Wait. 144 miles each way, twice a day, or over 30 hours a week driving to and from work? Is he paid in the millions, does he hate seeing his family, or is he just too stupid to move? Honestly, he is basically saying he could work an almost second full time job during his commute, yet would never consider relocating,…

Anecdotally, I concur. Teslas seem to be skewing very middle class and very white. But then, that’s anecdotally correct with Apple as well, and both seem to cater to the same demographic. Both somewhat current technology, both make it a very simple and intuitive user experience, and both place a priority on simplistic…

Again, not arguing with your logic, just perhaps semantics, but if you do buy a PHEV, you are changing one thing. And a big one at that. But I don’t see a PHEV that gets you 80% reduction in fuel replaced by electric. That would mean an EV with a hybrid ICE engine, like the Volt, and we saw how that ultimately failed…

Again, I agree. Except your point on thinking how long it will take to change our culture. It will be a quick change for one of the two cultures of America, and never a change for the other. Like most things these days, we are of two sides, and neither seems to be influenced by the other. 

I get it, and understand that it is asking people to make changes to their lives, but then, what you describe are all outliers of the curve. Just as someone who lives in a very urban environment would look at car ownership very differently from you and people who are more dependent on them as they currently are. A…

Think about this: the Penitentiary system is based on religion. Actually, the idea that placing a person in isolation, allowing them time to reflect on their sin, will allow them to repent and reform. Incarceration is just forced prayer time, really, not punitive at all. Maybe that’s the problem.

It will never come to the USA market, but that’s fine. It is really a great idea for European cities, especially the ones going all-in and not allowing ICE vehicles in city centers. This is not an autobahn cruiser, it is for the old city streets inside Asian and European cities. You can park it in a tiny space, it…

Why is the notion that the government needs to force it?

All your arguments are spot on. Toyota sells to North America, the USA in particular, and knows us better than we know ourselves. I would only change your percentages in the last sentence - we are happy with a vehicle that “does 80% of what they need and has a gas electric engine to kick in to cover the other 20%”. We…

Well, being a former IBEW member, let me tell you - that is not how that union works. Maybe for a “real” electrician, but then, IBEW covers a lot of non-electricians, like I was. A call center employee at the phone company is not a skilled electrician. Yes, they covered the linemen, but they covered everyone else who…

As much as I really don’t like many of the current unions, the actual need for their help, as what happened early last century, is direly needed. A good union works with management to ensure that all workers are treated fairly, with respect, and are paid a commiserate wage for the work provided. And that last part is…

In the early days of motoring, up until the 1920s, a motorcar was often purchase with lifelong ownership in mind. The reason for bespoke was similar to having a house built. You may compare it to a person being wealthy enough to have a nice, big home built versus a person with steady but lesser income having a more…

We can laugh all we want at the Chinese copying the Soviet space station. But it is really more a test of whether China really does improve on the ‘inspiration’ or does it just make a bad copy. Does it build a competent space station, or a copy that is of questionable engineering, then compounded by questionable…

That’s the problem. And as much as I hate Trump, the fact is that the President basically does Jack Shit about actually doing anything for infrastructure.

Neither Alfa nor Lancia was ever really considered luxury. They made nice race cars, and then good handling street cars along with the crazy rally or race cars. They were sporty, not plush.

Yeah, that’s an issue, really, when speaking about bespoke luxury and all. The Bentayga is almost the same remarkably similar mechanically as the Urus, the Audi, the Porsche, and the VW versions sharing the platform.

Lancia will not replace DS, but will be one of three premium marques in the lineup, along with DS and Alfa Romeo. This is per news releases from late January of this year, and like you, I don’t understand the logic.

See Vauxhall or Opel if you want to know how Tavares thinks about keeping brands. And with both of those, sales did not suffer from becoming the seller of rebadged PSA product. And both became profitable. So the likely scenario for allowing Chrysler and Dodge to survive is to have them just become rebranded PSA…

Pray tell, what inside information do you have that would make your claims true? We do not see anything from Stellantis that Chrysler or Dodge are having new product designed, at least specific product for them. If you are making your claim based on Chrysler and Dodge brands being kept as North American brands, but as…

Your dream is probably closer to the actual reality of what will occur in the EU as time progresses. You have to have both the political will for it to happen, along with the ability of that public to accept the changes. The EU seems to have the political will, as they really are pro-EV, and the public seems to…