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This 100%. Out of one side of his mouth he wants more pressure on automakers to meet environmental goals. Out of the other he wants to make sure he can sell them credits at full price/value. even though those credits single handedly allow automakers to NOT meet environmental goals.

You know at some point over the past decade, leather prices skyrocketed. The result was a lot of companies looking for leather alternative which spurred a lot of development in the area, to the point where there are leather alternatives that are cheaper, perform better than the real thing, and even feel like the real…

2nd gear: Look at all the container ships waiting to get in and offload at Long Beach. That’s a lot of overseas manufactured car parts just waiting to make it to the assembly line.  It was so bad that GM had to fly in their SUV/Truck wheels.

1st Gear: Musk just wants to boost the value of the emissions credits he’s selling. There ain’t nothing high-minded about his statement. He’s a frickin’ rent-seeker. His whole house of card is built on a foundation of government subsidy.

Way back in 2002 I think you posted some similar video that I had uploaded 

2000 was too early for online play? WAT?

Posts an article about how good-looking the new WRX is

I’m convinced it was written by an algorithm. 

If you want to tank something, you dump a ton of resources into finding a fix, commit to fixing, add an extended warranty, and add advanced diagnostics software?

3rd Gear: Raphael, I think I get what you’re saying, but “bland-looking crossover things” are what sells right now.

NHTSA is the agency that regulates safety features, not sure their level of involvement at this point, or their exact relationship to NTSB.

Normally I would agree with you. And for anyone outside of VW fans everything done on this car does not add to price. But all the Euro parts, The dash replace, the MKII Recaro seats with mounting hardware, and those wheels... christ those wheels alone, I have no idea how much those cost. I know 15 years ago when I was…

Yeah, coming from guy in a state which have essentially limited that choice.

Never forget, for the Jalopnik staff, there’s zero reason that anyone could have for not switching to an EV immediately. That goes double for those nasty pickup drivers.

Exactly - the marketshare of electric cars is maybe 2% and here is Ford saying their orders are already at 10% for their most popular product. So I definitely rolled my eyes at that comment.

But Ford should over promise and under deliver if they want to be successful in the EV market.

Eighty-thousand Lightnings per year is still not that much

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I’ve owned 5 GM Voltecs (3 Volts, ELR, CT6 PHEV) and I had a lot of trust in GM based on the tremendous over-engineering in those vehicles.