The comment thread here will be interesting!

Gassing up is active. You have to stop, get out in the lousy weather, pump it and pay for it. Charging is passive. I plug it in in my warm garage when I get home and go on with my life.

True, Americans love being wasteful and brain-dead. But there could still be enough of a market for the lower mile versions, especially if it can materially cut the price tag.

“Do they just fly 1 dude at a time?”

Ah back in the good ‘ol times when America was truly great!

“...affordable, sustainable, and friendly to those onboard and on the ground.”

It was more ‘Design propane torch that would normally sell at Home Depot for $50 but make it look like a gun. We’re gonna call it a flame thrower and sell it for $500.” It probably took one engineer a single day to knock that out

I think the article is a bit unkind to people with these stickers. There’s a difference between a CEO not being great on a personal level and the CEO being a Nazi hell-bent on destroying a free and democratic state. If we could only buy cars from CEOs where were great people, there wouldn’t be much to buy.

And nobody - NOBODY - raises prices for nonsense corollary reasons like the oil industry. Tidal wave in Philippines? Gas gets more expensive. Russia invades Ukraine? Gas gets more expensive. Gas is too expensive? Gas gets more expensive.

Also, they can raise them and point to tariffs as the cause, even if it’s a flat-out lie, because consumers are largely incapable/too lazy to know for sure. And materials subjected to 25% tariffs will nonetheless rise in price by > 30%, because again, consumers largely suck at math and dont care enough to crunch the…

Well damn... if you’re not willing to violate all current understanding of the laws of astrophysics and teleport me and my vehicle approx. 520 billion km and 30 days in the past to the exact time and location in multi-dimensional space needed to avoid the accident... then what good are you?

Bruh...

See my other reply. This battery pack can not supply 400 kW at all. Highest output value for the 16 kWh pack is 136 kW. Other sources put it at 110 or 120 kW only. That Tesla motor has to sip through a straw.

I hate to break it to everyone who’s drooling over this, but erhh... A 16 kWh battery pack from a Volt is never going to be able to supply 400 kW of power to the motor.

Okay, since nobody involved in writing any of this decided to include actual numbers, I guess I’ll do it.

In 1990, the EPA banned the use of phosogypsum containing radium-226 concentrations above 400 bq/kg (1 Bq = 1 radioactive decay per second).

For reference, cement ALSO contains radium-226, along with potassium-40…

Current fast charging is fast enough. It only seems bad when people look at it with over-sized batteries.

Getting chargers everywhere is the only part that matters, really.

Agreed. When we first got an EV, we were reluctant to go on road trips because of the additional time spent charging. Now, with a slightly longer range than a few years ago, we almost exclusively use the EV on longer drives. We can cruise at about 70-75 for three hours, then get a nice 45-ish minute break for the kids…

Shops that modify exhaust systems - which violate noise, emissions and nuisance laws - should definitely partner with vape shops, no credit auto financing companies, gun ranges, and Hims to form an unstoppable monopoly of American heroes that will guide us towards a glorious and vaccination-free future.

A billion X.  It’s time to ditch the trend.  

NB you just don’t care about range in an EV, there are enough charging points, but you may care about efficiency.