How the outward visibility? That beltline looks awfully high. The windows look Camaro-small. How thick are the A and B pillars?

Reading these comments seems like a mixture of a lack of perspective, perfectionism, and the Amazon Prime mentality.

When is the 4xe Trailhawk version coming?

Yup. One is a Nissan dealer and the other is a Ford-Kia-Toyota dealer, so let just say one of them has a much better hand.

One of my best friends from high school as well as a cousin each have dealerships. They are good people who do a lot for the local community.

Can you see out of it? The last few new Mazdas I’ve walked by have had horrifically high beltlines and small windows. It’s hard to take their “zoom zoom” motto seriously if you can’t see the road.

Nope. Our electric bill went up $45/month. Our gasoline bill went down $320/month (PG&E and Northern California gasoline prices, six months of tracking in 2011-2012). In other words, even with insurance, it was a free car.

The 258 straight six for the win!

4th: Why are there no regulations on outward visibility? We are moving toward many vehicles being like a Camaro or pillbox.

The initial ChargePoint DC fast chargers were relative low power (62.5 kW DC) compared to others in the market at up to 350 kW. They are better suited for a 30-40% boost than a 80% refill. Hopefully these are more powerful.

Maybe it’s time to re-think the drive thru. Close them and offer walk-up windows instead. Customers arrive, park, order via phone, app, web, or kiosk in the parking lot (or ahead of time). Multiple windows could allow for multiple lines. You could set up awnings or similar for weather/shade.

I fit well at 6'6". Outward visibility isn’t terrible for a modern car, and the interior design is simple (knobs), just modern-enough. Interior pieces fit well together, and nothing you touch feels cheap. Inexpensive, maybe, but cheap, no. I really like it.

We’ve been driving the Niro EV for a few years now. Before that, we drove a Bolt, which replaced an i3 REx, which replaced an 500e (FIAT, not the Mercedes by Porsche. The Niro EV trumps them all. It’s about the same spec as the Bolt, but is much higher quality/less gimmicky.

Love the manual transmission conversions on these.

Most EV companies have an eight year warranty, largely due to a California requirement: https://www.myev.com/research/buyers-sellers-advice/evaluating-electric-vehicle-warranties

Outstanding.

Spot on. You see it in the mountains too (here’s looking at you Dinsmore store). That being said, many patrons there... pay in cash.

Those windows are too big and the beltline is too low, but yes.

It’s a good point, but since the OEMs are on the hook for the battery under warranty, they didn’t decide to open their vehicles up to V2G until they had the data it wouldn’t hit them in warranty claims.

In all fairness, that part of Mendocino is pretty far from pretty much anywhere. Makes sense that everything is $$$$ there. Plus, there’s a bit of near-monopoly.