$0.07/kWh, including 100% renewable surcharge. US PNW (can you say hydropower?!!)

IMO it’s disingenuous to look only at off-peak rates. Sure, technically that’s what you’re paying to charge the EV, however – if you switch from a flat rate plan to a time-of-use plan to take advantage of off-peak rates, then some of your regular usage is now going to be on-peak at a much higher rate. So it’s a little misleading to look only at off-peak in that case.

Porsche.

Tesla’s mobile service is handy but the service center work breaks as much as it fixes. Other mainstream manufacturers have that problem a lot of the time too.

This is because Tesla has managed to make a cheap car look expensive and desirable, so they have lovely profit margins. Traditional manufacturers have expectations based on their existing lineup – won’t be easy to pass off a no-dashboard plastic interior as elegant when you’ve got a reputation for a more complete interior. That costs money, and with the underlying technology still so expensive it means traditional manufacturers have to lose a lot of money just to hit the same price point Tesla is at.

Either they convince people it’s worth it to pay more, or they try the same trick as Tesla and hope they develop their own fan club, or they wait it out and hope that people start to decide minimal and elegant is actually just cheap, rattly, and loud.

Can’t really blame them for not wanting to face Tesla head on. But they don’t have much of a choice.

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but (using the US as an example), the GOP is clearly driven by the voters, not the other way around. Donate all you want to the party, it doesn’t matter – the politicians succeeding are the ones pandering to voters. Notice how retiring republicans keep becoming much more rational as soon as they’re no longer running for reelection.

If you want policies to change, convince GOP voters it’s in their best interest.

Wouldn’t be surprised. The first one was a flop. Is there reason to believe the second attempt would be more successful?

Fun anecdote – the girlfriend of a a coworker of mine bought a 500e. Bought. As in, outright. Not a lease. Ouch, ouch, ouch. It was something like 35K as I remember. Three years later those things were going to auction at 4 grand.

This is a sensible business calculation. He may turn out correct, and Stellantis will be in a better financial position by not having to discount cars below their cost to produce. Or… he could be wrong, and Tesla will happily be there to supply the people who want EVs. CEOs have to make decisions like this all the time.

He’s probably losing money on EVs and wants to minimize that loss while still holding or building marketshare. If he really thinks the odds are against incentives sticking around, then pulling back is the right choice. His predictions may not pan out, however, in which case Stellantis will continue to be shit.

… which has nothing to do with an automaker’s decision. If you want climate policy, go talk to the politicians. Businesses will supply the market if it exists, their only ideological position is money.

Good, I’m going to buy one after the first big hit.

It’s almost certainly due to how much capital investment is required, not some kind of ideological opposition to EVs, nor a commitment to being able to mark up the price (recall that before covid, prices were generally under MSRP, not over…).

Don’t run extension cords inside walls or crawl spaces.

Perhaps convert the existing dryer receptacle into a feeder and run appropriately sized romex from there to an outlet in the garage, along with a replacement dryer receptacle.

Run that idea past your local code book, though.

A Toyota engine lasts longer than a Tesla battery without major repairs, but not necessarily longer than a BMW or VW battery.

It would be lovely if you could back any of that up with data. Like seriously, even one of those claims.

A typical drivetrain warranty for an ICEV is 5 years. Some are 6, some are 10 years.

But what does that have to do with the comparison? A failure is a failure, no matter who pays.

Seems plausible. Most of that will be Tesla, of course, but there are a lot of good alternatives showing up now.

Interesting to watch. I wonder if Tesla will just bail. Taking their ball and going home would be the quintessential Elon move.

The hilarious thing about this being a US problem is that it’s a European company screwing us over with their malicious compliance. We should send them home and let Tesla build out our infrastructure. They seem to have a much better strategy and far higher reliability.

Yes, this is mostly a US issue, because we got stuck with Volkswagen for the majority of our CCS1 fast charging infrastructure and they suck. We should have just taken the fines from Volkswagen and paid Tesla to build their network even faster.

Ha, love the disclaimer that says it’s a a lie and they haven’t bought anything nor has anything been delivered.

Canoo is the modern Pacer. It’s going to age just as well.

Because we hired a European company who is only doing this because they were forced to as reparation for deliberatly polluting our air with poorly engineered vehicles. The end.

The American company with a vested interest in making reliable fast chargers has been spectacularly successful. Maybe we should hire them to build out a huge network, and kick VW back to Europe.

The running cost of school bus is quite a lot lower than a transit bus. In places where it’s economical to have public transit (read: not rural areas with few riders) they already use those buses instead of big yellow school buses.

Why would you think that nobody else in a position of responsibility ever thought of your grand idea? Maybe if you don’t understand something, your first step should be to understand it?