“So, I’m a sophisticated buyer and will be negotiating for below invoice price. I don’t need to build my credit etc... I want to pay cash.

The landscape was shot by the other guy in the video...just in the left of the portrait video.

Ultimately it is about Ego. about feeling like you are operating a piece of equipment. Rather than picking the kids up at Yoga for tots.

We need ecoboost Trucks with a stick.

“This is a big deal for VW, and if everything goes to plan, they’re likely to surpass Tesla for the most electric cars built in America.”

How fast of a 0 to 60 and 1/4mile times can you get with street legal tires.

They don’t respond to emails because then things are in writing.

Just one idea,

VW is so late to the party, though.

Ummmm Brad,

Tesla Delivered about 245K cars in 2018.

The oil and has industry is subsidized with about $20B each year in direct subsidies. They receive even larger amounts in indirect subsidies well over another $20B.

VW needs to stop talking and start making. They release a smoke and mirrors concept all the time.

Please do an analysis on outcomes based purely on price. I suspect the transition from Nice Price to Crack pipe is normally around $10K.

That is how it is Scandinavia to some extent.

So it loses to a model x by pretty much all the metrics, Doesn’t have a 3rd row seat, and it costs more?

They should be able to plug it into and old 120V outlet with the right cord. It will charge very slow, but it will charge.

His point though is that that section of income is such a wide range economically. At the lower edge, you have people that are barely middle class. And at the high edge, you have folks that are doing very very well.

Blue states subsidize red states

This is why I think 0 to 60mph times are relevant as performance metrics. 0 to 60 captures curb weight/toque curves/hp etc as one measurement.