Get a load of this guy who thinks poor people should be able to drive! Next you’re gonna tell me they should have access to affordable housing, food, and health care!

They’ll either play the game and bitch the whole time, or they’ll get run out of town on a rail like Walmart did back in the day.

You do know that PHEVs also need to be plugged in to be topped off, right (hence the P in the name)? The battery packs that allow you to get 90% of your mileage on electrons are too big to just be charged up with regen alone.

That’s why you would increase the gas tax. And increase EV subsidies. And expand the SALT deduction. And oppose housing development.

The subsidy program that would really get EVs going would be a higher gas tax, but that’s maybe a conversation for a different time.

You won’t get that trade. Maybe some boutique cars, but doubtful. The Mustang and Corvette likely won’t offer non-hybrid V8s by 2030.

“For all of its talk about free markets and laissez-faire operations, Silicon Valley does seem to put a lot of work into silencing its workers.”

Regenerative braking should help the brakes out a lot.

I think the delay is partly because Jalopnik doesn’t agree to press embargoes so they get the info when we get the info rather than being able to prepare beforehand.

Yeah, I’d be willing to give up a stick shift for this, except $$$$

Jeep Wrangler 4xe (pronounced “four-by-E,” FYI)

Rechargeable batteries do not use elemental lithium. You can actually put lithium-ion rechargeable battery fires out with water. Most lithium fires are from the cells shorting internally, overheating, and the electrolyte burning.

Disposable lithium batteries on the other hand contain pure lithium. But I wouldn’t think…

The same thing if an ICE sucks in water, it stops working. Same rules apply here, keep your parts that need to be dry, dry and you’ll be fine. It’s honestly a lot easier to waterproof an electrical system than it is too one that needs to be open to the outside air to work.

“Remind me: what happens when lithium meets water?"

I think this is pretty great. So much opportunity here. Power your camp with the battery. Deep water? No problem - and no snorkel necessary - just put it in EV drive. Need ultra low crawl speed? - EV is good at that. Need instant throttle response in mud? Yep - got you covered. Offroading needs to embrace…

Pedestrian deaths have been creeping up slowly due to the popularity of SUVs and pickup trucks, which are more deadly to pedestrians, and increasing distractions due to cell phones. No one is going to ban trucks and SUVs in city limits, so forget that. And even though everyone knows that distraction from cell phones…

They’re doing that too, starting with school zones and spreading outward. Reportedly every school zone in the city, of which there are 700+ because this place is ridiculous, has at least 1 speed camera.

Aimed in the right direction, crackheads can be very industrious.

Emma went ahead and bought her car back because of how slow the judicial process is going due to #1) the pandemic and 2#) that being how it is designed to work.

Until proven otherwise, ACAB