Yeah, Americans love big cars. They want to feel big and safe in a giant vehicle, and large swaths of the country have enough wide open space to accommodate that. You’ll see very different vehicles in cities vs in the countryside.

I wish the US auto industry would compete and innovate instead of going all in on regulatory capture

Hopefully it’s a wake up call and they focus on more normal cars for regular people, like a model 2 or model 4, instead of a vanity truck, hyping up a robo taxi and robo bus, and never building the roadster. Who am I kidding, though…

I’m ok with numbers that make sense, but the ID numbers were a bit of a mess. 3, 4, 6 make sense, but 5 is a 4 with less boot, 7 is a sedan, and Buzz is, notably, not a number. I guess that’s not surprising from the company with Tiguan Tourag T-Roc Taos.

Cash for Clunkers part 2, electric boogaloo? Greenbacks for Guzzlers?

And if the charging network improves and you’re able to charge while grabbing dinner or parked at the concert, bada bing bada boom

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Slate Auto will retrofit an existing 1.4 million square foot factory in Warsaw, Indiana.

Yeah, I love this. Between the Slate with a bed cover, R2/R3, and Telo, there are some cool outdoorsy oriented EVs coming in the next few years that I’m looking forward to.

A Walmart charging network sounds great for road tripping. You can stop in, grab some snacks and go to the bathroom, and sometimes there are restaurants inside or in the parking lot.

It’s still, and always will be, fuck Walmart. I wish more truck stops and travel centers would ramp up with EV chargers.