For those wondering:

You should pretty much ignore Greenpeace these days. They don’t know what they’re talking about anymore. Nevertheless, on this one particular point...

far more product than actual buying demand

$4 gas is nothing and will not change people’s buying habits. This isn’t 2000, 2004 or 2008. I would think the tipping point would be around 8-10 a gallon now.

Seconded.

I’ve said it for a while now: the effects of climate change (lost livelihoods, lost homes, disease, mass migration) combined with cultural sentiments (end-is-nigh panic, frustration over inaction, faceless corporate enemies) create a tinderbox for a spectrum of disruptive protest from Thoreau-style civil disobedience…

Neutral: Climate change will wreck the economy before it destroys the environment. A 2°C increase in temperature reduces global GDP by ≈2-3%. A 3°C increase reduces global GDP by ≈10-15%, not including cost of flood damages.[1][2][3]

Tiny rant, tangentially related.

I’m pretty sure Uber and Lyft are trapped in the bald eagle death spiral — they’re plummeting towards bankruptcy, but the first one to raise prices loses its shot at market domination.

Autoboats, roll out.

Neutral:

Someone needs to do this to a Dodge Shadow.

As we say:

You could make the case that for Millenials connectivity and automation are the new chrome and velour.

1st Gear:

I’ll add that you can get away with even longer charge times than 8 hours because you usually don’t need a full battery.

A Norway study last year showed only 5% of EV charging is done at DCFC stations. For the US, the number is “under 20%,” but that study is from 2013.

The Chevy Bolt’s range boost to 259 miles puts it 1 mile farther than the Hyundai Kona. Considering both are made in Korea and both sell quite well in Korea, I’m guessing that’s the real competition, not the Model 3.

Motors aren’t silent. You don’t typically hear them because automakers are obsessed with sound isolation. Take that isolation away, and you might not scare pedestrians, but they can sound an awful lot like podracers.

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