I mean, I hate the guy to his core, and I will never buy a Tesla, myself. But as the Model Y just became Europe’s best-selling car, they’re doing well in the states, and they just won the format wars for charging, it’s pretty safe to say they’re not in a position to be saved. Perhaps Elon might get his ass handed to…

PHEVs already have the same $7500 incentive as BEVs. Why aren’t they as popular? Hard to say for sure. My guesses:

Tesla has already done the thing that’ll save it, sadly, and it isn’t their cars. It is the boring and unglamorous charging infrastructure. They make that the default standard, the VHS to everyone else’s Betamax, which they pretty much have done, and the company is a sure thing. The cars are just an egomaniac’s petty…

“These are not cheap cars.”

I think your last statement is right on... while most companies would adjust their offering to consumer demand (the consumer is requesting!?!? ok how can we accommodate?), Toyota is a legacy Japanese company... their approach is “we will produce the product, it will be high quality, we will tell the consumer they want…

With my full EV, I only have to plug in once a week. Maybe once every two weeks. With a PHEV, I’d have to plug in much more frequently, making it a hassle (for me) due to my less than stellar access to a plug.

Vw broke the law. This is not a personal attack on owners who bought diesel cars from vw. After what they did the roof should be “on fire.” I always wondered how vw could pay all these fines and just move on like nothing happened. It took 7 years but its finally catching up to them!

Logan Parsons was heading home to Charlotte, North Carolina, from Gainesville, Florida, by way of a ticket with an end point of New York City.

Yeah that irked me. That's an incredibly basic and easy to get right fact. But the author still fudged it completely

and the first time it tried to do its sole job — shuttling sightseers high on hubris down to the site of another aquatic disaster — it caved in like a Coke can. These are the facts of the matter.

You can buy a base Mach-E with like 220 miles of range for $5K under MSRP, but the best deal I see online for a ~300 mile version is still $56K. This is competing with a $50K Model Y. The Ford was overpriced and still not a great deal...

Weren’t dealers marking these up months ago when they first became available? I’m sure those people that refused to pay markup bought a Tesla or Hyundai/Kia EVs. You reap what you sow, dealers. People do remember being wronged, and are unlikely to do business with shady dealers again. Actions have consequences. Deal…

I mean, in many ways he’s not all that much different from the rest of us - right? It’s just his impact is greater because he has more money. But ultimately if we want to address any environmental issues we have to make sacrifices to things that entertain us, and make life easier. And most of us are very reluctant to…

I don’t even know who this dude is, but I assume he isn’t liked much? I Don’t understand the sarcasm in this piece. I don’t see anyone else cutting back on their private jet usage, why are we mocking this guy?

if you’re racking up so many miles...you’re rich

But not for that reason. I’m pretty sure the tiles click together like Legos and have integrated wiring. I think the problem was more fitment around seams, angles, obstructions, and just the weight on potentially rotted out old roofs. I had a coworker who had an old house that got traditional solar panels, and they…

You think I paid for any of those trips? That’s my ~job~. Or was, at various points in time. I averaged over 80k flown miles a year for a decade; it adds up FAST when combined with rewards and credit card miles/etc. None of those trips were for me.  All economy class - but the miles work for anything later on. 

Because unless your phone knows your EV’s current battery state, and rate of energy consumption on your path, and the locations of all compatible charging stations along that path, and their utilization, it’s not nearly as useful.

We have a BMW that supports both Android Auto and CarPlay in addition to its own internal infotainment system. And a Tesla that does not support either Android Auto or CarPlay.

Argh! This article is spectacularly wrong. Notice that these figures do not include Tesla. The correct headline is: No one in the US wants to buy electric vehicles FROM DEALERS. There. Fixed it for you. This is EXACTLY the reason why Tesla doesn’t use dealers and will never compromise on using dealers. Car dealers…