Yeah, Sur Rons are all over the place in Ohio. Technically it’s illegal to ride them on the street over like 15 mph, but that doesn’t stop goons from ripping down sidewalks at 25 mph.

“But it takes all day to charge!" Charge times drop to a few hours "takes too long to charge!" Charge time drops to under an hour "well it's still not as quick as a gas pump!" Super capacitors are coming...

That’s not the point of the video.

sure, but I need a truck that can go 600 miles (sarcasm intended).  Remember when people said they needed a car that can go 200 miles, then 300?

it has a 64 eMPG rating. It seem pretty efficient, compared to its ICE cousin.

It’s inefficient as in its carrying around a ginormous battery.

Part of the point of an electric vehicle is to be efficient, to use less fossil fuels. So efficiency is a big part of the point. It’s like making a pizza with half the fat of a regular pizza per ounce, but then tripling the serving size. Did it really help or just make a lateral move?

We have to get this weight thing under control one day. Obviously the next four years are a wash for anything relating to progress, but we cannot go on this way with 4.5 ton consumer vehicles as a norm. The level of road wear is now akin to small trucks, they obliterate any vehicle they hit, vaporize any person they…

Shit, I’ll take it one further than that. If you are doing Nazi salutes, or are cool with that, you shouldn’t be doing anything other than getting full-time therapy.

Yeah, but then you'd be seen in a Tesla.

I’m not sure if you missed the point entirely, or you’re being deliberately obtuse. Chinese tariffs aren’t the real story-though they have allowed Chinese manufacturers time to figure it all out.

It’s much bigger than the Equinox. It’s significantly bigger than even the Blazer EV. I guarantee the suspension is much different, the seats are bigger and more supportive, the motors are definitely not the same, the luxury features aren’t the same...

I agree. The look may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it is certainly distinct and unique, so I hope they don’t “normalize” it. Sure, it is weird but personally I find it cool as hell especially since most other EVs begin to look like stenciled copies. Had I had the money and proper way of charging, Rivian would be…

To each their own. I think Rivian's design language is fantastic.

I was thinking SNL:

Our military budget is 820 billion, so why can’t we spend 15 billion investing in EV infrastructure and push development from U.S. automakers? At this point it seems like a national security issue. 

I would be curious how much of their EV tech is stolen EV tech from other automakers

With the 100% tariffs on Chinese vehicles, even Ray Charles could see that the US learned nothing from propping up Harley Davidson to save it from Japanese motorcycles that were lighter, faster, less expensive, had better fuel economy, actually innovated, and were better in every way. And then again when Japanese auto…