Nope, the Bolt is the GM BEV2 skateboard platform, which shares no parts with the Gamma 2 platform used by the Sonic/Trax/Encore. It’s a common misconception, since the Bolt development started with the Gamma but evolved into its’ own unique platform.

And if you want to talk national average prices, let’s do that -

Ave…

I’m in agreement. “The average residential electricity rate in the U.S. is 16.09 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).” [1] A Nissan Leaf uses about 30 kWh/100 miles [2]. Let’s say charging efficiency is around 85% [3] so it takes about 35.3 kWh to replenish the battery. That means the “fuel” cost for 100 miles would be…

Maybe they were looking at least efficient EVs in the most expensive electricity areas, and comparing that to a Prius in a cheap gas state.

Uh, what? This smells like bullshit to me.

My Chevy Bolt uses about 29Kwh to drive 100 miles.
I pay .25 per Kw to charge at home. That’s $7.25 for 100 miles.

My gas car gets about 22 mpg combined, for 100 miles that’s 4.5 gallons @ $4/gal = $18 in regular gas for 100 miles.

This title made me not want to read the article, and after attemping to read the first sentence I gave up and now posting my comment.

Considering Rivian was able to manufacture 25k vehicles in their first year is seriously impressive. The product has been getting great reviews, they have that 100k order from Amazon. Seems like the initial stock price was too high - but they seem like they are on the right track as a company (mostly).

These loans are provided through a number of loopholes. For example in George they are “pawns”. In many other states TMX just charges a fee to originate the loan. The loan is at 12% but the fee gets you to 300%. Many Titlemax loans in other states are over 300% APR.

This info is disclosed to the borrower, but as this…

I’ll admit I’m not the financial expert here, but my understanding is that the 30-day nature of these loans makes any sort of truth in lending page confusing at best and deceitful at worst. It keeps rolling over into a new loan until you pay it off, but the terms of the loan are month-to-month.

Every loan I’ve ever gotten had some kind of truth in lending page that shows the min payment, the number of months you will make that payment, and the sum of all the payments at the end, and the APR. Do these loans not have something like that?

Last week, the midsize crossover cost $65,990; today it’s just $52,990.

This story is more than nothing but it is not the bombshell that many believe it to be. Tesla is reducing the price of its vehicles, a manufacturer incentive. Jalopnik commenters love to wax poetic about a lovely future devoid of dealers and price negotiations. That has always been Tesla’s model and I have always…

Lexus says what?

I’m as critical of Musk as the next (rational) person these days, but I’m gonna respectfully disagree with your service experience point. Let me know which luxury competitor will come to my house and patch a puncture in my tire, or mount and install a new tire, or rotate my tires. All in my driveway. Because Tesla’s…

I think Geico should sue both the lady and her lawyer for extortion.

If there’s any kind of justice, Geico shouldn’t end up paying a dime. It’s absurd to think that car insurance would cover this sort of thing. Using the same logic, homeowners insurance would cover trysts in homes and municipalities would be on the hook for things happening on a park bench.

Just when you think lawyers have gotten too low, they just go lower. How the hell can an insurance company even be remotely involved in this claim? 

Everyone is assuming that just because the driver said FSD was engaged does NOT mean that’s the actual truth.

“The driver claims...” Ok, what does the car itself say?

Alright, I was on the Tesla bashing train for a good while when this news broke, but now that I watch the video I see less “FSD is to blame!” than hundreds of people being used to following too closely while traveling too fast and being distracted.

My experience in buying a Tesla is that if you buy the car private party and transfer ownership via the app, the paid for features go with the car. As soon as the car hits a used car lot (actual or virtual), the features like FSD, free Premium Connectivity and free Supercharging are turned off.