And despite having maybe 100 butt-dyno horsepower at most, my Taurus (that I bought to save gas) managed to consume fuel at the same rate as my lifted Jeep wrangler on 33" mud terrains. 

You’ll have to be a lot more specific because the 2.7 V6 that went into a ton of Hyundais and Kias in the mid-2000s was damn near unkillable. There’s so many OLD Sonatas, Tuscons, Santa Fe, and Sportages running around with that engine in it and they just go and go. I have a 2006 example in my driveway now and while…

No engine...is worst engine. Fight me !

I'm guessing you are either a bot or a Chinese national that was attracted by the mention of China in my reply. 

Haha, way to be a focus group of one. Maybe for some this is true, but for a lot, it couldn’t be further from the truth. 

I have no garage and no access to chargers anywhere nearby.

Well said!

The issue is that if you look at Alabama and Mississippi, spending money for EVs and EV charges doesn’t make a damn bit of sense.

Just because you are not in the 1% of the 1% doesn’t make you not rich. If you could afford the tickets (which are easily a couple of grand per per) and the cost of a van and the time off of work for this thing, you are rich. You just are not Bezos rich. You are still rich though.

Couldn’t agree more.  Until you can get a BEV CUV for around 30K - most of America can want one all they want, they just can’t buy one.  

You mean to tell me my all wheel drive crossover on summer tires can still get stuck? I though AWD was a free pass to go everywhere in all conditions...wow you learn something everyday.

80 percent of EV sales through July were in the premium segment

Riiiiigh. That’s why there’s mandates to use them. The convenience and low prices are driving new buyers away.

Look at the states with high EV adoption rates and those that don’t.

People won’t buy things till they are cheaper and more convenient to use. There, just wrote every electric vehicle adoption article for the next few years.

In other news...

“How did you know you were a dinosaur?”

“Someone showed me what is now referred to as an ‘SUV’”

Let me wander off into that good night.  My old age will burn and rage with the dying of the light.

Consumers are also idiots. Plastic cladding looks like crap and roof racks hurt mpgs. But it’s not a called a minivan so they keep buying them.

Missed one:

I mean, it really came down to the circumstances. At the time, the modern HEMI engine hadn’t yet been born, and Chrysler’s iron LA V8s were far too heavy and large to fit in that conical engine bay with respect to petty things like crash safety, weight balance or space for accessories. The 3.5-liter honestly was the…