Why is the article finished clearly half way through? Where is the other half of the article? Even if you are not bothered with cars, what is it like to live with it? And if you are not bothered about cars, why do you write in a car website?

Why on earth is restricted not the default on this? This should be an opt in not an opt out, or at the very least, set the default to contacts only. I have never once been like “this entire room of strangers needs something from me”.

as a matter of fact, i have been to a grocery, drug and clothing store. i’ve also bought gas. the difference is, i believe, auto dealerships are the only ones that are protected by laws that mandate that they exist. i can buy food, clothes and drugs (i think) straight from the manufacturer if i want. oil companies can…

Unpopular opinion: Model S Plaid.

When you negotiate a deal under MSRP, are you a thief? Of course not, so why is the vendor a “stealership” for charging what they can?

Someone explain this to me. I’ve done a lot of camping. I’ve lived in a van. I’ve toured and traveled and overlanded, at times paid for it.

I understand how things are more expensive now, but these glorified roof top tents (and the regular roof top tents) are getting absurd. 3 years ago people would laugh you out of the room for a $3500 RTT, now that’s “affordable”. $7700 for an aluminum frame and a tent? It’s not that I don’t doubt that it’s nice, well…

my guess is because improving the testing and education would make obtaining a license cost more, like in some European countries, the training to get a drivers license can cost $2000. People in america think driving is a right, not a privilege that people have to pay for to obtain the training and skill to gain that…

Because that would be prohibitively expensive and be pointless for most people.

Because vehicles are different, and not everyone wants to drive the same thing. If someone ever only wants to drive 5 door hatchbacks and CUVs, what use is learning to safely drive an entirely different kind of vehicle going to be to them? We wouldn’t expect them to have to get a motorcycle license, right?

Also the rate at which you can draw the power from the battery makes a big difference.  The more power you can pull at a given moment the more HP you can generate.

I am all for this as we have had too many H S kids killed by their graduation presents

I think it makes a ton of sense, actually.

I think this is an exceptionally good idea, and frankly it should be applied more broadly to include driving larger trucks and SUVs.

“Globally, if you exclude China” Ok, so if we exclude one of the worlds largest EV markets then Kia/Hyundai are closing in on Tesla, got it. I’m not a Tesla defender but that’s a pretty large exclusion to make right off the bat.

True, but the only people more obsessed with Tesla than its fan are Jalopnik readers who do not like Tesla. 

People have entire joints and bones made out of titanium in them and you think the issue is a chip the size of a Tic-Tak?

You’re allowed to say idiot. You can actually say fucking morons too.

Ford and GM need to get their shit together and stop waiting for the government to build charging stations. With the amount of vehicles they both are aiming to sell in the next few years, they should be incentivising their dealer network to install public chargers on their lots.

The thing about 1/5 chargers not working properly is the buried lede. When you have to prop up the install of these things with incentives, you need to do the same for maintenance.