Those are very different numbers. $714 is like $80k, which is a little nicer than a trailer in the rural USA, or maybe a run down house in a bad neighborhood in a city that people make jokes about.

1. I don’t think this is an issue. The EV credits have served their purpose: the country has a decent selection of functional EVs from nearly every manufacture. Also, it’s Korea that is going to lead the way on EVs, not Europe.

No.

Absolutely, the rear is great.

Manufacturers are better off selling what people are going to buy. Which means massive, high-power, low-efficiency vehicles.

This sounds like a typo. The battery pack probably costs around $10k for the standard, or$13.5k for the extended.  So neither option sounds right.

These things were pretty expensive to maintain and weren’t that reliable when new.

Believe it or not, trucks are purchased by rich suburbanites, not cowboys. So I doubt truck sales will falter much at all. Luxury goods tend to weather recessions pretty well since wealthy people are rarely impacted by recessions.

whatever payment network will be another opportunity for the gov’t to monitor drivers’ movement and locations.

The ADA has a penalty-sharing agreement, where civilians can report ADA violations and earn a percentage of the damages as a fee. So it behooves places to go ahead and comply.

Does the government realize that all of the engineering for the EVs OEMs are planning on selling in the next 2-3 years is largely already complete?

The car moves,

The Bronco starts in the mid-30s, so you can pick up a cheaper one.

could only get 1mpg better combined

I have a Prius as a second car and I think it’s a pretty fun car. They are light (~3000lbs) and the underlying platform is decent. The GR Corolla is on the same platform as the current Prius. The previous gen was a platform mate with the tC.

Buy a $60,000 EV to save $100/month in gas.

And if you do have to buy, it likely makes more financial sense to buy used,

Can confirm, dogs love miatas.

Not if they get a government monopoly they won’t.

Well, that’s discouraging to hear.