I read an article in the last month or so on that exact question. Sadly, I can not find it again. I do remember that the cost of research and design of EVs is still high enough that it makes the overall cost of an EV from design to production and then 20 years of simulated/calculated use higher than a similar ICEV,…

Most large batteries like those in EVs are already sent off to have most of the materials recycled. Small batteries like those in laptops, phones, tablets, and tools are already sent for recycling as well.

Yes, we should be moving to more mass transit and less commuting. We should strive for walkable cities and other programs that reduce our use of individual vehicles.

This might not fully fit your request but it could be a good start.

Note: TSA pays about $23/hour in WA.  That’s not much above the minimum wage in the City of SeaTac, where SeaTac Airport is.  The TSA is not exactly attracting the best and the brightest.

I carry my Passport Card with me because my DL isn’t a “SecureID”, yet.  Plus it is considered proof of citizenship even if I lose my passport which makes getting a replacement Passport easier.

I’m still kinda surprised that they took the planes with box cutters.  Security was fairly tight with regard to bombs after Locherbee Scotland.  You’d have to get really lucky with a box cutter to kill someone.  I would have thought that a few people would have had enough “oh, hell no!” in them to jump them at the…

Maybe 5 years after 9/11, I was listening to a podcast or radio show or a radio show that is also available as a podcast (I forget which), and one of the guests called TSA security theater.  He described it as like Kabuki.  There are elaborate costumes, ritualized movements, and every once in a while someone yells. …

The dealership does get a kickback from the mortgage broker for signing you up for a car loan. I don’t know if they’ll increase the price to compensate for that “loss” if you pay cash. If they ask “are you going to finance or pay cash?”, tell them that you can pay cash, but you’re willing to listen to what kind of…

I didn’t say you were wrong, just that I didn’t read it that way. No slight intended.

That is likely where I’m going next.  I want a plug-in hybrid.  I live kinda rural, but 40 miles would handle my normal day’s driving and I’d have the ICE for longer trips and road trips.

My first thought: “so how long before the axles snapped?”

It’s not hyperbole, it’s clickbait.  And everyone in the comments section went for it.

Besides the fact that so many cars (SUVs and trucks) are very tall now, I see nothing wrong with it.

Sub-brand?  I thought they were just models of Jeep.  To me a sub brand is Pontiac vs GM or Acura vs Honda; same manufacturer but also a different label before the model name.

I am sensing some sarcasm in your statement.

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There are no dumb questions, only irrelevant ones.  This is a relevant question, and since you don’t know, it’s a good question.  Never be afraid to admit that you don’t know something.  Refusing to learn is the crime.

I too tend to keep my vehicles for a very long time.

He’s sorta not wrong, but his delivery is awful, bordering on abusive.