“How long does it take to charge it?”

With a gas car you still don’t want to run the tank to empty. If you keep running a car to the point where it sputters and runs out of fuel you generally have to replace the pump due to a combination of sediment fouling and a lack of cooling killing the pump. Batteries are smart enough to go ‘Hey, I’m cutting you off…

1st Gear:

“Trump BAD!!!!!!”  We do realize that the yuan weakening is a good thing right?  Or are we so stuck on “Trump BAD!!!!!” that we can’t acknowledge that?

“and No One Knows Why”

Because you’d buy your car without batteries (technically) then get batteries once you signed up for the swap service from the swap service provider.  Providers that doled out 4yo heaps with bad cells wouldn’t last long.  Problem fucking solved.  

There’s more to the story, including testimonials from Tesla owners who have allegedly had quality and service issues in Europe, and Tesla’s responses to those cases.

I don't know how it is done in real life, but in Need For Speed, they call for back up ... 

the driver hit a stationary tow truck at a high rate of speed, suffered a broken leg. His two children in the back had no injuries. they all exited the vehicle well before it caught fire. sounds like a win to me.

I’m so glad ICE cars aren’t flammable...

Because EVs don’t have a big engine in the front of the car to take the brunt of a head-on collision, it could theoretically be a pretty significant weak spot for the car.

I likely won’t ever own a Tesla, because it’s unlikely there will ever be a service centre closer to me than 1000km., but you have to give Tesla credit for figuring out that the answer to the chicken or egg question was “both”.

“That was a good thing, too, because the closest charging station to my apartment was for a Tesla only.”

Because charging infrastructure ?

Shocking. I always figured guys who bought Dodge Demons were totally zen and would only go to tracks after journaling their feelings and embracing their inner children, and then only to help others there self-actualize their potential. This comes as a great surprise.

Was the binning only supplied at ‘A, B, C etc’? If so, then you are both capable of saying you’re the ‘smartest’ kids in the class.

Ask and you shall receive.

The Model 3 has achieved the highest crash test safety rating available from all of the international regulatory testing agencies. If their claims are inflated, its not by a large margin. Fact is the car IS one of, if not THE safest car tested globally. They should honestly be praised and not torn down......especially …

Come over and sit on Uncle Annie’s knee. I want to tell you about a time decades ago when paying to get the pictures out of a camera was an everyday occurrence for millions of people...

In corporate culture, many women feel the need to compete. It’s basically cool girl syndrome for grown ups. They are the roughest, toughest, most savage bitch at the conference table, and don’t you forget it.

He has a point tho, no ones cares as much about the deaths caused by traffic accidents etc as much as they do when 1 person gets shot.