China’s leading the way (along with several US startups such as Tesla, Rivian, Lucid).

Drove VW’s ID.4 and was extremely disappointed given the price point. Nearly $50k, manual seats, smallish screens for an EV, sunroof optional, power liftgate optional, etc. plus the whole crappy dealer experience. The game has changed and I’m not sure that most of the traditional automakers have figured it out.

Maybe not directly, the closest we have is the Fisker Ocean, which is based on the Arcfox alpha-t, but assembled by Magna in Austria. So while there might be politics at play, we’re indirectly getting Chinese based EV tech.

They’re fantastic. The Japanese should be on notice since they seem to be ignoring electric. The US traditional domestics (Big 3) will need to step up their electric game. BYD, NIO, etc have it figured out.

I test drove the ID.4 this weekend. Pro trim, sticker around $50k. Plastic door panels, manual seats, no sunroof, manual lift gate.

Can’t wait to see what the $22k car looks like. Cardboard?

Tesla does a great job of including all the features on every trim. People are sick of traditional manufacturer games where you need to spend thousands more to step up a trim line to get something basic such as power seats

Considering how cheap the ID.4 looked at nearly $50k, I can’t imagine how cheap this is going to be. Tesla’s Model 2 seems like a better bet. I’m not a big Tesla fan, just soured after test-driving the ID.4 and being REALLY underwhelmed at $50k. Felt like a $30k car.

More toaster like than ever. Nothing good to say. An average entry into the sedan world, Toyota has forgotten how to innovate.

The M2 is a performance bargain. Biggest differentiator IMO are the tires. Had it come with the same tires as the Dark Horse, we would have seen better numbers.