This vehicle is almost single-handedly responsible for the advent of the SUV, as a generation of suburb-dwellers rejected the minivan, even though it was exactly what they needed. Fear of minivan conformity has brought us the 3-row apocalypse and for that reason i vote ND.

I stand by my completely unsupported assumption that at the time they became stranded, most of the EVs in this situation had less than a 75% charge. Which only makes it more remarkable that we didn’t hear about more EVs running out (and we would have, because Fox news would have told us..). I want to believe, really I…

“in a smaller car that would be closer to 40 to 50% of the battery, but that would still leave you with something like 90 miles range (minus cold, so probably 70 miles or so?)“  Yes, but unless you had just recharged and then immediately became stuck in the snow, you wouldn’t be starting with 100%. 

The burning battery is a safety feature for just these sorts of below-freezing events. We can all warm our hands by the fire.

“these charging stations were conveniently installed every ten miles along the traffic corridor”. Umm, not in Minnesota they ain’t. Also, the temp here right now is like -3, not whatever balminess they had in Virginia.

This boat (ship?) had a part to play on 9/11, so there’s the history thing too. Still, ND. https://www.baycrossings.com/staten-island-ferry-quiet-hero-of-9-11/

Stout Skycar, c. 1942. First shown at the Detroit auto show in 1931 four prototypes were built with $$ from Fred Fisher of GM. The future they promised us is finally here!

NeP (Nice enough Price). What I really want is that red Volvo though

No stuffed toys?! Your Jalop forebears would like a word with you..

If you do a retro activity like a Drive-In, it should be mandatory to do so in a retro car as well

The Cignet was likely the most reliable Aston Martin ever sold. I bet all of them are still in existence somewhere having never been used; sort of like the bespoke tool kits that come with rich-guy cars.

We went from Train schedule, to climate misinformation, to Downs syndrome joke in just 3 comments!

Serious questions: does one need a driver’s license to operate one of these? What happens when I “drive” it past the CA/NV state line?

say it with me: “smaller race cars, less aero”

Forecourt is definitely one of those secret British words that you won’t learn even if you watched decades of Top Gear.

I’ll take today’s low-hanging fruit: BMW is now just trolling its customers with parody grills. They literally can’t be any larger or they would overlap the hood line.

Yup, an opportunity that all the other car dealers in the greater DFW area didn’t take- PR gimmick and generosity are not always an either/or; points to this dealer all around

But it’s an Eddie Bauer Edition! Is Eddie Bauer a real person? Or is he like Betty Crocker? Why aren’t there Betty Crocker Edition cars?

Privacy will become a bigger deal as automakers, tech companies and lawmakers debate how much car-related data can be collected and distributed. Demand for “off-the-grid” cars will grow.

Volkswagen will again be at the center of an environmental scandal when it is discovered that the popular ID.4 model is not what it seems. Researchers and whistleblowers will reveal that the “electric” charging port is a dummy unit and that the cars are actually running on highly toxic selenium reclaimed from used…