Probably not yet. Engines and Transmissions are about scalability and we’ve been making them for well over 100 years.

Plus, they’re all overpriced by 8k. If anything, EVs should be way cheaper to make. Casting and forging and machining all those engine and tranny parts are hella expensive.

Holy shit, every excuse in the book. In the last 2 weeks, I’ve read at least 7 articles trying to explain why Americans aren’t buying EVs.

Yep, when someone terrorizes you due to their own incompetence and they have the legal authority to kill you and your entire family with consequences (if any) to happen later, best put a smile on your face and say, “THANK YOU SIR! Can I have another?!”

This might be the worst comment I’ve seen on this site

Where was the disrespect in that video?

I am sorry you went through that is not the same as I am sorry I made a mistake.

They are, for the most part, significantly more expensive then their ICE counterparts. Wanna buy a $41,000 Platinum trim Nissan Rogue AWD? That Platinum AWD Ariya is $62,000. A Tesla Model 3 at $40,000 or a loaded Toyota Corolla Hybrid for $27,000. Biggest issue is manufacturers not producing the smaller cheaper…

Someone with a gun and the authority to seemingly pull people over for anything shouldn’t be ‘making mistakes’. I hope the family sues.

Congrats. I like the Niro a lot.

I live and drive in Florida. /thread

We would probably still be buying Kias if their dealerships weren’t such a slog around where I live.

A friend of mine is looking to buy a hybrid, and it looks like we’re going with a Kia Sportage Hybrid. We were initially looking at the Kia Niro (all Niros are hybrids, apparently), but the Sportage has ventilated front seats, a panoramic moonroof, and a surround view camera system for about $2K more, and is a bigger…

Oh, I wanted to mention this. As a fellow gear head and person who will be maintaining this car: I popped, the hood when we got home and had a good look around. I’m also very impressed how well laid-out the engine bay is. Everything is logical and very easy to access. I really appreciate having a car I can easily work…

All Japanese manufacturers have been on the downhill for many years. They’ve been able to nab up some of the customers fleeing Ford, Chevy, and Stellantis, in search for smaller, more reliable cars, but the Koreans have been doing better.

It’s unfortunate, but I think the sentence is fair for Vasquez, it’s tough call.

Ford is doing just fine, tech-wise. They’re investing in the technology and manufacturing of EVs. Their problem, like many other uniquely American car companies, is that they’re caught up in false dealership numbers that say the average person wants a $55,000 car, ($65k average EV).

“People like to point out that “building cars is hard” when Tesla fails to live up to the quality of established brands.”

As a New Yorker I can say I see a lot more of these chases in Brooklyn. I’m also noticing so many unmarked undercover cars. Cars that you’d never expect to be police. Odysseys, matte black Range Rovers, corollas, jettas, taxi cabs and more. All undercover cops. It’s giving police state for sure.

That intersection, where the perpendicular traffic’s green lights are in clear view from your approach to a red light, is a TEXTBOOK example of why some basic level of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication is a fundamental requirement for Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy.