Not putting a downpayment does save you a bit of money, but puts you in a higher risk of being underwater as the vehicle depreciates. Or you can spend a bit more money to guard against that risk. Remember, we’re only talking about the interest on the downpayment, so it’s likely to not be a lot of money.

Especially since cars are more reliable than ever. Even at 10 years most are perfectly fine.

Not that I recommend insanely long loans, but the best way to avoid being underwater on a loan is with a downpayment.

I don’t see anything here to “play out”. Electronic speed limiter have been around since at least the 90s. Volvo isn’t pushing some new technology, nor is it setting it’s limits particularly low.

Looks like Volvo’s think that they cannot. Or at the very least they can’t protect their drivers in an accident at that speed.

Any limit is going to be arbitrary, virtually by definition. There is a lot factors that determine failure and it’s impossible to know ahead of time what all of them will be. Even tire failure isn’t just about speeds, it’s temperature, loads, road conditions, etc.

Virtually every modern car has an electronic speed limiter, in the interest of safety. Some are higher and some re lower than 112mph. 

Is this really that different from the national do not fly list? There is no way to actually know what causes people to end up on that list.

Even assuming perfect efficiencies, their workout will have to be the equivalent difficulty to pushing their car 300 miles.

Why would they have thought that? $35k was always going to be the base version.

I’m amazed that Tesla thinks it can shrink it’s costs 6% by selling it’s cars online. It’s not like they had many stores/dealers to begin with. Imagine how much cheaper fords could be using the same tactic?

Yes, but also keep in mind that unlike squishy sacks of flesh, metal parts can take pretty amazing forces without a problem.

The vulcan is beautiful. This isn’t.

And here I was thinking one would buy a Ferrari because its fun.

One more time, where is rivian getting its batteries? That seems rather important detail for an EV manufacturer.

Look up the Hartley v8. Its one amazing engine.

When given the option to get a new $25k ranger or a somewhat used $25k f150, most people will go for the f150. Entry level vehicles have to compete against used one, and with reliability steadily improving, used vehicles are usually a better deal.

A few questions for rivian:

Bigger wheels can roll over bigger obstacles

Wuldnt it be the opposite? The bigger the tire, the more ground it covers per revolution, the higher the equivalent gear.