Prepper strategy is to get out of dodge.  EVs are the worst for that.  Get biodiesel and you can make your own fuel.  An EV with a solar roof makes sense in a short term disaster, but probably not as much as a PHEV.

You work for yourself and would have to buy your own unemployment insurance.  You have to pay yourself a salary, which makes no sense if your income is not predictable

Merkel harkening back to WWII is worse taste than this tweet.

Parts, repair, fleet sales, and leasing services are all essential.

Now they probably are, but their votes were split between the other candidates before they dropped out

Actually, the opposite happened. The moon landing caused people to overestimate the rate of change. Check out futurists and Sci Fi from that time as to where we were supposed to be by now

They would get knocked through the front windshield when the car behind them crash into them at 65MPH and could not hit the brakes in time

Google’s numbers are geo-fenced to a few locations that regulators deemed safe enough and Tesla cars require the driver to take over in any situation it can’t handle. Human drivers do more of the dangerous driving so the data set is not the same.

It depends. If the marketing people get a hold of “level 5" instead of SAE then “level 5" will be the next “5G”

Porsche owners do not drive across country.  They fly private jets

2nd gear is for performance as well.  They should add a 3rd gear for range

USA climate varies from Alaska to Nevada.  The EPA does a hot and cold weather test.  It would be more realistic for each state to calculate its own averages, but that how it is done.  I am guessing it is most accurate for regions that have hot winters and cold summers.

I would be fine with it if the fast charge rate was higher

It is not just distance. Load drastically hurts efficiency

I think it is more likely to cannibalize the Model X

I am really surprised that it is safer for pedestrians,  Where I live drivers do not stop for pedestrians in crosswalks and lights are the safer option

A lot of accidents in snow are from having to stop when cars are following too close behind.  Roundabouts do not have that problem

They are safer for cyclist making left turns

Roundabouts are much safer for bicyclists than intersections.  I doubt the same is true for pedestrians

I believe that.  Most fatalities occur at intersections