Neither of those can actually hit 350kW, the companies just use slightly misleading marketing to make it sound like they do, like “when using a 350kW charger...” The Hyundai maxes out at 230kW and the Lucid at 300.

Cribbed from NASA? Surely you don’t mean the Douglas DC-X prototype, which was 12m tall compared to the Falcon 9 first stage’s 50m height, had less than 1/100 the thrust, never went higher than 3000m, and was never designed to put a payload into orbit? That’s like saying Boeing “cribbed” the 747 jumbo jet from Cessna…

The snarky SpaceX articles felt old in 2015. Shit on Musk all you want for his missed promises of Tesla self-driving, but SpaceX has achieved some seriously impressive things in an industry that hasn’t had real innovation in 50 years. This mission is exciting too, even if I don’t particularly like the guy bankrolling…

I will take that modern, light, easy-to-use interior over the sea of parts-bin switches and hard plastic that entry-level BMWs are these days.

Window and mirror motors are hardly points of failure on modern cars, and the ubiquity of power window systems means that repairs are probably less expensive.

Really? You want manual windows? You want to have to lean over to the passenger side and roll the window down every time you want it open? Are the 0.2 lbs that electric window motors add really affecting your driving experience?

Beautiful Bonanza.

Not really though. Terrible car. No reason to buy one over a Volt, absolutely no reason to buy one over any other Cadillac.

I’m not so sure about that. I drove all of the latest-generation midsize premium sedans (other than the 2022 C-class which still isn’t available to buy) when I was in the market for my last car and they all had about the same interior quality. The main difference between the Tesla and the A4, C300, 330i, and G70 was…

Which “luxurious features” can you get on a 3-series (the benchmark of entry-level luxury for decades) that you can’t get on a Model 3?

I really think you underestimate Teslas, and overestimate the amount of luxury you get in a base 3-series or C-class these days. The Model 3 seats are more comfortable than their German rivals, you get more standard features, and they all use the same faux-leather stuff and alcantara accents. Even the base Model 3 has…

Tesla is bait and switch vaporware? The company that pioneered the long-range EV and sold almost a million cars last year?

Brief synopsis from Google:

The original Model S had an 8-year, unlimited-mile powertrain warranty, so assuming this is a 2013 model, warranty support only expired last year.

Sorry, but what do you think makes a car luxury? If Tesla can sell a compact/midsize sedan for $45-65k, they’re clearly tapping into some kind of luxury market, even if it’s not the traditional leather-and-sound-deadening one that car enthusiasts are familiar with.

As much as Tesla wishes it was something more, “FSD” is still Level 2. All the documents and instructions related to the beta test program very clearly state that constant supervision is required.

And if the Model 3 isn’t sufficiently comfortable and quiet, a Polestar 2 would do fine as well.

“sold using processes that are familiar” is not a good thing. Dealers suck and one of the best things that Tesla has done is show they’re unnecessary.

I don’t use Superchargers that much, probably 70% of my charging is done at home, so I’m not worried about its effects on the battery too much. They’re built to handle a lot more fast-charging than I’ve done with mine. I would usually run the battery down to 10-15% and then charge back up to 70 or 80%, that’s the…

Is a base 911 worth as much as a Cayman GT4 ($101,200 for both)? That’s the real question IMO.