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I like him. And he's fully behind Tesla. But, if/when the company sells LOTS of cars and if there were a major problem with massive recall costs I...
Why? The car will last more years with fewer miles per year. Or, if you sell after the same number of years the car will have a higher resale...
Then let's just make the car 3 feet longer and add 50 kwh of battery and more cargo space...for free. :) Yes, to a small degree you can add some...
Realistically, most people are going to do 90% or more of their charging at home and work (if available) for the next decade or so. At home, you...
One thing to remember on studies of cars of people who change the oil at short intervals vs longer. People who are meticulous about frequency oil...
Remember if you take the current Prius size and add more batteries, you lose something. Maybe you just lose trunk space. Another choice is to make...
Then they should use some "real" numbers for the lifetimes of cars, not 50K and 100K. Of course, they don't know the real numbers for a Leaf or a...
I agree that Volt drivers, on average, should see more EV miles. But this may be a bit self-selecting. People who buy a Volt probably have a...
I think it is down to ~40% now and dropping. IMHO, energy independence does not necessarily mean that we import zero. But it does mean that we...
Cost of labor? Lease cost of the real-estate? Supply and demand, or local competition? Low cost station is privately owned and has no debt with...
Wow! Lots of data, but they are missing the trees in the forest but looking at the tiniest details of the leafs. Top Ten reasons why this study...
My take: All studies like these are a bit interesting, but in the long run they are nonsense. You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette. So...
Yes, that certainly limits it. But it is MORE limited by people who "think" it wouldn't work for them rather than those who it wouldn't really...
EV boost is when you are in EV mode but you speed up to >62 mph. The gas engine comes on. And then the engine and battery share the work to propel...
No. Because these aren't anywhere close to safe or street legal cars. And for the most part they aren't practical cars. They are engineering...
Usually, but not for everything. For example, in mature industries, sometimes the cost of raw materials increases (at least short term). Housing...
Yes, some people who see doctors are unhappy. Others get cured or get a broken bone fixed and are happy. Some car buyers get a bad deal or get a...
Uh, then so is Apple, so is Google, so your local grocery store, movie theater, etc. And so is Prius Chat. What is your point? In reality, the...
If you are going to consider depreciation you also need to consider the long term value of the car. After driving 100K miles in a regular Prius it...
EVs and their variants (PHEVs for the transition) will ultimately win over fuel cells due to the basic fact that EVs can be plugged in anywhere...
