Mixed feelings, here.

....new battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, to manufacture nickel cobalt manganese batteries — what Ford uses on its EVs currently

even though that section of Virginia VERY MUCH needed 2500 jobs

Ah yes, this week in things that don’t affect me, but will be entertaining to watch.

Note that this problem applies specifically to PUBLIC charging.

I’d have a lot more confidence that your ‘liberalism always wins out’ position if history didn’t provide ample examples of that not being the case.

They went way too safe with the design.

In the Tampa Bay area, Hillsborough Ave/Tampa Rd. A single stretch of road that could theoretically get you from the Gulf Beaches to the Florida State Fairgrounds, and all major points in between, such as USF, Busch Gardens, Tampa International, Zoo Tampa, Ybor City, and the Hard Rock Casino.

It may not be as much of an undertaking as some people think. In-ground sensors might be useful in long stretches, but an interconnected series of lights can also communicate traffic flow. Here’s a retrofit kit that seems like it might be cost effective:

I don’t want to be the ‘American’ in the room, but I believe roundabouts have diminishing returns as traffic increases. It can become very hard to get on, causing traffic to back up in all directions.

Never assign to malice what can be better explained by stupidity...

Induced demand at work. Depending on regional density, it’s nearly impossible to drastically increase efficiency of our traffic during peak hours. Traffic can be a lot like a fluid in a pipe, and it is impossible to measurably improve the efficiency of a fluid system that runs in a single, flat plane once it reaches…

I always joke around about how the traffic lights are a scam from Big Oil.

I guess it’s a matter of convenience. If I was doing it, I’d pay cash because I’d be at Home Depot buying the parts.

That said, the Sequoia probably has better seating:
2023 Sequoia:

Taking it for what it is. I gotta say, it actually beats the 2023 Sequoia in trunk space. A very decent cargo hold with a full load of passengers:

2023 Sequoia:

Most people who buy a $70,000 vehicle don’t have that much cash lying around.

It really depends on many things.

“rotate the tires and do brake fluid flushes for the first 150k miles”

1) Yes, the industry standard is 10yr for the battery. As such, whenever I do buy an EV, I’m going to abuse the absolute piss out of that battery. 0-100% charges, V2G, do whatever it takes to kick in that warranty by year 9. The single worst thing that can happen to an EV owner is the battery outlasts the warranty.