“The corporate culture at Uber is well-documented; not a place I’d like to spend any $ at.”

Even bog standard 12v car batteries can flambe a car (from this week in Australia).

For the small minority of people who care exclusively about going fast, no contest. Duh. But that is not even close to the reality of the market. CUVs sell better at inflated prices than sedans, and no one buys wagons. Trucks outsell everything. Speed is a niche. I love fast cars, but I’m not kidding myself that I’m…

Belive it or not there are a number of all-EV fans out there. Otherwise they wouldn’t be buying Nissan Leafs versus Nissan Veras. This car will be a huge hit for the EV crowd. The Focus crowd have nothing to do with this market segment thus a poor “comparison”.

It all depends what you want. I like both for very different reasons.

Just in case you haven’t noticed; Ugly and Boring describes most of the profitable mainline consumer cars on sale today.

The Bolt will likely beat it in torque and lower cog

Johnny Carmax: yo, what’s up?

I stand corrected...living in the NYC area I honestly never see them.

I’m curious how much of your information is actually true, seeing as there were a ton of leaks from the Las Vegas dealership meeting, including new products (including some using the new Alfa Romeo platform). Not to mention the new hybrid minivan that is coming out next year (and likely to be used in more trucks).

A least it’s not a fucking combination of letters and numbers that make no sense: MK-V, QX-69, CT-VD7, etc.

Your uncles are full of shit.

1. I know what the “big” hybrid is, and good luck to FCA launching that, or getting people to buy it. Gas is $2.00 a gallon and will be for the forseable future. People who buy this type of vehicle are the most risk averse people in the world. You think with FCA’s quality record and the massive powertrain warranty…

I live in the SF Bay Area, and you can’t swing a cat without hitting an i3. They’re everywhere. And they’re damn good cars. Shame about the range. But they certainly haven’t failed.

Well, as I said, it’s doing good business for an EV. Also, 80 miles is right on the advertised range, so there’s nothing unusual about that. The Bolt will be, for a little while at least, the longest-range EV under 70K. And we’re not talking 110 miles to barely eke out the Leaf, but in the range of 200 miles. This is…

Define fail. BMW is actually doing pretty swift business with the i3. It helps that it’s available with a range-extender, but all things considered, it’s doing okay. Not 3-series volume, but pretty good for an electric.

GM has already said the Bolt would be available late 2016 (that’s this year, in case you checked.) The Model 3 has a timeline of “possibly 2017, with a prototype showing in March.”

Thing is, the “electrified aveo” will be on sale by the end of the year. We’re yet to see a final render of the Model III.

Maybe. I wouldn’t be surprised if you could buy the model 3 before you could buy a bolt. As for now the bolt is a test mule with zero conformation of their claimed specs. Tesla’s projected timeline is very hand wavy, but when they officially introduce a car, customer cars are simultaneously shipping.