Slipping a couple airtags (or the android equivalent) into the frame isn’t a terrible idea if you can find some skinny ones.

Each Chevrolet Bolt that Cruise operates costs $150,000 to $200,000

The current base Model 3 ($38990 before IRA credits) would be under $35k USD in any year 2020 and earlier, which is pretty cheap.

I’d argue people aren’t buying “like crazy” given that Tesla keeps slashing prices (and thus their own margins) to try and achieve their own growth targets.

Technically after inflation, a 2024 Model 3 is under $35k in 2016 dollars.

I bet the Ioniq 5 and 6 being on this list is because the dealers are having to kill themselves to keep up with the IRA rebates that competing EVs qualify for but the Hyundais don’t.

I totally agree here - I think it’s a bit shortsighted by Tesla, owner of the only reliable and well-regarded charging network, to no longer be that.

Their “allowing” use of NACS, while good, isn’t out of the kindness of their hearts. It’s because there are massive subsidies for running a charger network in the inflation reduction act, and Tesla was going to get cut out if they kept their charger proprietary.

There’s a couple other factors working in their favour:

Back in the days of 2% financing and the stock market consistently going up, letting the dealer eat the opportunity cost is/was financially rational. Let them find the cash and lock in a relatively low return for it, and you got to keep your cash invested with a higher rate of return.

I just got a Tucson PHEV because the top trim level with all the fixings started $10k under the lowest-range Model Y (a range that wouldn’t quite be sufficient for a common trip in my family). Also in Canada we don’t have an equivalent of the IRA that really helps out EV pricing.

To steal someone else’s joke:

I love the elon fans trotting out that 2 million people put up $100 when they were promised a $40k truck with a 500-mile range. In 2019.  When no other trucks were on the market.

Every team that has ever had a cheaty part or strategy has changed the complexion, order, and events of a race. Teams pitted to cover them, teams strategized or sacrificed a teammate’s strategy to force the cheaty team to respond.

Where’s the rule for “if one team cheats, everyone loses their points”?

Worth mentioning that part of why he lost so many places in the pitstop was because this was the pitstop where he drove off with the fuel hose still attached.  Maybe he’d have scored 2 more points if Ferrari weren’t such screwups?

A normal 120V plug will usually be capped at 15A, which is why most toasters, hair dryers, etc are 1000W-1500W. The most you’re ever going to get out of a totally bog-standard plug will be 1.5-1.8kw, though I guess you can put slightly bigger breakers (30A?) on the circuit to go to 3.6kW.

Your daily 60 miles would only use 20 miles worth of gas. You’d one-third your gasoline usage. You’d plug it in with a bog-standard extension cord at night and it’d be full in the morning.

Well you can always pre-build a bunch of hot spares of a key satellite type, even if it takes months per bird. Keeping them and the rocket prepared for launch on short notice is the hard part.

The big NRO spy satellites are usually multi-year, multibillion dollar devices.  Probably the most expensive things that go to space.