They have physical buttons for just about everything you regularly need to do. Otherwise yeah they’re fully connected and have all the sensors for tracking

I think that was this year, so in 2024 it was super outdated but it’s better now. I think it’s also a crossover now unfortunately

I had the opposite experience between the bolt and the Kona! The smaller bolt is a bit faster and I found drove more on the car side of the car/SUV split than the kona, and while the button placement took getting used to it has one for almost everything. We also bought while the tax credits were in effect so it was $10k cheaper for 4 miles less range.

The bolt has buttons and no real smart features but it also has an infotainment tablet. It also still has gps and Wi-Fi and whatever else as options, so I don’t particularly trust it not to be tracking everything. It’s certainly miles better than most of the competition but it’s still a modern car.

In fairness, when I was cross shopping a few years ago ranges were all over the place. 10-70, 20-70, 20-80, 10-90. I do think 10-80 is emerging as a more universal standard but it’s certainly not ubiquitous yet

I’ve never experienced this and I’ve only had budget android devices since 2018. My partner has had whatever the most expensive iPhone was every 3 years or so. Haven’t noticed a difference in performance for our uses, which aren’t particularly resource intensive, just web browsing, social media, and communication mostly. Light games like stardew valley occasionally. I think you must have gotten unlucky with a bad device.

Yeah my essential ph1 and now pixel 6a both lasted longer than either my iPhone 4 or 6. I think most devices are multi-year now, more a matter of a 5 year or more than 5 year lifespan

I’ve done something close to 35k km over 2 something years in a 2023 EV

They also entered the market years too late and with a subpar, more expensive rebadged Chevy SUV rather than just giving us an electric accord or whatever.

I think all the truly cheap ones aren’t in production this year, a few years ago a Chevy bolt with the tax incentive was literally the cheapest vehicle to buy with a warranty and a loan, period, and that includes 3-4 year old used vehicles (no tax incentive and worse interest, sticker price was lower).

The article claims (though without citation except promotional material) that they’re smaller ground footprint, cheaper, and much more portable. Also they can generate more electricity per unit because they can be higher altitude with more turbulence. Interesting concept, and I think as many novel alternatives as possible that can all work in tandem are useful!

I don’t think it’s politicians driving that decision, I think it’s the money from Petro companies and car companies that are heavily invested and dominant in the gas car industry

Although somewhere as car-centric as the US they’re going to be driving something, and I think the actual goal is to keep them locked into some sort of gas car as long as possible.

Had a volt, I don’t even think they were selling them 3 years ago. I had a 2011 or 2012, one of the original models before the update, from from 2019-2022 or thereabouts. Had to replace the radiator, 12 volt battery, reset the traction battery, and replace the coolant system hoses. Again, huge PITA but got more than double the MPG of the 2001 sedan it replaced and held its value decently.

All cars period are bad investments. That’s being said, I had a volt for about 3 years and I saved more in gas than I lost to depreciation and expensive maintenance. I bought it before there was an EV that could do my daily commute that wasn’t horrendously expensive; they were a good transition vehicle 10 years ago before batteries and charging speeds improved, though they’re definitely a huge PITA to maintain.

Or that he already crashed the economy during his first term, jfc

Especially if it’s going to weigh as much as a small RV

I don’t quite get how they’ve managed to fit a five-foot bed and two rows of seating in just 152 inches. Even if we assume no hood whatsoever and an inch thick frame that’s only 90 inches for the entire passenger compartment, which is pretty tight. Maybe the seats are thin and very vertical?

Although in fairness they were both centrists who pivoted more center, which imo is a recipe for disaster especially for women candidates who are just never going to capture significant rightwing votes. Kamala in particular started out really really strongly and lost more and more support as she gave up leftwing talking points

They have been since at least 2013 if you only count the range extender BMW i3, and even earlier if you count PHEVs that mostly act that way but occasionally mechanically link the engine and wheels