Personally… I think they need an EV Miata—except, it’s probably a bad idea to even call it a Miata or a MX-5, because that would rile up a lot of folks. Put a new name on it, but give us a battery-powered little open-top sports car. It would be as fresh and different today as the Miata was back in 1990.

I wonder where that route is? There are still some awkward gaps in the Tesla Supercharger network, but over the last few years it’s gotten harder to find them. I have to actively search now to find destinations that are far enough off-the-network to require any sort of concern or planning. My trip from Texas to…

EVs are great for rural folk.  Almost all of us have some place at home where we can plug in a car and charge it at night.  Not being able to do that is a city folks problem.

So. . .  How are Tesla doing?  They must really be hurting, right?

I sense a contradiction? First you complain that EVs are too expensive. Then in the very next sentence condemn the Bolt as “an ugly bucket of crap”. AFAIK the Bolt is generally well-regarded. Most people who have them seem to like them okay. Yeah, it’s kinda homely, kinda basic. It’s not a luxury car. That’s the deal.

Car makers have to be responsive to the needs and wants of their customers.  The catch:  Their customers are franchised dealerships.  That’s who they sell cars to.

Do you have some irrational fear of charging away from home? With a Tesla, at least, it couldn’t be easier. You plug in, you go do something (like eat, relieve yourself, etc.) for about twenty minutes, then you come back and drive for another four hours. In a day of driving (on a road trip) you have to stop and charge…

I presently own a 2010 Tesla Roadster, so allow me to make some observations. First, it’s the most fun car I’ve ever had. More fun than the Lotus Esprit V8 (which was the most *drama* of any car I’ve owned, in both good and bad ways), and more fun than the NB Miata (which was very fun). So here are some observations.…

I recently took a 2,000+ road trip in my Model S, and it was. . . mostly good. However, there are still a few awkward gaps, like the one I had to traverse from Amarillo to Sweetwater Texas. (The rumor mill said a station was planned for Lubbock years ago, but something seems to have gone wrong there, because we’re…

I have to express some skepticism about this entire philosophy. Should they really be trying hard to mimic the dynamics of past gasoline-powered cars and force new technology into the old mold, or wouldn’t this better be an opportunity to re-factor the sports car?

» There is nothing quite as disappointing as having a little extra money laying around, finding the perfect keyboard or keyset or what-have-you, and then discovering it won’t ship for several months to a year.

To me this piece seems kind of. . . out of touch. Almost every “problem” with EVs that you complain about has been best addressed by Tesla, a company that is sort of casually dismissed in passing. And yet, if you look at the market share of plug-in cars sold in the USA, Tesla dominates the numbers. Even at their peak…

Doubling residential electric use doesn’t sound like a problem at all—or maybe I should say, it sounds like a problem electric utilities would love to have, and would be delighted to fix for us.  They dream of taking all that business away from the oil companies.

Yes, it’s “not ready for prime time” outside of Tesla, who are (somehow??) selling all they can produce, and building factories as fast as they can, too.

As somebody who actually went from a 1999 Miata to a 2010 Roadster, I can tell you that I don’t miss the manual shifter at all.  The Roadster is the most fun-to-drive car that I’ve had.

Quote: “According to Tesla’s site, with a LR Model 3, 3 hours would be added to my trip each way. So now a 10 hour drive is 13 hours.”

What the hey? How could you possibly spend 3 hours charging on a 662-mile trip?? Exact details would depend on the route, but a couple of 20 to 30 minute stops should be about right.…

This makes me cross-eyed with rage at Consumer Reports for their mind-boggling stupidity. They said Super Cruise is more advanced that Autopilot because… it monitors the driver in what they feel is a slightly more convenient manner? (camera versus steering wheel) That’s it? That’s a trivial distinction. That’s like…

Lots of people not talking about this Emperor’s New Clothes… which is to say that Super Cruise mostly doesn’t work. What I mean by that is, it only works on special, “compatible” roads that GM have mapped and put into their database. Why anybody finds this even remotely acceptable, I can’t understand. They want to…

I’ve had my Model S Long Range Plus for a few months now, with the official EPA 402 miles range (tho not the way I drive, heh). I’m gradually realizing just how much overkill that actually is when I routinely charge overnight and start every morning at 80% (to spare the battery). A multi-day road trip is practically…

it’s graciously still an actual sports car