So, basically, is this not admitting that the vast bulk of people who took reservations aren’t willing to actually take delivery of the vehicle at the cost (well over $35k) that Tesla is making possible?  In other words, the reservations are a horrible indicator of Tesla’s backlog (which apparently doesn’t exist), but…

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So in the T.Rowe Price chart, they’re charging the taxable account a 25% tax rate, according to their description?  Unless you’re at extreme levels of income, your tax rate currently would not exceed 15%.

slight correction:

1) Do you think taxes will go up from their current rate?
2) What effective tax rate do you see yourself in in retirement?

#2 is crucial that you think of it in effective tax rates, because while I am in the 22% tax bracket today, and contributions save me taxes today at that marginal 22% rate (which…

Charging is going to be more efficient at higher voltages, but also at lower currents. Heat is your enemy, and fast charging requires cooling, which consumes energy. Whether or not the charging system is programmed to acknowledge a slower charging rate and reduce the demand on the cooling system is certainly…

It can be far worse than that. Spot prices on the PJM grid used to exceed $4 per kWh regularly during the summer. As solar has taken just a tiny bit of market share, its helped eliminate the need for oil-fired peaking plants, which have been retired - meaning the price peaks for electricity are now largely set by…

“Not to mention, if it is fast charging, that is two high-voltage, high-current circuits in the garage.”

There’s no reason to fast charge overnight. If they don’t already have the option, I could easily see a “charge me by x:xx AM option” on the dash of the car, allowing a slower charge (which incidentally is more…

Currently, the grid generally handles 50% more power during the day than it does at night.... so in other words, it might see 1000 MW of demand during the day but only 666 MW at night. There’s a huge surplus of excess capacity in general. The trouble is more on the neighborhood side, where that last quarter mile might…

“When it comes to sedans and other compacts you may be surprised to see the Nissan Altima at the top of the list, beating out the ever-popular Accord and Camry. “

No, I wouldn’t be surprised. Have you rented a “full-size” sedan lately? Odds are very good you’re going to get an Altima.

If I search midsize sedans on…

Now we have to live with the economic destruction caused by Trumplethinskin and his minions.

Here’s a helpful infographic:

Your Forbes article clearly talks about the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV in their tally. That’s a plug-in. All pure EVs are also considered plug-ins. If you’re going to count it, you have to count all other PHEVs, too. All hybrids and EVs are considered “electrified vehicles”. Toyota is by far the worldwide leader for…

What my associate is trying to say is that we’re here to offer your community a much needed service....

What you need to realize is that the tariffs bring in hardly any money to the US treasury currently. If you remove the EU tariff of 10%, you could easily see more sales of Mustangs/Edges (most major parts of which are made in the US)/X3s/X5s, etc in Europe.  It doesn’t take much to outweigh the money brought in by…

Yes, because the very small amount of revenue we get could never possibly be offset by increased economic activity in the US, right?

The EU’s economy is just as large as the US. They have numerous other trading partners that can take our place.

And you want to go to defense? Are you aware that the European nations in NATO outspent Russia 3:1 on defense last year?  I think they’ve got more than enough to keep “Russia or the Barbary Pirates from…

I’d love to know how you think we’d be worse off with free trade rather than these absurd artificial tariffs.  No one moves production from the US to Europe to save on labor.

We have a 25% tariff on a whole slew of vehicles - about 60% of the US market, actually.  60%*25%+40%*2.5% = an average tariff of about 16%.

“Toyota/Honda also exports a considerable number of cars”

Nowhere near as many as GM or Ford, though.    All of them together export very few vehicles to Europe.  Most of their exports are to Canada or Mexico, and then the rest go to locations you might not guess at first.  The #3 market for the Explorer built in…

It’s worse than that. He’s actively making our negotiating position worse.

Consider his complaints about Canadian tariffs on dairy products.

Well, see, there was this thing called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. As part of the negotiations there, Canada agreed to eliminate tariffs on dairy in exchange for US cuts in…