I’m more impressed by the time traveling Harley buyers who managed to drive down sales in 2017 based on events that occurred in 2018. 

Truly GM deserves credit for building a car sufficiently undesirable to make it easily available with such low production numbers

Where do you live? I’m in Houston and there are many, many dealers in the city. This experience was universal with every dealer I’ve called or taken my car to.

The service managers have no idea what you’re driving and what service you’re requesting. At my Nissan dealer I have one service manager I can call to schedule service or who I can drop off the car with. If he’s busy I have to wait. I can only have the car worked on during days of the week when the one Leaf trained…

It seems like most of the journalists gushing about the I-Pace aren’t very familiar with EVs. The I-Pace seems like a really solid entry, but still has most of the same limitations as a Bolt. Anyone who thinks buying an EV from an ‘established’ gas car manufacturer is a big positive has clearly never owned an EV and…

As a long time wagon/hatchback owner who recently switched back to a sedan, sedans offer slightly better aerodynamics/fuel efficiency, stiffness and slightly better nvh. Not really worth the tiny benefits for the loss of cargo space (and imo looks) though.

It’s funny you mention the hatch. Despite having a traditional sedan layout, the model 3 has a lot of cargo space that’s very useable (no protuberances making it difficult to load cargo). The interior dimensions are also much larger. This was my biggest factor when choosing the 3 over the bolt. I can get more cargo in…

Hopefully electrify America will workout well. We’ve had a leaf since 2015 and found that public charging is just too unreliable across multiple networks. Nissan dealerships mostly have chademo in Houston but have decided not to keep the equipment functional, so only one dealer actually has a working chademo station…

Ccs charger availability is still terrible for most of the country. East coast is ok, but the South, Southwest, and mid West - if you can even make it from charger to charger, you’re going to need to sit there for well over an hour to get your charge all the way back up to 100% again. Not only is that time consuming…

That’s 125 miles round-trip if you’re outside of California and you’re not hypermiling (150 if you are) given the low availability of ccs chargers between cities in the rest of the country. And then there’s the 50kw ccs charge speed. Model 3s have been reporting peak charge rates close to 500 mph at 120kw, and while…

I know you said no BMW, but the i3 has a pretty funky design and comes in a nice shade of orange. Suicide doors, wool seats, weird angles, etc... I’ve seen them down in the 15k range, at least without the range extender.

Those aero covers are standard, not optional equipment. The ‘other’ 18" wheel available is just the underlying alloy wheel with the aero covers removed.

Har found me my current 1200 sqft, non tandem garage. It did take several years though, and I’ll agree the accuracy was hit or miss

They’re flying through the van Allen belts, computers and sensors will be fried almost immediately

It’s a huge deal that Nissan now has battery thermal management. This is one of the biggest reasons the Leaf depreciates so quickly - incredibly rapid battery degradation in high temperatures, even with the updated lizard battery. This is also necessary for the quick charging rate they’re hoping to achieve. Sounds…

The Apollo system had blackout zones during which abort wasn’t possible. This system has significantly more active control and allowed abort at essentially any point in ascent. The article didn’t mention that there are three motors, the primary abort motor, the active steering motor with 8 different outlets that are…

I guess it’s really up to the owner to decide. My current car has HVAC controls available with physical buttons and the touch screen, and I find I just always end up using the screen because it’s easier (better layout and in a better location). However, living in Texas I don’t drive with gloves on, so I can see how…

The paint costs 1k, you don’t need to spend 40+ to get a car that’s not black, especially since these are custom orders and not what a dealer thinks will sell fastest.

Tesla was quite clear when the reservations opened in 2016 that more heavily optioned cars would come first. More recently, they announced that the first cars available would only allow owners to pick wheels and color. I think many people interpreted this as no options included, but really it’s consistent with what…

Agreed, I don’t know why I don’t see this argument more often. My employer and I pay considerably more for my premiums than I pay in income tax. Give me single payer and double my income tax and I’ll come out thousands ahead.