The Plaid definitely doesn’t have the visual impact you’d expect of a car that will beat every production car ever built in the quarter mile.

Tesla only started selling the Model S in mid-June and hasn’t produced any Xs this year. This is a weird comparison. The Taycan outselling the 911 is a more interesting statistic to me.

“If Tesla’s whole thing with EVs is overpromising and underdelivering, GM’s seems to be the opposite, while Lucid seems to be somewhere in between.”

Yes, if you take it apart and take the pieces around in a GT2RS a few at a time.

Yeah, Tesla is actually getting pretty good at minimizing the weight of their cars. The lightest Model 3 is the second-lightest car in its class, behind the Cadillac CT4 and tied with the cheapest version of the 330i, and they somehow managed to shave 200lb of the new Model S despite adding a third motor and longer…

3,655 lbs? Are you kidding? And they claim that they’re optimizing this thing for light weight?

I had exactly the same situation a few months ago. I had to drive 350 miles on extremely short notice and the only car I had was our Model 3 SR. Thank god for long range and fast charging because I only needed a 20 minute stop on the way. EVs can do that. Shitty EVs cannot.

As long as the battery is the primary factor in the price of the car, cheaper EVs with smaller batteries will almost always have very aero-focused wheels to maximize the range they get at highway speeds. The aero hubcaps on my Model 3 SR seem to give it about 5% more range at 75mph compared to the wheels without the…

Anyone who would rather have a non-electrified powertrain than a hybrid one has never driven or worked with an F-150 Powerboost. Hybrid drivetrains are perfect for trucks at this point, with many of the benefits of an EV and few of the drawbacks.

When you beta test hardware on your computer the worst thing that happens is you have to do a hard reset or invoke a restore point. Here’s a guy testing rando “performance modifications” in something lethal and we’re all good with it. I’m not. I presume there’s a legal unit within these “tuning companies” that…

A single Falcon Heavy emits about 1000 tons of CO2. That’s a lot, right?

Over 2 million Teslas have been sold in total. I think that’s well past early-adopter territory, and you don’t need any apps or accounts to charge at a Supercharger. They’re also incredibly reliable and show status in real time in the car’s navigation. My 70-year-old parents just got a Model 3 LR after borrowing our…

Also the fact that they don’t sell a single BEV in the States.

Except it’ll be more expensive than the Taycan Turbo S, which does literally everything better, is faster, has that special Porsche badge, and is a full EV. And if you just want a fast sedan, for about $60k less you can get a Model S that will demolish every production car ever made.

For me, 361 out of 365 days a year, I wake up with a full “tank” in my Model 3 SR. That’s 100% free, paid-for-by-my-employer electricity. The other 4 days are when I take a 300-mile, 5-hour road trip to my summer house, once in the winter and once in the summer. Both times require a single 20-minute charging stop on…

As a total airplane nerd, I’ve always loved the PT6 Corvette, powered by one of the most reliable and ubiquitous aircraft engines ever.

The Rio will have better proportions and a less tacky interior too...

I mean, that isn’t how liability works. You don’t need to “consent” to Joe Shmuck going into a Dodge dealership and buying an 800 horsepower Demon, even if he has no idea how to drive the thing and presents an imminent danger to everyone in a 3 mile vicinity of his home. There’s really nothing about Tesla’s fake self…

Weirdly Tesla’s “1000 free miles” is actually 400kWh since they really have no way to know how far you’re going with the electricity, only the amount of it they put into the car.

Still, that’s about $100 at Supercharger prices. Pretty laughable, especially since the referral program used to include a chance to win a…

I had the same reaction when I saw it at a Supercharger. Guy was not that amused. Apparently “IMAMPED” was taken...