Exactly my calculus.

Maybe Elon figured out that could not rule autodom in the long term so gave up, took $56B, and is now surreptitiously both attempting to kill the EV marketplace and Tesla at the same time.

Who could’ve predicted that higher prices (payments, gas) would lead to consumers looking to cheaper options?

“New U.S. electric vehicle registrations rose 9.6 percent in May”

1st: Seems typical market adaptation for a new product/segment is proceeding as one might expect. No one expected meteoric rise in EV sales, except maybe some bombastic CEOs taking a page from Elon’s rantings.

According to this my 2013 BMW 128i M-sport 6-speed with 40k milesshould go for $40k.

The 1992-1996 Camrys were the best Camrys. Give me a mid-90s V6 SE with a 5-speed any day.

My BMW iX M60 weighs 5600 lbs.

Well, they’ve made a shit of ton of money in the interim.

ACAB. Everyone in the chain that kept him employed and on the road.  It’s the entire rotten system.

Oh, that’s where I was when I saw it on I-95 in a Boston suburb on Tuesday.

How?  Oh, I must’ve forgotten how the Volt was promised for eons - I guess they almost went bust BEFORE the Volt actually came out.

Or ride a bike.

Many people don’t take long trips that often. So they could rent an ICE.

The funny thing is that the EV-averse who buy a PHEV will:

The cap at 85% will actually likely reduce total travel time, since charging curves mean you are waiting longer to trickle charge those last kwhs vs’ continuing on and plugging in again at a lower SoC / much higher charging rate.

So you have a place to plug in every day?

Toyota took the original 1997 Prius and evolved and improved upon it. The 1997 model sold like crap. The subsequent 2004 model was revolutionary. Toyota kept at it and continued to improve it.

While you can.

Agree. There should be a GTFOH surcharge each % above 85%.