The waiting room at my dentist is quite pleasant with a TV, current magazines and comfortable chairs.

That number is bogus because GM artificially limited the number of cars produced and had a ridiculous application process to lease them in a limited number of states. If they just simply *sold* the EV1 (and made a standard 120V adaptor plug available), they would have sold at least 10X as many... but probably a lot…

I mean the first E motor was invented in 1837, somebody must have thought that the 2 could have blended together at some point.

NYC is an extreme, but that’s the point, that’s the only type of place I could imagine living without a car, or Tokyo, Shanghai, London, etc.

This is a development pattern that you do not see as much outside of the US (it does exist in plenty of places, but is not the norm like it is in the US), and as a result it is far easier to “roam and gain opportunity” without a car because you have a far greater range of opportunity within walking distance rather…

Other manufacturers EV wouldn’t be what they are today if they weren’t all trying to catch up to Tesla.

They had the knowledge, but the technology wasn’t mature enough or cheap enough, and production couldn’t scale, see my reply to Manwich.

“Technology” is a bit of a stretch. A lot of the underlying technology was certainly there, like NiMH batteries, motors, controls, inverters, etc, but what you’re leaving out is this technology that wasn’t mature enough to be cheap, efficient, or scalable.. Let’s pick apart the GM EV1.

I wonder how long free L2 charging will still be a thing.

Sounds like you live in a small town with spread out suburbs. Of course you can’t imagine living car free.

To each their own, I guess. Looks like a dentist’s waiting room, complete with a tablet to fill out your medical history and COVID disclosure.

I’m in agreement that we’re wasting a lot of battery materials on things like this, the Hummer, Lightning, etc, but let’s remember one thing: EVs are selling from the top down. From 2020 until now, the Average EV price was $55k, $59k, $66k, and provably still rising to about $68k, at the moment.

The L1/L2/L3 thing might still be confusing to most peasants who don’t know a thing about electricity or kW. Most homes don’t have an extra 30/50A outlet in the garage, except the one actually hooked to their drier.

I think part of the issue is that early adopters tend to educate themselves better, now that EVs are reaching the masses, people aren’t doing as much research for themselves, and of course a lot of dealers aren’t helping.

I don’t know why the other manufacturers haven’t yet figured out that the most reliable UI is to not have a UI at all. If it takes more than 3 seconds to plug in a charger, it’s a failure IMO.

It seems like charging spots need the equivalent of the Expired flag found on parking meters. While the vehicle is charging (and presumably paying for the juice), an Inactive light would be off. After a grace period, the light would go on. In addition, the credit card or account paying for the amps would start to…

That is cluttered and confusing to you?

Point taken, I was originally seeing the outgoing Sedona, and yes, I realize I posted what is probably a higher trim. The good thing about shared components is that you really only forego the seat/door trim materials and the floor mats. The design still remains the same.

Another issue I see in (mostly) women is that a lot of drivers sit entirely too far up against the steering wheel and dash board.

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