why don’t you drive an EV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4JraQ6KrVM

cant imagine i will ever be in the market but as someone who drove the 77 bus in HS this makes me feel like will have to drive this one day

i really like how the hyundai ioniq 5 looks, has some future 80s tron styling without being retro feels like it could a way forward, except for the stupid wheels which i hate, i know its a areo thing but they cant be doing that much, carmakers make normal ev wheels and door handles challenge

https://i.imgur.com/qQBxWOt.png

ah i guess they do offer some more normal ones, kudos

https://i.imgur.com/hF2E1wb.png

on their site i cant even find how to buy the bad wheels idk

https://i.imgur.com/CWxmL2M.png

this car is expensive btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BReRIxqO_Lg

a smaller lower version of this car, a hatchback if you will, would be pretty sick

https://i.imgur.com/3TdOCl9.jpg

Every single one of these fuckers.

We have 2012 and 2020 hondas that we will probably drive into the ground, but I am sort of excited to eventually get an EV if/when it's finally time to replace the 2012 (it has <90k miles on it so should be good for a while).

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39596743/2023-toyota-gr-corolla-revealed/

why don't you drive a hot hatch

i love it

sick

you guys already get the gr yaris though! xp

actual lols at "hot hatch"

back on track

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Honda_e_Advance_%E2%80%93_f_18102020.jpg/2560px-Honda_e_Advance_%E2%80%93_f_18102020.jpg

have you seen a cuter burger?

i love the honda e, it super sucks theyre not sold in the us

Turns out my Mach-E arrived at the dealer yesterday. The salesperson I had started the order with had left the dealership since my last conversation in February. My order then got poached by someone else there before her replacement took over. I find out more when I get there tomorrow. Super-excited!

(sorry everyone) "I'll"

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-electric-vehicle-statistics-sales-uptake

BC previously set 2025 as its target for meeting 10% zero-emission vehicle sales, but it is now five years ahead of schedule.

In 2015, the proportion of electric-battery car sales was just 0.8%, and it grew to only 1% in 2016 and 1.5% in 2017. But the rate of growth began to accelerate in 2018, when 4.1% was recorded. This was followed by 8.7% in 2019, and 9.4% in 2020.

vancouver being a mid-size, compact city and having smaller streets makes it ideal for EVs (to a lesser extent, electric scooters and electric motorcycles maybe). there's been a lot of supply shortages, but once supply chains get back to some sense of normality, i assume the EV market is going to blow up here

I wanna test drive a Mach-E and nobody has any

My state has 2,000 all-electric vehicles on the road.... and 34,000 Chevy Silverados.

Soon you'll be able to have both:

https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/silverado-ev

119 days later:

https://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/mm-e_1.jpg

https://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/mm-e_2.jpg

hott

kachow

Couple of notes on Mach-E ordering...

Check out the "No ADM (Additional Dealer Markup) Dealer List" thread on Mach-E Forum. Don't even consider going to a dealer that's not on the list as you're just going to waste your time and money.

If you're in the USA, once you reserve an order online spend the $30 to join the Mustang Club of America. After 90 days of membership you'll qualify for X-Plan pricing from Ford. Depending upon what state you live in, X-Plan can get you up to $2500 off of MSRP along with some additional discounts. Here in CA, I got the max MSPR reduction along with all my DMV fees waived - a big savings!

love a good deal, love it more when i learn about it from the forums

Also, check to see if the Ford Options lease program is available in your state. Even if you were planning on just paying for the car outright, the program gets you a $2500 reduction on the total price. Even if you pay it off in the following month it is still advantageous.

Cool!

Introducing the newest #EV face in the family, the #GenesisXSpeedium Coupe. Take a sneak peek at what the future holds for us.#GENESIS #GenesisX #ConceptCar #GenesisHouse #NewYork #CarDesign #CarPhotography pic.twitter.com/BWmsM6iavR

— Hyundai Motor Group (@HMGnewsroom) April 14, 2022

gross

Mercedes EQXX breaks 1000km on a single charge
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a39714749/mercedes-benz-eqxx-621-mile-road-trip/

bananas

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/04/the-rise-of-brand-new-second-hand-electric-vehicles/

I think EVs were already supposed to hold their value better bc of fewer wear and tear issues, but yeah that's still wild

that’s true about the motor, but EV batteries project to hold their capacity for about 8 years iirc so buying a 3-yo EV with 20K miles on it feels like… you’re getting a lot less for your money? idgi

Most EVs come with an 8 year performance warranty on their batteries. Warranties are conservative because manufacturers don’t want to pay out. Range will be down but you won’t have a dead car.

Manufacturers are stuffing unnecessary extra range in, to keep prices up, so in 8 years you’ll still have more than you need.

that’s good to know.

think i read youll lose 2-3% capacity a year, so eight years ~20% its not nothing but its not like the car wont work

when i was researching last year abt this, this has been a trend for a lot of ppl who buy the prius primes already bc they get so many rebates/tax credits in some states that they could buy a new prius for under $20k, then would turn around and flip for a new year's model the next year with profit. i've had my car for a year and i could likely sell mine in this market for $7-8k more than what i paid for it.

Spotted in Denver. Talk about a sea change moment. pic.twitter.com/7bCHe7aduV

— Cresten Mansfeldt (@drmansfeldt) April 16, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHvq-8np1o

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/vw-id-buzz-price-electric-van/

ugly as sin & far too expensive

like a schick razor married a cuisinart

https://www.atlasevhub.com/weekly_digest/the-march-continues/

sales on the west coast approaching 20%

just talking to a guy from a big european car maker who says flatly that level 5 autonomous driving will never exist

he says level 4 will, and will save a lot of lives if it's done right

but we're still very far from level 3 at the moment

check back in five years for him to tell you level 4 will never exist

https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-2030-self-driving-car-bet/

coding horror... i havent heard that name in a long time