Tesla was afforded the luxury of not needing to turn a profit for years, as well as having virtually no competition. This allowed them to experiment and make vehicles in ways not afforded to most, if any, of the established auto makers.

Yea, I don’t really do short... ;)

I could go on about my wife’s former cars, but I’ll exchange a gross story for one that had me a bit shocked during a car cleanout: A loaded and chambered Glock.

but also the fact that we drive much more. In part, that’s because even for very short distances (<3 miles), American cities are designed to force you to drive.

EVs aren’t the right choice for every use, so these numbers make sense. We’ve got to get over the “Everyone must have an EV” garbage. There’s a need for hybrids, PHEV, Gas, diesel, and EV vehicles.

It is all about charging time, while on the go. Until that can match gas cars people will drag their feet. We know we are too dumb to remember to always charge overnight (even assuming they have at home charging ability), because half the population can’t even remember to charge their phone all the time.

I don’t disagree that cities are generally not laid out very well, but I don’t think that matters as much as we think it does. I can’t really think of a single example of a city, suburb, town, or open area that the average person would rather take a bus or train, if driving were a viable option.

Yes, if you’re the kind of driver who’s going to rear-end someone then you should have to have auto braking. The rest of us, however, figured this shit out at about 16.

Ah, but in today’s labor market, employees can (demand is too strong) command higher wages simply because employees are difficult to find, especially good employees.

Paradox is also in how riders are often more confident than they should be. The state expects them to follow the law, riders expect drivers to follow the law, but rarely do riders see themselves from another POV.

Americans don’t realize just how incredibly expensive our transportation habits are, and our government won’t tell us directly, but we pay for it in excess morbidity and mortality related to driving (i.e., lung cancer/asthma, traffic-related fatalities, etc.) and likely incalculable lost opportunity cost because…

Came here to post same. If there is an inkling of activity during hurricane season, I fill at half tank. Then again, I live near Clearwater, and there’s no way I’d be able to evacuate. Since I’m in a Do Not Evacuate zone, I’m staying put.

I mean, I worked in high school. I think I started at 15 or 16. I was VERY MUCH taken advantage of in pay and hours, I’ve dealt with bosses that would make me work (scanning people’s groceries) while I had the Flu. There’s not much HS kids are able/willing to do while they’re still in school and they’re just going to…

Many teens are too easily swayed by their peers, misinformation, family, etc. They need to develop better critical thinking skills first.

On the car will probably not yield any results, but I’ve seen some cool sun-soaking ideas for people who want to charge their cars during the day:

The biggest problem with physically putting the panels onto the car is that they have to be blended into the bodywork for aerodynamics. This creates a new problem of the panels facing all different angles. Only the ones pointed towards the sun are going to really generate electricity, and parking in the shade or a…

Yea, I would like to have the Rear AEB, but it’s unusable.

Yea ghost braking or ghost warnings have never been a problem....except the backing up one.

Ah. I was thinking it was based on women’s preference on brands; like if you asked 100 random women what their 10 favorite car brands are, Buick somehow came out on top.  :D

I disagree that the minimum wage should support a family.