I’ll keep my eye out for an EV coupe as well!

Or the trillions given to the oil/gas industry, who I can’t recall if they’ve ever not had a profitable year.

It’s the “last mile” problem that’s tough, just like with parcel delivery. To get from any A to any B, seldom does public transit actually get you there in one shot, basically by design

Not a coupe, but the Model 3 is a compact sedan and would otherwise fit the bill pretty well. Exceptionally sporty in Performance trim though even the ~$33k (after tax credit) RWD trim is really an all around great car.

Agreed. For the most part it’s the undesirable jobs that society needs but almost none want are what’s taken away by automation. Then that frees up the people who would be working in those jobs to work in higher end jobs instead, which you’d think would create a “rising tide raises all boats” sort of situation given…

Without watching the video, I’m guessing the air cooled engine was actually a benefit

It isn’t always practical to use public transit. I also don’t agree with the thing where we should halt progress just to save jobs. While autonomous cars aren’t perfect yet, soon enough they’ll be better than the human drivers they’re replacing and/or augmenting. It could even be that there’s a fleet of autonomous…

Considering the majority of EV drivers charge at home daily and only use the public infrastructure on road trips, I’d say there is very adequate coverage for the majority to be able to switch. I would say what’s holding the Bergholz area back is more based on politics than lack of practicality.

That would indeed be very awesome. Have some sort of universal kit that could be mounted in a spare tire slot that hooked onto the axle. As a plugin hybrid that would save a ton of gas for most people who could theoretically use it for their entire daily commutes.

I’m also really doubting the $50k figure especially since they say it excludes labor. Easy mode would be just buy a brand new EV for ~$30k and swap stuff around. Hard mode is buying individual components from different manufacturers like batteries from one place, motors from another, controller from another, and…

I don’t think any perceived low cost of an EV conversion was ever anyone’s main motivation for making a classic car into an EV, so this comes as no surprise

There’s a few problems with that though: drain your phone battery, no connectivity (airlines often charge for wifi), and you have to hold a tiny screen

Frameless windows briefly drop down electronically to clear the weather seal while the door is opening. There’s a mechanical release right next to it that just opens the door but you risk damaging the window trim/seal window the window wouldn’t be dropped. Older people tend to grab the mechanical one by default since…

Theoretically possible, but a low chance of that happening because it specifically won’t set the direction towards an obstacle, and also limits acceleration when facing an obstacle in the first place (to help prevent the pedal misapplication / driving through the front of a store issue). I haven’t used it myself (mine…

Definitely could be. I’ve owned 12 cars but as far as I can remember, only the 2 European ones used bolts.

I don’t know anything about Nissan Frontiers, but do they come with wheel studs from the factory? My Fiat 500 did not have wheel studs, you used wheel bolts instead of lug nuts to attach the wheels. It was super annoying though so I’ve since converted it to studs.

Red are Superchargers, Black are Destination chargers. Superchargers are for point-to-point travel, like a truck stop or highway rest area. Destination chargers are for places you’re planning to stay for at least a couple hours and are usually free. In places like Long Island where single family home ownership is…

I meant to make that point in my post: with Tesla’s system, you don’t really need to do pre-planning. Just type in your destination and follow the voice where it tells you to go.

Most of them have recently. GM, Ford, Rivian, Volvo, Polestar, Honda are some that signed on to switch to Tesla’s connector

The newer hubs usually have between 8 and 16 chargers, some of the older ones have only 4. But there are some newer ones that are larger than 16. I’ve been a Tesla driver in the northeast for 5 years and I’ve personally never had to wait. I’ve never been to Kettleman City but that’s one of the larger hubs in the US,…