My example is when more equals less: some engineers gave way too much thought in the elimination of independent front/rear window switches on the Volvo EX30 and VW ID.4. It’s almost like the engineering team sat down and pontificated “is it possible to overcomplicate one of the most basic things that have been…

The reason Boeing is in deep shit is because they were fools to spin off Spirit Aerosystems as its own company. (Spirit Aerosystems makes the Boeing fuselages.) Why was it done? So Boeing would have less assets on the books—tax reasons—pure and simple, not for greater manufacturing efficiency.

EV sales are not down. EV sales in Q4 2023 increased by 40% year over year. 

That silver trim on the side reminds me of a hearse. And that overbite nose makes it look Low IQ. So I guess I’m saying $65k seems like a lot to pay for a dumb car with a corpse in the back.

I feel like this is way overpriced compared to what the market can handle right now. Just my gut feeling.

Beats me. Fast gas cars are fun. 1020 HP EVs are really fun. 

This boat runs off LNG.

So… Jalopnik’s last attempt to use insurance data to shit on Tesla didn’t work out as well, so you wanted to try again with different data?

If it is like my wife’s CT200 (Lexus Prius) EV only works under 25 MPH or so and the battery size is about the same and has maybe a 3 mile range at most. The rest of the time you can kind of modulate between electric only and gas use, just need to have a light foot to stay in electric only. 

Simple for my wife and I....as two people who are in leadership positions we enjoy going on a vacation where our goal is to not have a plan and just chill.  We were weary on the first couple of cruises we went on but ultimately we enjoy being able to chill, go to a show, hit the piano bar, eat, drink, etc. without…

Pretty sure manual releases are required in all vehicles.

The doors have manual releases on the inside. In fact, on the 3 and Y, the manual releases are more obvious than the electric ones, to the point that I always end up just grabbing that when I am in one, as I forget they are supposed to be electric. The electric opening is completely and utterly pointless. The S has…

What the hell is “absurdly complicated” about popping a 2-inch plastic cover off the bumper.. and hooking up jumper cables to a negative & positive cable? You guys need to stop with the sensationalist headlines.

If he caught the problem quick enough and plugged in, yes. But since it seems like it sat at 0% for a while (which drained the 12V), the charge port door could have been locked shut.

This article seems deliberately misleading. Most people will read the headline and think it’s about an EV running out of juice vs. the 12v battery that manages accessory power being completely dead, which is a pretty unlikely scenario. And it’s not just the headline, but in the body of the article (e.g. “dead main…

For some clarification, this didn’t happen just because they let the main high voltage battery get to 0%, but because the 12V had died.

As opposed to what, walking 2 miles with a jerry can ?

I just threw up in my mouth a little. Then a lot.

They saw the Aztek and thought, “great starting point!”

Nothing says “performance” like this turd. Good lord.