At times and places America has been about pushing frontiers and boundaries at at other times it has been anti-science, anti-progress, puritanical and parochial. We swing both ways as a country. When we have a foreign enemy we seem to do better otherwise we eat ourselves. 

isn’t it ironic that the Space Race was about ‘beating the Commies’ but now electric cars are ‘Commie bullshit’? it’s almost like the concept of American exceptionalism is inherently inconsistent; let us hope that Ford jumping feetfirst into electrics with Mustang and F150 will allow EVs to shed that image.

This is a great take, and it’s the part that bothers me about this.

heavily disagree. The american concept is about pushing frontiers and boundaries, about doing things better than before, about being exceptional. WE are losing that, and it’s things like regular old cars and gas and oil holding us back. People are clinging to them and we are just going to have to tear ourselves away…

On the flip side, you can easily argue USA is ideal for EVs, given more than half of homes have a garage or carport, which not anywhere near true in many countries.

Can you imagine if we’d had your attitude back at the introduction of the internal combustion engine? If everyone said they were a “bad value proposition” (whatever that means) because we already had horse feeding troughs and people who cleared the sh*t from our streets?

Our transition to EV’s is infinitely easier,…

My commute (pre-pandemic) was 30 miles each way. A bit above average. The “normal” range of my 3-year-old Tesla Model 3 is 282 miles (313 on a ‘full’ range charge). I can make it home in the summer with 220 miles “in the tank”. In the winter, it’s more like 200.

If I’m taking a long road trip, say, to my daughters who…

The Maine BMV clarified that while these vehicles are old enough to be classified as an antique in the state, they were still built for the safety and emissions regulations of another country and thus, the statute still applies.

65% of adult American’s identify as Christian as of 2020 according to a Pew survey. This is the country that prints “In God We Trust.” You don’t understand why religion is important in this representative democracy?

Blows my mind that in the USA, you almost need some sort of religion affiliation to be successful in politics. I’ll never understand that. 

And a huge money grab.

Tax exemption should be taken away from all churches.  They are in the business of selling their religion, and it is a business.  

After attempting to murder her kid, the state should probably take the kid too...

A poison.. that comes with a great tax break, special breaks at work and school, and big helpings of good ol’ cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy.

Religion is seriously a poison on humanity.

Because the Tsuru is so ubiquitous. There are a lot of Mexican market cars, but few (with the possible exception of the Beetle) are as numerous.

16k for a very large critical item on a car isnt that outrageous

Not sure how a brass piece is going to warp. This is likely stronger than the plastic piece ever was. The only downside I can see is that the plastic housing it went into will likely break before it does, so the potential for the next repair to be much more difficult is higher.

iPhone, but a car

Starred for fellatioers.

Just waiting on the Elon fellatioers to try to justify why this car is designed in such a shit-crap way.