We live on a busy street and the amount of PM/soot/etc. on our front steps (and in our lungs) disagrees that no more benefit can be made. Granted, talking about that type of pollution often gets skipped over in favor of the GHG/carbon discussion, but we have a long ways to go.

A Ford Model A has entered the chat. At least it has an electric starter!

This.

Fairbanks to the Arctic Circle and back, August 2001:

Raul Gardini sounds complicated, but hat tip for not only saving the manuals, but adding two more of them.

So much this. I love (some of) these brands too for what they did more than a half-century ago, but if you look what they have done since... yikes.

For what it’s worth, the utilities, car companies, etc. have been working the NFPA since the 1990s on fires and EVs. EV fires are different than gasoline or diesel fires, but manageable. (And whether the training, tools, procedures, etc. got out to every firehouse big and small across the country is another question).

Maybe more overlap with the Ranger Raptor/Colorado ZR2 Bison than with the Maverick.

Been waiting for years for a plug-in hybrid (or similar), six+ passenger, off-road capable SUV. Finally, one is in the works.

I agree. I think it will be an all-of-the-above type strategy in the short-term. Even the regulators see this; CARB incentivized more PHEVs (and fewer BEVs and fuel cell vehicles) with its changes to the “Advanced Clean Cars II” rule which kicks in starting in model year 2026.

Are you saying one option is “rear seat delete, delete”...

Home Alone 2 actor? I thought the article was about Scarlett Johansen who somehow got involved in macroeconomics and cars.

What about a Maverick XL? He can get a used one from the local city or county as they sell their fleet.

The BYD Shark PHEV 4x4 pickup has entered the chat.

Yup. Why GM didn’t expand the Volt PHEV system scaled up to a crossover and then to the Silverado and Tahoe/Suburban back in 2014 is a mystery.

It’s a bit of a self-fulling prophecy: certain OEMs don’t offer any (if any) compelling EVs and then say “no one wants EVs.” Many of the same OEMs offer more and more hybrids on hot-selling models. They sell and then the OEMs says “see everyone wants hybrids.”

Agreed. At least now the EV charging industry is agreeing that pull-through fast charging stations is the way.

Came here for this. Thank you.

No kidding. What happened to the greenhouse? It’s so small now.

But bro. My hands are so small, so I need a big truck for all the hauling, towing, and bro’ing I do.