These countries may see fewer overall deaths than the US due to the current variants of COVID being less deadly and having some level of vaccine protection in their population. They will also likely have less stress on their heathcare systems.

But think of the corn farmers! How would they ever survive without wasting huge amounts of government dollars converting corn to ethanol?

“We cannot achieve our 50% profit margins and compete with Tesla on range and acceleration”

They have solved the fire problem, but still need to put new batteries in *tons* of cars.  So the fix is complete, but there’s still a bunch of manufacturing and installing to do.

That’s why I’m asking the question: if a “light truck” includes all vehicles up to 8500 lbs, then you would have to get an F350 / Ram 3500 type vehicle to bypass these fuel regulations.  I realize some people just go for the biggest truck by default, but this must be some disincentive at least.

I remember reading an AutoWeek (?) review on this vehicle and being impressed that it was doing just over 3000RPM at 100mph in 4th gear.

Google will then reimburse employees for the cost of the subscription.

All a politician needs is a 5 second clip asking a hard question to an oil company exec. Put it on Instagram, Tik Tok, and the next campaign commercial and then pocket the Big Oil donations as well. Best of both worlds!

That starts at an already beefy $66,700 (which is more than the equivalent BMW X5).

Maybe we need to spread some California $6/gal gas across the country and see how people like to pay $150/week to put gas in their 1-3 passenger Suburban commuter vehicle. That would swing the market pretty quickly.

If there’s a labor shortage, it’s always easy to solve the problem with pay.

Doesn’t “light truck” mean <8500 lbs? So this regulation covers F150's, F250's, Suburbans, Ram 1500 & 2500, etc???

I’m guessing this Corolla will have a hard time competing with the Audi S3 in the $45-50K bracket, except for the most hardcore Toyota / rally fans.

Come on, man, if I take the *same* Rolls to the country club twice in one week then people will think that I’m poor. Same for leaving the car at the preferred spot at the valet station at my favorite restaurant — people will definitely think less of me if the valet drives my car around the back.

Who wants to bet on the base price?

I agree that EV’s will not decrease in price by 90% since they have pretty low margins and high materials costs. One key here for environmental impact will be recycling — most of the rare materials used in EV batteries are recyclable, and we will really need to mandate this at the government level.

1. Holy crap Wranglers are expensive. $65K to commute in a ‘stylish’ penalty box!

Lol you had me wondering what a 5-5-Four Wheel Drive *plane* was for a second there 😀

Re: Government Motors