it will be powered entirely by hydrogen fuel cells

Yes, they have to plug it in and hold it until the car is done charging.

It’s not that we can’t do without it, it’s simply will take longer. The whole point is to bridge adoption.

Some people sound jealous.

In 2012, 14.4 million cars were sold and 14.2 million cars were scrapped. Overall, most cars are scrapped.

Ah, the tax credit existed for years, 2015 was artificially high cause the tax credit was repealed so people jumped in before it went away. (and yes I know the crazy almost free Leaf leases)

The goal of the incentives is to bring down prices to increase adoption until prices drop.

I would go for the Kona over the Leaf. Not only does it have more range (thus more incentives), it also has liquid cooled battery. While NJ is a northern state so its less of an issue, I’d still suggest against the air cooled battery leaf.

This one seems to be structured pretty well, it sets max price and also minimum range, then it also sets incentives based on range. Aka, not only does it prevent the incentives going to rich, it also prevents compliance cars from getting it.

It might not take it off the road, but someone else will most likely replace their older car with your newer older car. So it is still a net benefit.

You mean less Chargers ;)

Most pollution comes from driving a car, not manufacturing one. So switching to a higher mpg car in 5 years is definitely worth it from an environmental perspective.

There is a lot more wrong with that statement, such as that Tesla has nothing to do with the Prius but the EV1

I think both are important, the 3 and the S and both deserve a mention. I mean we are talking about the importance on the auto industry, you can easily sacrifice a muscle car or 2 from the list (cause it is a dying segment of the auto industry and has little presence outside US)

Tesla only used 7% parts from the Roadster. If anything, Tesla regretted ever using the elise because they had to do too much modification.

I’m not giving you equivalents, I’m giving you official data for the state by the EPA and each car.

Did you not read what I said? I used West Virginia as a basis! West Virginia got only 0.0148701% of their grid from solar in 2018. West Virginia is coal country! It gets 90%+ of their electricity from coal with remaining small % from natural gas.

This is a much smaller car than a Model X, and Model X offers 328 miles range. The EQC is a compact SUV after all.

I think there is a BIG line of Tesla killers that got not very far. But media loves to forget those and just market the next Tesla killer.

The problem is that it is based on a gas car platform, so you get compromises. I mean it’s a compact SUV with 80kwh battery and only gets 220 miles range.