Counterpoint: why is loudness a virtue? Why shouldn’t quiet be the default?

Agreed. Most people who haven’t lived with an EV radically overestimate how much range they need.

I think you may be underestimating just how expensive gas cars are to run and maintain compared to EVs. A Mini Cooper S is about $25K, the EV is about $30K. That difference will easily pay for itself in 3 or 4 years, unless you hardly ever drive.

I mean, 4 doors cars are a lot more practical and sell in higher volumes. We all love 2-door vehicles for emotional reasons, but the 4-doors are the ones they make money on so they can afford to make a few 2-door models.

This actually looks pretty cool. Too bad it’s probably going to immediately become the choice vehicle for tailgating dude-bros.

Neutral: Rivian all the way.

I haven’t seen the episode (looking forward to it!) but I will note that this is not the only time we’ve met a past Doctor who was previously unheard of. John Hurt’s 8½th Doctor (or “War Doctor”, as he’s more commonly known) from “The Day of the Doctor” comes to mind, as well as Tom Baker’s cameo as the Curator from…

I wouldn’t put it past him.

Forester, schmorester. The AMC Eagle was the first crossover.

Knowing Trump’s “logic”, he won’t understand why using forest camo in space doesn’t make sense.

BEFORE YOU REPLY: Yes, yes, I know the CO2 thing is wrong. I’ve learned more in this thread about combustion than I ever thought there was to know.

Yeah, yeah, I’ve been told off about a dozen times in the responses. Unfortunately, Kinja doesn’t let you delete or edit posts after 15 minutes, so my wrongness will have to stay up.

I’ve learned more about combustion in this thread than I ever thought there was to know.

Yeah, you’re right. I thought I knew more about this than I did.

OK, fair enough. I didn’t realize that catalytic converters didn’t reduce CO2.

I’d been putting this one off because I figured it would just be a “manly men doing manly things and mmmggghhh grunt” sort of movie, but I think I might see it now.

A ‘90s Civic that gets 40 mpg and a modern hybrid that gets 40 mpg produce vastly different amounts of CO2. You can’t calculate one from the other, and any internet calculator that says you can is blowing hot air.

How about an EV version? Surely there’s a market for a small electric 4x4 - essentially an off-road version of something like the Honda E. This could be it. Keep the platform - heck, keep the manual transmission - and just throw in a motor and stuff the engine bay with batteries.

Yep, those are the ones I was thinking of. I first ran across them in this Donut video:

I got this.