Most EV’s start with a tax credit that is treated as an instant $7500 discount.  You you have to start with $(MSRP - 7500) to get an accurate view of EV depreciation.

There is no reason why warranted car maintenance has to be done by franchised dealers.  This, too, is just a historical artifact and serves to prop up the ‘good ol’ boy’ dealership networks.

FYI, the phrase “XYZ is dead. Long live XYZ.” is ~600 years old at least:

Yeah it’s probably an amazing spectacle if watched on a big screen with big speakers, but the plot is crap. Maybe if you had read the comic books or studied up on the ‘mad max’ lore of the 70's and 80's then it would be more than a visual spectacle?

So basically a Chinese version of the Chevy Blazer EV?

Re: GM EV’s

• Static inductive chargers for cars have been around for at least *10 years*. From what I read, this is what is being used as a demo with an Israeli bus system. Here’s an example marketed to for the Chevy Volt back in 2013: https://gmauthority.com/blog/2013/06/evatran-brings-wireless-charging-to-the-chevy-volt/

From the perspective of most drivers, you could just say:

Guess you didn’t realize that the Model Y is the 4th best selling model in the US this year? If you don’t consider the Big 3 Full Size Pickups, then the Model Y is ranked #2, right after the Rav4.

Hamilton admits that he knew immediately he’d end another season without a win when he first drove this year’s Mercedes-AMG F1 W14

there’s always the lease loophole

1. I, personally, don’t mind Ford attempting to claw back some profits from the nearly-useless car dealers.

Update: I just asked ChatGPT to write how the evils of capitalism caused a Bentley with too many gears to kill people, and ChatGPT refused!

Why would an automaker manufacture a car with so much engine power that it requires an eight-speed transmission? The obvious answer is: because people pay a lot of money for it.

Replace the horses! Let’s go really old school and get palanquins / litters. Out-of-work gig / taxi workers can get additional side jobs carrying tourists on romantic ride-jogs through NYC city streets.

Technically they are both: ‘mild hybrid’ on the lower end drivetrains, and full PHEV on the high end drivetrain with the excessively complicated 2.0 I4+turbo+supercharger (for FWD) + electric for RWD.

lack of affordability in the new car market

*good* EV systems let you disable the one-pedal auto-regen mode and just drive it like a normal automatic with accelerator / brake.

So like a vastly overinflated A5?

Grand Cherokee is a crossover.