Because Hydrogen is a way better tech all around.

I think the real question is why they invested in fuel cell rather than battery electric drivetrains.

They were actively trying to slow the electrification push. They thought they could throw their weight around to keep government policy from upending the automotive market in favor of electric vehicles.

The ID.3 will only be offered in Europe for the foreseeable future. The US will get the Crozz and Roomzz first, and the ID.3 may come here “eventually.”

Seconded. I don’t know why they stopped with these.

I am very excited for the VW ID line, but the ID.3 is not coming to the US. According to VW, it’s “maybe” coming to the US “eventually” after we get the Crozz and Roomzz, and some other vehiclezz.

I’m torn. On one hand, any EV under $8k is a nice price; it has the same entry price as a motorcycle and lower running and maintenance costs. Perfect for the daily grind. On the other hand, the Think City is not a good EV.

I think they put the wrong car out first

At least on this site, I think there’s a lot of news fatigue. Every week, there’s a new story about Tesla or Musk stumbling or backtracking. I have a lot of tolerance for any EV brand, but even I’m sick of it.

1. What’s the CHAdeMO charge curve look like? If it has a typical taper (peak 100kW), we should expect ≈190-220 mi/hr charge speed. That’s Bolt territory. If it’s more of a flat curve to 80%, it could be around ≈300 mi/hr.

I like this series because I enjoy watching you suffer.

The UCS is an advocacy group, but their math is rock solid, and easy to independently verify. Let me break it down for you with some back-of-the-napkin calculations:

It got significantly worse mileage.

Today, with the industry catering more and more to top spenders, it’s much harder to be recognized as “luxury” without going over the top. Adding leather seats and wood panels and chrome rimmed dials barely even registers as luxury when you can get that in a Toyota Sienna.

I remember the PT being the universally acknowledged cool/quirky car for a hot minute. Then the energy crisis and the recession hit, and it was a seismic cultural event. In the same way WW2 killed Art Deco, in the Recession, “retro” became “dated” because hearkening to the golden days felt either depressing or…

This. My mom will talk your ear off about how “practical” the PT is, which means that it has an enormous hatch, a boxy cargo area, and generous cubbies freakin’ everywhere. If you treat your car like a rolling purse, and bland crossovers don’t exist yet because it’s 2002, the PT is pretty much ideal.

Until Google can include the locations of non-networked chargers, I will continue using Plugshare.

Bjorn Nyland tested the E-Tron in mixed highway/city driving (56mph avg) at 23°F, and still got 205 miles out of it. My Clarity has ≈29% range loss in those same conditions.

If it answers your question, the R1T is expecting 700 horsepower and 826 lb-ft of torque, for 11,000 lbs of towing capacity.

I found some data for the S100 and X100. It doesn’t mention use of HVAC, but the fuzzy spread of data points certainly suggests it: https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/15/tesla-range-plotted-relative-to-speed-temperature-graphs/