That sounds all fine and dandy, but as others pointed out, they took a risk with hybrids. This is not to mention hydrogen which they are the biggest cheerleader for. The real reason for their opposition is they invested a lot into hybrids and BEVs steal the most sales from that segment, while making less profits (for…

Not exactly. Automakers have killed most smaller cars/trucks and are making cars larger and larger. So people don’t even have the choice anymore. The reason is the profit margins are big enough that it makes more sense to pay fines or buy credits than it does offering more efficient choices.

No they didn’t. AP1 vehicles were excluded because the hardware is completely incompatible with FSD (it was a single camera with Mobileye chip) and there is no pathway to an upgrade. Tesla never claimed AP1 cars can or would ever get FSD. In fact in the announcement they said only the cars that came out of the factory…

Point is people would not want it even though it is “good” for them. People generally value convenience over safety. The breathalyzer pushback is an example. We don’t even have a logical way to account for collecting money for road wear based on weight either (instead we slap on arbitrary fees) and that’s a relatively…

Consent of the public has never been needed in vehicle testing on public roads (it’s not even required for fully autonomous vehicles). I have seen plenty of prototype vehicles (both of regular and autonomous) and they certainly never asked the neighborhood nor informed them.

Yep, trucks have gotten preferential treatment for so long under the guise of business necessity, it’s about high time for some change. And for the EV mandate, many times people come out of the woodwork and say passenger cars are not the problem and that addressing trucks are a bigger problem, but I wouldn’t be…

None of the EV mandates by California ever applied to used vehicles, neither does this. Used vehicles beyond a certain age is however subject to smog tests.

FYI, Hong Kong is a former colony of Britain, and remains officially semi-autonomous (even though this has eroded in recent years) and English is still an official language there. For example, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong still does speeches in English and is expected to be proficient in it.

Well it did manage to sell almost 9000 copies in the US, and 18k worldwide, which would be considered a success for a niche car. Sure, it died down as the car aged (especially given its long run, a similar problem the GT-R is having ), but was still regarded at least a success at some point.

Hopefully they don’t repeat the same mistakes of the CR-Z however, which had neither performance nor really amazing efficiency.

Instead of more performance, the value proposition would be to offer the same performance (or even slightly less if necessary) for a price closer to the original NSX (which was $62k and inflation adjusted to $114k in 2016). I think most people agreed $156k was much too rich for a Acura at the time. At any rate, the…

The real reason is they invested so heavily in hybrids and they want to milk that to the last drop, so they have a very strong incentive to naysay about EVs.

If the navigation unit is built-in, many states actually do not prohibit inputting addresses or interacting with the infotainment system while the car is in motion. But the better equivalent is to adjusting driving related setting like climate controls or lights.

“It’s something the Germans and other European countries have recognized for years (in Germany Autopilot is called Autodrive for this very reason).”

Yep. Nissan has the least competitive options right now. People thought the Ariya would change things (to be fair, it is significantly better than the Leaf), but it turned out to be a fairly mediocre offering that is priced a bit too high compared to the competition, especially with recent price drops and the…

Vehicle footprint isn’t the primary consideration of most cars. The advantages of the sedan were already pointed out in the article: it’s more aerodynamic (which saves money in fuel), less expensive to make. I should add typically they also are easier to make stiffer, ride lower (which improves handling and reduces…

Yeah, riding mowers are pretty much the only market that so far electric still needs more development for something competitive. But if it’s anything like cars, the industry just needs a kick in the butt to get started. It’s not that it’s not possible, just that there has been little demand for the industry to develop…

Except lower power does not translate to more range for EVs. Higher power drivetrains actually can be more efficient because there are less resistive losses. And people don’t buy cars based on “need”, they buy it base on wants. Otherwise people would be buying the cheapest stripped out econobox and there would be zero…

The ones given as examples below $30k all have higher power options than base:

Model Y would smoke it at 0-60 in 5 seconds and has well over twice the HP. Jalopnik use to care about performance specs, but people suddenly treat that as if that is worth nothing because it’s a Tesla.