That actually shows my point perfectly. The Spark was discontinued precisely because with can’t outsell vehicles that costs way more. It’s not “usual” for a car so cheap to sell such a low volume, and that’s a problem that makes them unsustainable here (which is why small cars have been discontinued here).

Small correction. The Sylphy in China is actually the Sentra now. But otherwise you are on point.

It’s like a Smart Fortwo except with much less power and likely far less crash protection (basically step up from neighborhood evs):

Yep, same reason why people prefer looking at movies and videos too on the screen. On Teslas you can pair a game controller or two (some games allow side by side or co-op play). Basically given the car has a big screen already, might as well let it be used for entertainment while charging or parked.

Wow, so out of the loop. I didn’t even know Honda revived the Insight for a third gen (only knew about the Clarity). I might have even seen one in real life but never noticed given it looks so much like an Accord.

As others mentioned, 3000 lbs is nothing for a modern car, even "small" ones.

Tesla sold a lot more EVs than GM sold Bolts. The fire prevalence in the Bolt was not normal, thus the recall. As another pointed out, the Hyundai fires were from the similar LG cells.

Note when I say “you” above I’m using the second definition “used to refer to any person in general”, not you specifically.

I know plenty of people can’t tell the difference between the various Tesla models after the refresh, but you would have to be fairly blind to car styling to not be able to tell the difference between the nose cone design of the original Model S and the new one, as that is a quite a defining feature in cars.

At first glance, I thought this was just a floating structure and was not movable under its own power. But that is not the case here. It’s very much a boat. It’s strange one, but it’s a boat.

But as I point out, that’s how they operate and that is the most efficient way and makes complete sense. The ones that are available within a week usually are ones that they build for demos and test drive fleets (the “inventory” fleet), which they know a lot of people are willing to buy outright. Given the choice to…

Stuff like this is why people in the US don’t look at trains as utopia, despite so many on this site presenting them as such. There are other countries that do trains really well, but the US can’t seem to get them right, even when throwing boatloads of money at it. Before you attack the messenger, I will note I…

Tesla makes their cars in batches (as do most automakers), where the most expensive variants get higher priority. That has always been how they operate.

But the point is you don’t have to jump through hoops to get your car at MSRP, and your cost is locked in when you order (not have a nasty surprise when your dealer decides they want more profit when delivery nears). If MSRP doesn’t fit you, then don’t buy the car.

The Bolt is faster actually, it's rated at 0-60 6.5 but performs a bit faster in real life.

Probably talking about the center of the logo:

Same thought. The Aveo may not be a hybrid, but it likely is still fairly fuel efficient.

This is true in older cars too. My old 90s used Camry had a full sized spare.

You can always cherry pick different cases an come to different conclusions (even ignoring the fact 600 lbs is nothing vs overall impact of trucks).

Even with all the big deal made about lithium supply (which the raw materials aren’t from China anyways, it’s that it’s processed there into lithium hydroxide since it’s cheap), we only get it from other countries because it’s cheap there. We have plenty of lithium raw material supplies in the US, we just don’t…