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It’s clearly a huge weakness of any non-Tesla BEV platform, for certain (large?) swaths of drivers with material daily commutes, regular long distance driving habits, single car families, etc. I’m curious though about the extent of that weakness for other types of drivers/use cases, and then...

I take that Tesla is “ahead” as a foregone conclusion. That said, the degree of “ahead” is TBD. I appreciate that I’m in the minority in this forum, but I personally don’t have a strong opinion on how soon, to what numbers, at what price, the CT will be available. Well said (the whole comment...

agreed - that to me will be the inflection point at which the emperor’s clothes will be revealed, or not. Given the investment Ford is making, the available “cheat sheet” in the market (eg Tesla), and the effective “beta” testing via current MachE and Lightning, it seems Ford’s to lose (in...

things may well be inefficient in the way you describe, I don’t know - which is why I’m curious how you arrived at your figures RE losses of range for a given function? I have 3,500 miles on my Lightning, and am unfamiliar with any vehicle-provided metrics that would proffer this sort of...

I didn’t intend my adjective selection to so color an otherwise uncontroversial point: if ICE vehicles/manufacturing are Ford’s past, and BEV vehicles/manufacturing are Ford’s future, then from the perspective of Ford and relative to Ford’s business these BEV factories are *Ford’s*...

I’m here for and enjoying all the education, but at this marginal topic do have a minor contribution/correction: I don’t think it’s accurate or compelling to hold up Ford’s Lightning production as being an indices of its execution capabilities as a manufacturer. The Lightning is an inbetweener...

But … only prior to them being signed into law. There is no more ‘amending’ the IRA. The ‘petition’ is 6+ months late. or should I say, posting the petition here on this forum is late…

I suppose I’m rusty in my legislative processes. But the bill itself *is* an amendment (of the previously existing law), and once signed by the president into law I don’t believe is subject to further “amending” in any normal course other than if there is an entirely new bill (like itself)...

come again?

Seems strange (and poorly written/reasoned) to me. “If the proposal were to pass as written…” - is it not already passed into law, over 4 months ago? “[w]e believe this proposal, in its current form, contains a self-defeating incentive structure by overly rewarding production of plug-in...

that’s if course also true, but just to clarify I was vaguely referring to those that are very much pro EV, very much sighted on reducing emissions, and moving the planet toward more sustainable methods of transportation. again, I’m not the expert and not here to defend their views, but I have...

The problem with your “challenge,” is that it’s already so value-laden with what *you* view as “important.” So, I could name people who, for example, have contributed to saving innumerable actual lives *today* in changing the paradigms of medicine, physics, mathematics, etc., and - I suspect -...

Perhaps you’ve only missed or turned a blind eye to the many, many, pieces of critique available on Musk? If mine are the most strident, you’ve missed many that best me. I’m not ignoring it, I simply think it irrelevant to the specific point I was injecting. Surely you don’t think that...

Elon’s done a lot of amazing things and there’s no denying that he’s a certain sort of energetic “genius.” None of which, to me, is any guarantee that he’ll continue to be. Nor is it an excuse for any particular behavior. Fact is, there are equally or more impactful energetic genius out...

Take a break for one minute and…

a monthly furry night in the “dark bar” at Oilcan Harry’s is brilliant, because it probably needs 600lbs of kitty litter spread on those floors about monthly at least

Elon having talks with Putin? I want out of this simulation

your imbedded video gets “past me” every time, and I thought might do the same to others as well - saving them the time, was the thought

SNL skit

uhhhm, exxcqueeeze me? On their website are dozens of sexy mid drift cut-off hoodies and yoga pants for sale that clearly say ‘DeLorean’ on there