The reason most cities couldn’t make this change is because they all have parking meters, which make perpendicular parking impossible. 

“”who have boned Amish 19-year-olds on Rumspringa”

Why no automaker is rolling out a national network is beyond me. It’s the reason that Tesla is viable and the others are not.

As a corollary to this, the Mach-E is aiming for 300 miles of EPA range, and it will presumably be built to “regular carmaker” specifications of reliability. 

This cuts right to the point. I’m also surprised no one has mentioned the Mustang Mach-e which has a similar battery size, has the aerodynamics of an SUV and still beats the Taycan in range. 

“Let’s keep the one name from the 90s that was likely generated by a marketing firm! People are too attached to it!”

WELL DONE 

This was my first car. Hand me down from my mom. It was a 1988 Eddie Bauer edition. Gas was cheap, I was the designated friend hauler, and it was a hoot to drive since it was RWD. Good times. And the fold down seats. Also good times. 

I feel the company mirrors dot coms in that it is full of a lot of dedicated passionate people, who can innovate but are led by someone more interested in hype and bring crazy for crazy’s sake that the company churns out shit ideas like a bulletproof truck trapezoid instead of, say, coming up with more commercially…

Omg all this please. Robotech (MOSPEADA) forever!

I agree with this. Naming this the Mustang is really the biggest misstepm  but if this is where EVs are going, I’m on board.

I always thought that the Flex would be the perfect configuration for a Ford EV. Long enough to put a large battery in the bottom with a ton of passenger space. Of course the aerodynamics for range would be an issue, but otherwise it would be a great EV for actually getting things done.

I kind of agree with this, but it doesn’t explain why those very cars are sold and bought in essentially shades of silver. 

I owned a PalmPilot and own a Model 3 so I am totally that early adopter. I’m definitely not on the cult side, in that I never pushed PalmPilots on people and I go out of my way to tell them what the limitations are on my model 3 (battery life in the winter!!) , although I love(d) both.

Extending the PalmPilot analogy though, the pieces started coming together once they managed to make a connected PDA, which then started pointing the way for Apple and Google to finally upend the market and make what everyone wanted and come out with arguably the most successful consumer devices in history

Not only that, but the Galant also might be from the era where Daimler Chrysler owned Mitsubishi.

Good point. It’s going to be interesting how Rivian fares. I’ve talked to a bunch of their people at shows, and while they still exude the whole “tech company making cars” vibe, they are going out of their way to market their trucks as vehicles and not the 2nd coming. 

A few people have died from vaping, and now Massachusetts has banned it. Unknowns inspire a swift backlash. Right or wrong.

This is a really good point. I work in manufacturing and there are very good reasons for all those guards around robots. Granted there are now “Cobots” which are more friendly around others, but still rigorous regulation exists.

I can’t even with Elon, and I have a Model 3. The car is amazing without the astonishing overselling that he does and that owners believe. If the car was properly marketed and sold for what it could do, and not as some autonomous genius box, they would still sell just as many, and likely to a less rabid owner base.