Read it all the way through. That wasn’t vampire drain, that was Sentry Mode, or some third party apps also prevent the car from sleeping.

Of course, it lost 8000 miles of charge from “vampire drain” sitting in the garage...

octovalve aside, we took delivery of our dual motor Y (LR) early march. it is an incredible vehicle. we have already put 80 miles on it.

You know booth babes haven’t been a thing for years now, right?

I’m... not feeling this. At all.

You don’t get to read the actual lines your character is supposed to be saying, either. It’s super off-putting for me, even as a fan of unvoiced RPG protagonists.

The past-tense dialogue summaries might actually kill this game for me. They feel kinda like the sorts of line summaries you’d choose between in a game with a voiced protagonist, so the fact that they’re all you get is... Really disconcerting to me, particularly when combined with the more cinematic shot-reverse-shot…

I know I’m focusing on a negative here, but I groaned pretty hard while reading the dialogue system description. I just utterly hate one-sided voiced dialogue, especially if they do the animations, as based on previous implementations, it will be watching some standing there and potentially even moving their hands…

This was a really great demo and the game looks so ambitious, but... Damn does that dialogue system look bad. Pulled me right out of the fiction every time. Imagine if, in the Mass Effect romances, Shepard just described in a text block what you wanted her to say, and then Garrus just responded to words you didn’t get…

To quote one of the best managers I ever had: “Perception is a bitch, but it’s reality.” I’m not going to drive a car home that says it has 3 miles of range left. Doesn’t help that the only supercharger in town (not attached to a Tesla store with 30 minute maximums) is 55 miles from my house in the wrong direction.…

Except Mazda is being deceptive. Their data is off apparently and the standard of changing the battery at 100k is at least double, if not triple that required in reality.

The issue needs to be discussed honestly and not exclusively by those with vested interests against the technology. 

Not quite true, because it’s a fact that range anxiety exists. Ask any of the auto manufacturers who are desperately trying to convince buyers it’s no big deal.

And the market has moved away from that range. 130 miles means maybe 95 in the winter. I only charge to 80% because I want my battery to last. So maybe I’d get 75 miles in the winter.  It's fine for a city only car.  Most people don't won't want to spend 40k for a city Only car.  

I'm a Mazda fan but this offering is crap.  It's just a compliance car that they have no interest in even making.  I can't imagine the range anxiety in that thing.  

The stock was gradually going up for months now. The truck erased much of those gains.

LOL, okay, cam down.

Autopilot: 4/5 stars

Judging by what I see during my daily commute, autopilot, despite all its flaws and shortcomings, is probably safer that 80% of human drivers on the road.

California isn’t forcing anyone to do anything outside of California! No one is compelled to follow their standards outside of California. There’s no force here, other than a state exercising its federally-granted rights to set its own emissions standards.

But long story short, don’t be surprised that the companies are trying to choose the option that fits in with their future plans or at least helps their transition to newer technologies in the coming years. It’s not 100% profits over the environment or 100% environment over profits. There is a middle ground being…