Here’s the thing for people starting out - NEVER assume a job is easy/hard just because of the general reputation of that type of repair.

Case in point: My Mazda6 burns out headlights about every 18 months, and you have to go through the fender liner in a painful contortion that requires you to pretty much change the…

You don’t even need to remove both sliding pins - one works fine on many cars, and you can just swing the caliper up to access the pads.

You’re pointing to a Bloomberg journalist to have a clue? Good grief. Talk about utterly clueless and misplaced. They hear that drivers are paid to charge off-peak and simply assume that is because the grid cant handle the demand. There is PLENTY of grid capacity for those extremely small number of users we have right…

Wow - do you believe this stuff you type?

The average person doesn’t use anywhere near 100 miles on a typical day. Remember why GM chose a 40 mile EV range for the Volt? Because that was enough for most people to never use gas. At the current 53 mile range, that meets the daily demands of 90% of users.

Now, why are they…

Even with the $100 discount, this is $1000 per kWh. That is an expensive battery.

Unless you need this size, you’ll find much better options available for backup power.

Even with the $100 discount, this is $1000 per kWh. That is an expensive battery.

Unless you need this size, you’ll…

That smell must have been horrendous. Last time I passed a burning car (the FD was already working on it), the smell stuck in my nasal passages for at least 20 minutes afterwards.

Seriously? These cars are getting ranges well into the 100-300 mile marks... That’s plenty for daily + nightly use before needing to recharge overnight.

And not only is there enough generation capacity, but there is also plenty of distribution capacity for many, many years to come. You’d be charging as your other draws…

There is an enormous amount of excess generating capacity starting around 8. No reason why you can’t set your chargers to not start charging up until 10... or 12... and still have a full charge in the AM.

Why do you think the grid cannot support them?

If you look at electricity demand curves, you’d see a huge amount of unutilized capacity at night, which is when charging demand would be highest.

The significant issue they might face would be neighborhood service being able to handle the increased demand - but we’d also…

Throw in a picture of them drooling over Tesla, and you’ve saved all of the reading.

Or at least underwrite it.

If I owned a gas station and Toyota came to me and asked me to add a hydrogen fueling pump, I’d be happy to if they guaranteed (contractually) that I would get at least x% profit margin on it. That way Toyota avoids the capital cost, but I’d avoid the risk.

I do. Because it was a perfect example of a car company doing almost nothing, then bragging about everything being improved. Tesla is VERY close to doing the same thing here. Extremely minor changes, and they’re making a big deal about it.

Thankfully their advertising budget is nil, so we won’t see commercials about…

Well, to be fair, the 35,000 euro SLC they sell there is much slower and lower in content than you can get one here.

When you look at the base trim available in the US, you’re looking at a 46,000 euro car there.

And the Mustang sold there starts with more equipment than you get standard here - comparably equipped, it is…

To be fair, the Henry Ford Museum is fascinating. And the DIA is a world-class art museum. And the DSO is considered to be one of the best in the world.... and the local music scene is still phenomenal.

And you’re not far from some beautiful scenery that could easily become part of a tour of the state with the…

Can’t tell if that’s sarcasm or not....

Precious few 3s will likely ever be sold anywhere near $35k. Tesla expects most to sell in the mid 40s at a minimum. The $35k model 3 will likely be like the sub $10k Nissan Versa of a few years ago. Yeah, possible, but good luck ever finding one (especially since Tesla has said they will prioritize based on trim, so…

Every manufacturer does do them. And generally they make a more significant change. Actually, most do a restyle every 4 or 5 model years. We’re going to be on 7 or 8 model years here with the same styling.

And when was the last time you saw so many stories about Honda tweaking the front bumper on the Accord?

You totally missed the point, didn’t you? Tesla has come out with a refresh so small that they might as well have done nothing. Just like the Camry, which the company sold as all-new... and Tesla is honestly not far from claiming that here. Why give them a pass on letting a design languish when we blast others when…

“No one” would have claimed that about that Camry, except Toyota actually did...

Completely underwhelmed.

This is on par with Toyota’s “refresh” of the Camry in 2000 - which they labeled as “the all-new Camry”, despite changes so microscopic the vast majority of the public didn’t recognize anything had happened.

Wonder if Tesla will try to claim this as all new, too...