It’s 100% culture war, and being that Toyota has such a stakehold in Texas, I am shocked this is even flying. Outside of the BZ4x which isn’t doing well, there are still many plug-in options and I’d be surprised if there wasn’t even the smallest amount of resistance from the folks in Plano over this.

Make up for taxes at the pump... doesn’t texas own their electrical grid? Aren’t the making 100% of energy cost that goes towards running EVs already?

Absolutely fucking wild.

“Electric vehicle? Okay Mr. Tesla moneybags, give us some of them there greenbacks”

The 9-4x died because Saab was out of money. We had ordered a handful of units that were bound for a third production cycle but they cut it short at the second cycle. When Saab was sold off to the chinese holdings company, GM was unwilling to part with the technology licensing for all the products and it left them…

I would imagine this has to do with the pure volume and hands off selling process that allows them to do that. As a traditional dealer, every trade in or purchase is a gamble. You don’t generally look at the whole years worth of profits when you decide whether you’re going to pay 7500 or 9500 for a car. You look at…

Insurance isn’t stupid. Higher power cars always have higher premiums than their more pedestrian versions, and not just for parts cost either, risk factor is something that is 100% considered in premiums.

Good luck getting that one past the auto industry lobbyists

Immediately picked up on the art style. Trigger please give me everything thanks.

Remember Fisker? How well did that work out, exactly? I think each car built cost the taxpayer like a million and a half dollars.

12%? Where is the other 20% of my income going then? Ugh.

Yes, victimless, right. You know that insurance premiums are determined by actuaries and if your particular zip code has had high rates of catalytic converter theft, you can expect your comprehensive coverage premiums go up.

Insurance adjust here, getting absolutely overrun with these types of claims in NYC, suvs, trucks and crossovers are prime targets but they’re hitting up small cars too.

I love how police departments often refer to their officers as the “finest”.

In the air, autopilot definitely takes a lot of the engagement out of the process but you’re still constantly doing things and it can be a real drain.

They must give them a hell of a deal for developers to decide to put themselves in that particular walled garden. Do I want a large market? No thanks, give me the smallest one possible please!

This comment right here Mr. secret service agent.

It will also have a resale value of $14,000 in 2022

A not insignificant portion of that steam user survey is probably laptops. 

China doesn’t do “regulation”. Any regulation would just put all first world countries behind them.