Worth pointing out that those Level 2 charging times are a bit of a swizz- the vast majority of Level 2 home chargers pump out less than 11kw - most around 7kw. 

Is this not something that’s been around for a bit? Or at least something similar?

Hyundai/Kia is up there with Tesla in terms of EV tech, especially with their 800V architecture that is already ahead of Tesla in terms of charging speeds.

Well.... Ish.

Anyone else getting major Fiat Panda vibes from this? Even the ‘circles squares’ thing mirrors the ‘squircles’ that Fiat went on about during the Panda’s launch.

My mother-in-law has one of those Buicks.... it fits her well, in her quiet, dull, Cincinnati suburban life. And there’s a good reason we don’t go to Cincinnati much.

It sounds like this system is a progression from what is already on my parents’ Skoda Enyaq- although it may be fully defeatable and stay off unlike the new law.

This. I don’t get why people would want power seats without memory- that just seems pointless. But with memory, it’s great if you share your car with your partner. 

I have to say I don’t get the hate for stop/start. Maybe it’s only annoying in an automatic? With a manual car, it’s super easy and doesn’t hold you back- by the time you’ve got it into gear, the engine is running again no issues.

I don’t personally agree about the seats in the Polestar 2, but that photo is of the base spec, which has completely normal cloth. The ‘WeaveTech’ seats are these.

Well... Lets go through the cars they were selling at the end of the GM days.

I’m not sure- Opel/Vauxhall frequently have cars topping the sales figures. They’re not as big as the VW Group, that’s for certain, but they’ve never been insignificant. Vauxhall was the 5th most popular brand in the UK in 2019 (everything went weird after that so kind of tricky to tell), ahead of brands like Toyota,…

Mine was a basic 1.2 VW Polo. It was 7 years old when I got it, and the most basic of base spec- no central locking, hand crank windows, no A/C. The only modern tech weirdly was electrically adjustable mirrors. Would definitely have preferred central locking over that, but there we go. It was known as Rex, as the…

The gel-based oral drugs are an interesting one. So many people have issues with swallowing- it’s not just kids needing their antibiotics. Lots of (mostly elderly) patients really struggle due to issues ranging from dementia to strokes. Not all drugs are available as syrups, and whilst many tablets can be crushed and…

My big issue with this would be the up arrow where I tend to hit the right shift key. I’ve used compact portable keyboards with a similar layout before, and they drove me nuts. I appreciate that the half-size up and down arrows that many compact layouts use is tricky (impossible? not sure) with mechanical switches,…

The VW Group MEB platform cars have drum brakes on the rear which are sealed units and supposed to last the life of the car. Of course we’ll see how well that pans out, but they’re saying that disk brakes will be more costly and require more maintenance than drums because they will hardly be used because of the regen.

Re the vent windows- I wouldn’t be surprised if unless you’re driving very slowly, the extra drag caused by it being open would offset the reduced engine load by not having the A/C on. And at that point... the nice breeze from the vent window isn’t exactly going to be doing much to cool you, so on a properly hot day…

I was going to point out the Mercedes S-Class and E-Class coupes as having no b-pillar, but no- they’re both discontinued. Damn shame.

I feel like anything involving BL is automatically going to have problems at the very least, and more likely, be a complete POS that never works!

I test drove a Polestar 2 (and I’m probably going to get one when I change job in August) and the Android Automotive system was great. Having proper Google Maps right there in the dash cluster, and everything controlled via Google Assistant, was just awesome. I think Renault are starting to use the system too,…