“Robot Jox”, it even predicted mask wearing! 

yeah, I dont love the idea of subsidizing things, but this is actually a case where it would actually make sense/be valuable for the government to subsidize recycling costs. at the end of the day i think we all agree that in order to reduce our footprint, we cant continue to burn our finite resources....

There are 3 problems that plague recycling in America:

The obvious answer is to dump them in the ocean like we do other waste.

In the not to distant future you won’t even be able to buy a generator to power your house in the event of outage

Solar storage seems to be the best use for these. Recycle the batteries that are truely no longer good, but reuse the batteries that have some capacity left. With most single family homes(82m in the US), space and weight is not an issue like it is in a car so a heavily degraded battery is not useless. A battery bank…

Never had an issue with a Volt in Houston working with many Energy companies...many even have free charging.

I dunno, for 22k-30k it seems like a very posh Prius alternative, and it fixes my problems with the interior fittings of the Volt. If you’re really looking for a 1-2 person commuter pod and plan to use it as such, it seems like alright value and gets Jalop points for being rare as fuck.

at this point it really aught to be EV + PHEV. commute in an EV that gets over 4 miles/kwh. have the PHEV for home and long trips. most all kid hauling could be done on electric. that way the wife doesnt really need to stop at any gas stations. (my wife LOVES not having to stop at gas stations)

I’d suggest taking a breath and considering whether in the short term they can ride it out (and finding something better to do with the hopefully large balance of that $100k budget than blow it on cars — especially at a moment in history when cars are brutally overpriced).

While a 2010 Mazda sedan might not be Hummer-level inefficient, at 25 mpg city maximum, a 75-mile commute translates to, at best, 3 gallons of gas per day. That is to say, at average Houston gas prices, a minimum of $7.50 per day.

So yes, not spending hundreds of dollars per month on gas is a reason to get a newer,…

Sienna AWD Hybrid for the win. Then get whatever strikes your fancy for the commuter. I’d still suggest an EV or PHEV for that one, too. 

Imma go with Elizabeth on this one. At least about the PHEV part. You will want that in the next few years. One of the vehicles should be a PHEV.

ELR is a total Jalopnik pull for an EV. Nice!

EV for commuter, Pacifica Hybrid for family car - doubles as the roadtrip king.

Lincoln Aviator for the SUV, and an ELR for the commuter.

Tesla is probably the only company where you are guaranteed not to pay over MSRP right now too.

David recommending the Bronco over the Wrangler seems sus. He’s right though with the EV commuter paired with a fun SUV though.

I don’t know about the family car, but get an EV for your commuter. The savings on fuel alone will probably make 1/2 the car payment.

All cars are “aging”