Simplicity and lightness are dead...

Do people forget that Lotus once did sedans like the Carlton and Cortina?

You Sir, are on the completely wrong site for that.  Journalism is a dirty word here, and deeply offends the ChatGPT bots.

yeah - that is what I am getting at.... maybe an Automotive Journalist should do some research and digging and present a real story about that data....

Cheap used EVs are so tempting. I’m almost at the point where I can get my midlife crisis car, a Toyobaru but the logical not fun side of me is like “get solar panels and a cheap used EV! The sun is throwing away free money!”

Without a lot more data, thats really not fair. You see all kinds of cars from all brands available used.

Isn’t that true of most ICEs as well?

The used Chevy Bolts are the real deal here, you get the $4k tax credit, they all either have new batteries or still need to have the recall done (which gets you a new battery) and that battery comes with an 8 year 100,000 mile warranty that transfers between owners. 

Yep, they’re returning to sane pricing again. I picked up a 2018 BMW i3S REX a couple months ago and the dealer was practically begging me to buy it. They do not want EVs on their lots. The $4K tax credit will be nice, too!

No opportunity to shit on the Bolt shall ever be missed here.

Because Up and Polo have meaning in the US market?

How quick the failure of the Karma made people forge that Henrik Fisker designed some of the prettiest cars ever.

Magna doesn’t design cars, they’re a contract manufacturer only. They also make the new Supra/Z4, the G-Wagen, and several Jag models.

I’m sure the big wheels hurt the range, but 110? really? I’d expect something more like 50-60 miles off the 360 mile range.

It’s a “conservative” caused problem not because of the tax, but because of the punitive amount. Twice what an avg. gas powered car in Texas would pay in taxes at the pump.

Forgot about Jan 6th, did you?

If you’re all about fairness and sustainability, I guess you would then support a carbon tax to pay for the environmental damages done by burning fossil fuels right?

Texas gas tax is only 20 cents/gallon, or $135 in your example. 

$200 doesn’t strike me as punitive. High but not punitive. Quick calculation shows that if I lived in TX instead of AZ I’d be paying around $130 in state gas taxes a year. (plus the sales tax that is built into the gas price.) Add in another 120 in Fed gas taxes. 

Every GOP policy these days seems to start with the questions “What would an asshole do in this situation” and “Does this help big corporations and if not how can I alter it so it does?”  In this case, big oil.