That’s fucking amazing. I am eternally grateful.

The battery is probably fine. Battery pack casings are incredibly sturdy (the industry learned a lot from Tesla’s explodely early years). A lot of totaled EVs still have perfectly good batteries, and there’s a booming secondhand market for them.

If it doesn’t go to Tavarish or Rich, it’ll go to Hoovie.

Batteries usually survive EV crashes, even if the chassis is totaled. They’re incredibly sturdy and well shielded. I’d bet money that the battery in this thing is totally fine.

Fast car + dumbass driver = crashy smashy fun times. It’s not just Mustangs.

You’re absolutely right, but you see, this is Jalopnik. On this site, implying that crossovers have any positive attributes is... well, frowned upon.

I had a look through your comment history, out of curiosity to see why you’re full of so much vitriol.

The fact that the system has been broken for a long time doesn’t make it any less broken now. It’s how Bush Jr. got into power as well.

Who put you in charge of what’s a “legitimate issue”?

Ironic, since their candidate wasn’t actually elected (at least not by the American people).

You can tell Musk has turned evil because he used “the President” and “common sense” in the same sentence.

I never said I thought it came off the top of someone’s head. Often the simplest, most elegant designs take the most work. The difference is that other automakers have actually put in that work. Tesla seems to have cut a lot more corners in a mad scramble to bring their tech to market first, and the customers end up…

I won’t defend the air-cooled battery - it’s a hilariously outdated design. But, to its credit, I’ve never had a problem with it outside of gradual capacity loss, and the rest of the car has been rock solid.

False equivalency. Just because this thing is complicated doesn’t mean ICE cars aren’t filled with numerous systems that are much more complicated.

So which part of it stores the previous owner’s home address and Spotify password?

If people want to eat these, more power to ‘em. I have an extremely strong desire to never, ever get anywhere near one, cooked or not.

Having lived in both the US and Canada for significant portions of my life, “Canada’s underpants” is the best description of the US I’ve ever heard.

1 km = 0.62 miles

Thank you! This is the problem with the “both sides” bullshit. People who say “less politics” must genuinely believe that ignoring any problem will make it go away.

I chose my username for a reason.