The EPA absolutely does break out the numbers, Mack, but I don’t blame you for not seeing them. This stuff can be pretty opaque. I’ve compiled a lot of usable data on this, so let me break it down for you. (Sorry in advance for the disorganized links.)

Why a Crown Vic?

This. They could even call it the Ford Galax-E.

Let’s put some numbers to that.

I was going to say that it’s not so impressive given that it’s also way heavier than those sedans, but then I googled it.

For a brief time, the Clarity was America’s best-selling PHEV, too.[1] But given its ¥5,880,600 ($54,150) price tag in Japan, they may have been selling at a considerable loss here for the sake of ZEV/CARB credits.

The “carbon price” they’re talking about is the estimated Social Cost of Carbon (SC-CO₂) — the dollars of economic damage done by one additional ton of CO₂. The EPA has calculated this value at around $50-73/t by 2030, although they admit this estimate is limited and on the low end [1]. (Other estimates place the cost…

EVs are going to take over because until we have a carbon neutral infrastructure, EVs are the lowest-footprint option. Once we do have a carbon neutral infrastructure, EVs will stay because they’re the lowest-cost option.

Seas have risen around 2.5" since 1980 [1], resulting in a ≈6x increase in coastal city flooding [2]. In the Southwest, annual temperatures have risen 2°F [3]. In the Midwest, extreme rain [4] and extreme drought [5] are damaging farms [6], including loss of grazing land, increased pest population (despite…

You just can’t sell a Dodge Viper in 2019.

Some critical specs: [1]

No official range test, but they’re “targeting” 275 miles in the same way the XC40 is “targeting” 200 miles.

Apples to oranges. Sulfur dioxide is bad, but it’s not a greenhouse gas.

Electrify America, BP, and Shell all run at 150kW (ABB model), and EVgo is building 100kW now, and Chargepoint is installing 500kW (shared). I don’t know about SF, but in the Midwest, Electrify America stations are almost as common as Superchargers, and they’re placed at truck stops and Walmarts along the highways.…

Tangentially related, I feel like maybe Toyota needs to apply some Konmari method to their busy, overwrought design.

-You can easily exceed this kind of EV range for about $30K.

It will have liquid thermal management.

400 km WLTP = 248 mi WLTP.

When it comes to infractions that kill people (other than the offender), I tend to be pretty far on the progressive end of the spectrum. Kind of a “you break it, you buy it” mentality, you know?

Correct, go after the incentive structure. Attacking people for buying what they like given the incentives in place won’t get you anywhere.