Yup. I'm all for people being free to buy any kind of car they want, but people who buy a jacked-up overweight car with poor aerodynamics solely because they want "commanding road presence" are a drag on civilized society.

Riding higher is for selfish bozos who want that "commanding road presence" crap despite the WORSE aerodynamics, handling, and weight that inevitably go with it.

"nobody sees"?

the only careful on a bicycle is aggressive riding. There is no such thing as defensive bicycle riding

claiborne has the insight. In ten years most cars will get performance as well as efficiency from the battery and electric motor(s), and the engine, if any, will occasionally drone away on long trips and driving up long inclines. European manufacturers will probably still have a "gear selector" that synthesizes manual…

I agree SpaceX has way more contracts than achievements, but "It has already launched, for a paying customer, a low earth orbiting satellite with its Falcon 1 booster in 2009."

No, not a Ponzi scheme.

You obviously overlooked the part of her suit where Honda changed the software to WORSEN mpg in order to reduce premature battery failure. It wasn't a 50mpg car... then it was more a mid-30s mpg car after that move. The facts she presented convinced the judge. Try reading before opining next time.

No, Tesla is starting up a factory at the former NUMMI plant to make the Model S. Lotus has stopped supplying the Elise-based chassis upon which Lotus assembled Roadsters for Tesla, just as Tesla has said all along would happen. (Would haters be happy if Roadster sales were so slow that the car remained in production…

I'm sure multiple journalists are working on books and documentaries on this very topic.

Tesla doesn't have dealerships, it owns all its stores. And Ray Wert can't think straight when it comes to Tesla. And a publicly traded company isn't a Ponzi scheme under any normal definition of the term. And although the deposits and reservations on future cars are a nice boost to Tesla's cash flow (and disprove the…

Hopefully the states' attorneys general will get a better deal as a result of her suit. Though I hope all the people who make mean hostile comments about the consumer who convinced a small-claims judge get nothing.

While Ray Wert nurses his unreasoning butt-hurt anomie against Elon Musk, other journalists report back from the Tesla factory. [blog.caranddriver.com]

I think only CHAdeMO DC fast charging stations are actually out there. It's "only" high-voltage high-current electricity and some signaling; three different connectors on one station seems possible. I dunno which plug will be most popular in which region.

You're still using Excel? How twentieth century. Upload your spreadsheet to Google Docs, then click Share and it'll give you a link you can hand out.

What are you on about? From Porsche's USA web site: Porsche 911 Carrera: 0-60 mph: 4.6 s

It's moronic to take your expensive technology and put it in a fast car with greater range than other electric cars in the body shape that, right or wrong, a huge number of buyers buy?

Amen!

The final numbers have been tallied. A Nissan Leaf travels 100 miles on 34 kW·h. That's the amount of energy in a gallon of gasoline. Electric is undeniably phenomenally efficient. Besides, an electric car's purpose is to not burn gasoline, there are a lot of reasons buyers value that beyond the cheap running costs…

I think you're confusing Tesla with Wrightspeed, Venturi, Tango and all the other would-be electric car makers who showed a prototype and at best sold a handful. Tesla produced and sold over 2,000 Roadsters. Numerous journalists have toured the former NUMMI plant and seen the presses and paint shop for the Model S - We…