$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.

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.

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?