Sure, but many people shouldn’t be driving trucks. They’re bigger and heavier and thus more dangerous and produce more tire pollution, which arguably is more damaging than tailpipe emissions at this point.

It’s easy to imagine something more chaotic than millions of people fighting over a desolate charging infrastructure, yes.

Right, and it’s also obviously not the goal. If everyone were to switch to an EV tomorrow it would be utter chaos. Not to mention the fact that we don’t even have the capability of building enough EVs for everyone.

Look up “Tendency of the rate of profit to fall”.

A picture of the vehicle it will be based on, and therefore look like, would have been cool.

I would buy this immediately if it were sold here. The lack of factory camper vans in the states that cost less than $60k is ridiculous. 

This is a common fallacy. Getting sick does not in fact make you healthier. Quite the opposite!

Big if! But again, if you’re sick with Covid, even if mild, you shouldn’t go to work. The idea that lifting mask mandates on flights wouldn’t lead to more sick days for airline employees seems like it requires one to believe masks do nothing.

Can’t say whether what you claim is true or not, but it’s sort of irrelevant. If someone gets sick and finds out it’s Covid, I’d guess they’re not going to work unless they have no other choice, regardless of severity.

New variants are escaping omicron immunity. 

Damn. Leopold Bros started in my town in Michigan but moved out to Colorado years ago. Used to love that place.

Getting harder and harder to get excited about versions of a car that’s been out for 8 years.

Preach. How long before manufacturers start offering non-touchscreen options as a luxury item? I would pay a premium to get rid of it.

And in fact inflation of this sort wouldn’t really matter if the companies experiencing record profits gave folks raises commensurate with the inflation.

It’s a question of proportionality. Something like 50% of that 8.5% figure is from the cost of fuel alone. If we got 4.25% inflation from helping people during a pandemic, I think folks could tolerate that.

Exactly. It’s taking advantage of psychology to score political points without actually helping anyone.

Not surprising to see Larry Summers claim it’s because the gov spent too much money on helping people, but c’mon folks. This isn’t complicated.

I’m 6’5” so I’ve never even entertained the idea of owning a Miata, but I’m not happy about it. 

This is all one needs to see to understand that one is being gouged.

Nah, they have a whole division dedicated to alternative delivery technology. The trucks are already advertising. The notion that their only interest here is in having SMALLER advertisements is rather silly.