Taycan Turbo GT seems like it could be the most track-capable EV on sale, and for it to be a four-door sedan is awesome

I’m just thinking like the industry standard. If you sign into your Microsoft account, Bitwarden, State Farm insurance, Ring, etc it all shows the IP. Often it shows the country as well, but some show the city. While it wouldn’t help if the hacking attempt was local, it would be an immediate red flag if I saw my Tesla…

Agreed. I would even expect that you get an email with IP address when you log into a new location, but I tested that out myself and you don’t even get that.

I don’t watch Dimension 20, but I was definitely not expecting him to be using some sort of Texas-like accent

That too, but what incredibly small percentage of people who are stopping for 10 to 30 minutes at a Tesla charger are going to also be browsing to, let alone also logging into, Tesla’s website? If some random person went to browse to Facebook and it asked for your Tesla credentials instead, that should make pretty…

EVs tend to push the wheelbase out and just have less overhangs, since they don’t need things like engines, fuel tanks, and exhaust. The R2 is not only shorter in length than a Model Y but also shorter than a Model 3. So with the R3 being even smaller than that, it’s pretty short for a crossover.

The custom firmware part would be to require the user to visit a hotel-style landing page required to complete the wifi connection, and be able to intercept the input in plaintext

I did not have Hank Green appears on Jalopnik on my 2024 bingo card!

Agreed, the same thing could be accomplished with custom firmware on a router and/or a commercial router, and just have the login page be a spoof. The key perhaps would be to use the 2FA code quick enough before it expired (30 seconds?)

I see those flying over my house occasionally... in New Hampshire

That, and an incredibly small sample size. They point to 1 or 2 examples, compared to one week earlier, and extrapolate that out to the entire market?

I was traveling and was right on the centerline a bit north of Charleston, and was absolutely shocked when I experienced NO traffic getting back to Myrtle Beach. I must’ve booked it out before the traffic ramped up or something.

Alternatively, if you’re OK with “only” having 496 hp, the Charger Daytona R/T offers 317 miles of range.

But do you daily drive the Porsche sportscar? winter, road trips, etc? And still expect it to hold its value well? Quick search on Auto Tempest, there are 5 year old Porsches with daily driven mileage with around 50% depreciation.

US market share of luxury EVs is apparently 42.4% in 2023, up from 15% in 2019. And 61% in Asia-Pacific.

I’ve had auto HVAC in my 2009, my 2018, and my 2023, but not my 2015, and it’s distracting to have to fiddle with it in the 2015. Really the only thing I do is turn it full off if I’m going to put the windows on or something.

Sounds more like a software car in whatever vehicle you’ve driven and not that the concept itself is bad. I mean, how often do you adjust your thermostat at home? I have a Nest at home and I probably haven’t touched the dial in 4 months

I don’t buy cars thinking they’re going to be stable or appreciating assets, I buy cars to drive them. People said EVs were too expensive, now EVs are less expensive, and people now complain that they’re too cheap? As the owner of a 5+ year old EV that has certainly depreciated on paper, it doesn’t really matter…

“today’s EV market crash”