“They absolutely cannot afford a Mach E”

They kept designing and building their own products with Geely financial backing, but this is a 100% Geely creation with a Volvo badge on it.

Volvo hasn’t been ‘traditional Volvo’ for a long time now. Volvo got bought by Geely a dozen years ago.

$36K, 275 mile range, 268 horsepower EV compact? With Volvo’s seats and peerless safety?

Well, the one for me would be the dual motor at 46K, but over say a Model Y or Mach E, how is this competitive without the tax credit?

Bingo! I always went to the gate with my family to see relatives off, spend some extra time talking, etc. before they left. This was normal before all of that 9-11 “security theater” started. Of course the security wasn’t anywhere as intrusive as now. I used to bring while 2-liter bottles of vodka on board.

Imagine not remembering that this was the way it used to be.  No one went shopping at the airport then, they wont do it now.  It just means that people who are stuck at the airport have to suffer less.  If means you can meet people during layovers for lunch or shopping.

Am I just getting old that this seems shocking to someone?

I remember when your family could basically walk you to the gate. I’m not sure if that was a better time or just a naive time.

The owner of his repair shop doesn’t need investors. They’re currently lighting Cubans with $100 bills from the steering wheel of their yacht. 

Hold on! Hold on!

This is the easiest Miata is the right answer in a while.  

I’m on board with this guy getting a Miata, but he really needs to go as far as he can from Land Rover / Range Rover — sometimes opposites go well together, and help you appreciate the two extremes. So, I propose a Smart fortwo electic:

The degree to which society has normalized the “well, the cops obviously lied about the shooting, but it’s not that big a deal, let’s focus on what happened here” attitude is really amazing.

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!”

Where are you getting this number? “An RV is built for 40 trips” doesn’t seem right and I’ve never heard thar figure before.

Our world is so fucked up by garbage humans.

Not to be that guy, but I’m gonna be that guy.

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.