There is not much wrong with this that the Volt 2's powertrain won’t solve, but GM apparently ceded that market to Toyota with the RAV4 Prime and Kia with the upcoming Sorrento PHEV.

So much this. Does the safety standard test for a belted or unbelted occupant? That in turn impacts the size of the airbag and hence the size of the pillar.

Excellent overview. Thank you.

Agree...which by the way is just a 240V dryer outlet (and circuit).

Why Garberville? Why not Phillipsville? Leggett? Laytonville?

Yeah, you are exactly right, but we are all human.

Source: https://thedriven.io/2019/03/19/new-york-says-it-saves-big-dollars-on-electric-car-fleet-maintenance/

New cars have to meet California emissions and used cars have to have passed a smog test within the past 60 days prior to sale.

3rd: Electric or SUVs? Wrong question.

4th: If you want to read about a recent construction quagmire in Germany, google “new Berlin airport.” It’s no wonder Berliners are concerned.

So much this.

This.

We have three kids and one dog. Our route includes one creek to ford at the end of an unmaintained 9 mile dirt/gravel/mud road. We also want a plug-in. The venn diagram on that is a very, very small sample size today, but thankfully more and more off-road capable SUVs are coming to market in the next few years.

Car companies would sell more EVs if they made plug-in versions of their most popular versions.

Thin pillars? What is this witchcraft you speak of?

Good question. My money is on the EVs:

Here is some fleet O&M cost data from New York:

“75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.”

...the electric pickup trucks will soon be here.