Stringfellow Hawke remembers.

So much this.

It’s a Jeep salad - 1943 GPW plus 1946 CJ2A and a “rebuilt by Bechtel-Marcone” plate on the dash. We all love it:

It’s important to take a longer term view of US EV sales. They are up more than 20% since 2016. 2018 versus 2019 is not a good comparison due to the launch of the Model 3 in 2018. Tesla has a slew of problems and challenges, but you have to give them credit where it’s due.

Yes and no.

A co-worker of mine used to say “Tesla is just one less Twitter account and one more seasoned auto exec away from being a real car company, one that should make all the OEMs get really worried”

a used 2009ish Buick rendezvous, which is just an aztek in an Amish frock.

I was just thinking of my “bespoke active lifestyle” this weekend and wishing there was a lifted hatchback with cladding that would take me there.

But the graphics go with the braided belt, khaki pants, and cell phone belt clip of its primary buyer.

Thank you!

And that’s how Willys-Overland first marketed the Jeep after WWII:

Unimog, represent!

Yeah, my active imagination and reality often don’t match up.

Isn’t this also impacted by the global shortage of EV batteries* as of the these battery factories get built? That’s what I thought was one of the reasons causing the delays/low supply in the US, see Gen 2 KIA Soul EV. There are only so many EV batteries to go around for the next amount of months, so if the toughest…

You are my hero. I cleaned up a set of similar locks from pocket doors in our place, circa 1896.

And weave in Stringfellow Hawke into the script.

Like the Frontier Pro-4X with the six speed manual.

What about the impact of European CO regulations? Didn’t they get a lot stricter starting January 1, 2020? Also I thought there was no incentive for an OEM to deliver an EV prior to Jan 1 and a huge carrot for them to deliver in 2020 (in addition to complying with the stricter regs.).

This. Put a big electric motor in a PHEV and they are fun to drive. See the Chevy Volt.  

Yeah, that’s sweet electric range for a crossover. 50 km (31 miles) on the test cycle is part of the European requirements IIRC.