One really good alternative solution would be to add like $2-3/gallon gas tax. That would definitely decrease the use of inefficient people, drive many to use EV’s, and provide some desperately needed tax revenue to offset the insane amount of money spent by the US government.

Hopefully this doesn’t sell for much over $10K, since you can get a newer Bentley with the same engine and about the same miles for $19K. 

All that water vapor in the air is literally causing global warming too. We should ban it.

Sticker price in 1967: $15,313.22.

It’s proof that people really do want to buy electric cars — they’ve just gotta be appealing, unique and reasonably priced.

I knew a professor in college who always had to have the latest gadgets (cell phone, any kind of ultra-unique laptop, $10K flatscreen TV), and after watching him for a while I learned the lesson that always chasing the latest stuff is NOT WORTH IT about 99% of the time.

intermittent failure of the latch and handle ... the emergency override mechanism also failed to pop the door.

Rivian costs ~2x the price of a Model3

I live in South Bay and it’s absolutely safe — kids in my neighborhood walk to and from grade school and high school, I take the dog out at 11pm thru the local park, etc.

Absolutely, Chip Foose Boomer Chrome is a pox upon the automotive world.

I wonder how much CO2 is produced when, say, casting the block of the 5.0L Coyote engine?

Elon is actually a horrible CEO.

He’s a hypeman with no technical insight.

I said “Technical CEO” not, not engineer for a reason. He’s absolutely done a great job building up Tesla and SpaceX into successful companies. Being able to create a “reality distortion field” and raise money / stock price is absolutely an amazing skill for a tech CEO.

At one point I also considered the Elon was intentionally appealing to the political right, at least before he acquired Twitter. I think the Twitter acquisition pretty much proves that he doesn’t have the intellect to pull off something like this.

2.0-liter inline-4 and a 9-speed automatic transmission ... 255 horsepower

Speak for yourself, I take Robot Turds very seriously.  

Thomas Jefferson said it best:

All I’ve had to replace are an engine mount, a water pump, and the sunroof toggle switch.

He *use to* work in theater gigs, hasn’t owned a car in years, and now has a commute in Maryland.  He needs a car, and $25K is about as practical a price point you can get for someone with a full-time software job -- he didn’t say that he wants to work on his car on the weekends, so a $10K car is not an option.