable options is damning in it’s own right. Tesla is the only real exception, but I’m comfortable…

This is an argument I can buy, but I still don’t think we can say for sure until those SSB’s either do or don’t happen in 5 years. The odds are just as good that Toyota may have just opted out of this transition phase with traditional Li-ion BEV’s. Even if they underestimated the court of public opinion’s disapproval…

Don’t disagree, but I don’t think I could ever say Toyota should be more conservative than they already are. The whole reason they can get away with not having a competitive BEV is because of their reputation as the most conservative manufacturer out there: Their products won’t have the most bleeding-edge technology,…

The stance that hybrids are a better use of the resources and infrastructure we have on hand for the foreseeable future is not “anti-EV propaganda”, and making that jump makes me think you’ve got some other beef with them.

Curious what the rationale is for them losing credibility? If anything, they’re the only manufacturer that seemed to acknowledge that a hard left-turn to EV’s all at once was a bit optimistic, and a hybrid transition phase was probably more practical.

I think it’s less of a #FREEDOM and more of a: people being angry all the time thing. Whatever little voice in people’s had that told them to just goddam relax died during 2020. NYT has had a couple good pieces on it over the last couple years.

I agree for the major 4 NA sports leagues (although hockey might be a stretch), but NASCAR is definitely in a state where it *needs* the exposure. Even if all the behind the scenes content is technically out there, NASCAR really needs to throw it in the potential fan’s face to get their attention. 

It probably had some tangible ROI for a time, but eventually became a loss-leader where having their brand attached to something good or funny everyone saw was worth the clout. Now it’s gotten to a place where the commercials have such a low hit rate that they could definitely do that better some other way for a lot…

This most be the first time I’ve ever seen a Kia Sorento, because holy shit, that is the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen, save for the awful new Bimmer schnozzes.

I think to put it more simply, the theory is that not giving people a reason to leave a 15 minute radius leaves you vulnerable to them restricting the ability to leave by whatever means. My argument is that it might be even easier to do that with a car, but your doubt that they would do it in the first place works is…

I think I’m campaigning for a middle ground where you find a way to use their own logic against them. Doing so civilly would probably have a higher success rate than pointing out the flaws in the logic.

I know this is probably getting too deep here, but I think it’s funny that a pretty simple yet inconsequential thing that we used to look forward to in our culture, like funny TV commercials during a big sports event, has just completely cannibalized itself.

My kingdom for some democrat to get up there and say with a straight face that the intent here is to hinder the movement of migrants.

“What is sinister and what we shouldn’t tolerate is the idea that local councils can decide how often you go to the shops and that they ration who uses the roads and when, and they police it all with CCTV.”

I think it’s a combination of a Toyota’s ability to hold its value in the first place, combined with the Radwood obsession with anonymous yet unmolested cars from the 90's.