Scholarship table
Gotcha, not to go off topic 😂, but I’ve kept my eye on ioniq 5 and ID.4 which are both similar sized to the Mach-e
IMO, skip the ID4 for sure. At least wait for the audi Q4MachE...eh. Think the I5 and EV6 are better cars and better EVs in nearly every way
I've owned one for exactly 51 weeks. AMA
Sounds like you've liked it?
Thanks! Haven't seen on I6 yet in person, but online
Saw my first Lucid Air on 294 yesterday. Looked gooooooood.
I see Rivians everywhere.
For now there is one clear winner in the EV space, the Model 3, for a lot of reasons. But one would want the long range (AWD) for colder areas or snowy areas. But the catch is you have to want a sedan, you can’t even order a long range one now due to backlog, and even if you could order now you should wait for the refresh later this year. For overall the winner for now. Even consumer reports just said so. The legacy and newer companies are getting there, but have continued problems, except that Kia/Hyundai are ahead of the other legacy manufacturers at least as far as batteries, efficiency, charging, and ev drive trains go. And coolness Nissan is okay in that regard for shorter trips and a city car, no coolness and less practical for an only car for someone who drives a lot or some distances. VW has been beset with problems, probably came out with cars to fast due to scandal and switch to trying to become an ev company at scale. VW might be the first to market with a 25k decent ev. Hopefully they get it right. That would be really nice to have a solid 25k option before Tesla and others get there. Need competition. So in the more affordable class you’re kind of stuck with Kia/Hyundai, model 3 or Y for now. Or pay a lot more for not more other than style and status if that’s your thing. Model 3 is the safe choice and the one I’d go with if I were looking later this year after the refresh. But would consider the others mentioned in this thread Re Hyundai Kia. Nice to at least have competition for Tesla and need more to keep prices down and drive them even lower. Tesla making major advances on battery costs at scale, so that will help their margins, but they won’t lower prices without competition pushing them.
Good. And I like the short response. Neither of us needs to waste more time. Edit as I had to post quickly: Good because there can be a legitimate discussion and that wasn’t the case less than 2 years ago, and the discussion is not “ev vehicles suck and and worse for the environment etc than a gas F150” but rather about which ev is better. And yes, there are some very inefficient ev’s that should be avoided.
There is a great deal of turbulence coming to the markets. I believe the Fed and government has been out of touch in handling this economy. First the FDIC only guarantee $250k is beyond insane. Secondly, I do not believe the average American has been educated on the risks that are out there. Unfortunately, I think tomorrow will be a day that will be focused on the banking sector and the overall economy, not MU basketball for this guy.