Water fording? What about rain showers?

Companies were tempted to go SPAC. It’s an easy way to go public... until said company needs to actually do something.

That may be true. Also the financial incentives for the utilities to build out the supporting infrastructure are likely different for the provincial-owned utilities in Canada and the investor-owned ones in the U.S. There are big incentives (and patient capital) in the U.S.

Exactly this.

Counterpoint from that liberal greenie mag called Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/08/01/electric-car-batteries-lasting-longer-than-predicted-delays-recycling-programs/amp/

Uh, San Francisco resident here. Car theft is very low. Car break-ins however are extremely high.* Wise car drivers leave nothing on the inside while parked. Not charging cables. Not Kleenex box. Nothing. The standard MO is for the thieves to pull up in a car with fake paper plates, hop out, scan the car, and break…

The Senate Bill also includes a subdivision “requiring the commissioner [of motor vehicles] to issue regulations for vehicles over 3,000 pounds to limit blind spots and establish standards regarding direct visibility of pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users from the driver’s position, by reducing to…

This. So. Much. This.

So rollover standards increase, meaning A, B, and C pillars get bigger.

Yeah, and it’s been interesting on a few product launches over the past few years (e.g. Ford Escape, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Grand Wagoneer), that the marketing materials touts bigger windows/better outward visibility. The Chevy Camaro is still available for those who prefer the cocoon-effect.

1st: People died and that is horrific. However, this is how we end up with A, B, and C pillars the size of utility poles and beltlines up to our eyebrows. In the current standards, there doesn’t seem to be a sanity check on crash standards versus (the lack of) outward visibility/blind spots.

You’re right about the poor fuel economy. Isn’t Jeep going to announce specifics of the PHEV versions of this later this summer?

The good thing is that the outward visibility in that thing is so terrible, not even the driver can see out of it.

Fun fact: the SC430 is the last car sold in the U.S. with a cassette deck.

And you could get one with a stick and a supercharger.

The Yaris... unless you talk like a pirate. If so, it’s the best.

The PHEV one is especially awesome.

Sketchy public charging* is largely a U.S. problem. Europe and China don’t have this issue to the extent we do.

Just like Sideshow Bob.

I agree with you. An EV would work well for a good amount of rural carriers too.