It is unfortunate to see so many jobs going back to demanding people be in the office.  it really is not needed for a lot of jobs (some yes, but for those that don’t need to be, why drive twice a day)

But AWD/4WD is better, just saying. Coming from interior Alaska ;)

The proper response to this is actually a Lexus RX350 hybrid. If you don’t care about driving dynamics -- as somebody who hasn’t driven in 9 years almost certainly doesn’t -- there’s no more comfortable car with plenty of space and every conceivable type of driver assist. I didn’t want to like my wife’s RX350, but…

Relevant:

Comments are going to prove the headline true.

In before all of the slippery-slope arguments... I 100% agree. I know I would not like these solutions, but we definitely should have them and if new cars came with them I would deal. We all would. This is not an attack on your freedoms.

I’m so glad my company moved locations and did not include showers in the remodel plans. Because of that I bought an eBike and just crossed 500mi in work commuting today. Using a Kill-a-Watt I figured out that it costs me $.05 to charge the battery for my 17mi round trip commute (consuming .47KWh) and using this…

Waze, spotify ... So you don’t have to check the navigation option nor subscribe to Sirius.

There is a way to make a butt-ton of hydrogen cheaply. But it will never actually be made...

I know people are going to say that hydrogen isn’t the future...and it may not be...but this seems like a practical solution for immediate results to transition to whatever long term solution makes the most sense.  For long haul trucking this is still going to be impractical for the obvious reason of fueling stations,…

Good. As much as a PITA as hydrogen infrastructure is, it really should be worth it for the trucking industry. Trucks are heavy enough as is, loading them up with a enough batteries to make them competitive with diesel would utterly decimate our roads, and would necessitate even more of them because gobs of their GVWR…

Agreed - the market for transportation is seriously distorted in all kinds of ways, with externalities and hidden subsidies all over the place. And it’s funny how hidden subsidies/benefits that have been in place for a long time have become entitlements to the very people who most crow about having pulled themselves…

Vehicles that perform worst as electric vehicles are the ones we are getting the most of. 

The only thing I like is the lack of screens, which I really hope becomes the newest design fad.

These filters in the great scheme of things won’t mean squat, if they do anything it will be lost in the noise of the data or offset by the impacts of manufacturing them in some country that doesn’t even do the basics.

I blame Ford, if by luck he didn’t hurt himself they would have been high fiving each, other despite equal levels of dumb. this is exactly the kind of stuff Ford had been pushing in marketing. And no, the truck didn’t handle it, it survived it.

Good point. My HVAC system barely works anymore compared to when it was new, because the filter is clogged with dust and pet hair. Time for a new house, I guess.

And already the, “If it affects performance or engine note? No thank you.” comments are out in force.
ie I’d rather have my child, or my friend’s children grow up in a filthier country where our children suffer more from a variety of diseases and neurological deficits all so that my car can go Vroom Vroom louder and…

If it’s an electric Maverick, Dearborn can have my money right now.

Prius had an optional solar roof that powered the climate control fan so the cabin didn’t get too hot.