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I think we're saying the same thing. That's what I meant by stuck in an ICE mindset. They were only thinking of L gear for the typical ICE use of it (downhill engine breaking). They were too shortsighted to consider that people might use it for a high regen level overall, which is further...

Ah, you mean for track racing. Yeah, whole different thing than normal street driving.

If the brake lights don't come on from L regen slowing, I have no doubt that you're right that they were stuck in the ICE mindset regarding L gear. Which is a failure IMO because if they remembered to activate the brake lights when there's regen slowing in 1PD (which is the same thing), they...

Wait, what? Left-foot braking?? That's a huge no-no from everything I was taught about driving. But that part aside, yeah, totally opposite wants. I know some people bought the Mach-E to be a sports car. While others bought it to be a luxury(ish) car. I'm the latter. Give me a soft...

And clearly it's capable of it because it's already doing it for 1PD. Lifting up on the accelerator pedal so regen slowing kicks in is the exact same thing that happens when you have L on. Or for that matter, when you have Engaged or Unbridled mode on. They all apply regen slowing, just to...

Yikes! If the brake lights aren't coming on when the car is slowing down, that's not good. Doesn't matter what method the car uses to slow itself down, it should be able to detect if the rate of deceleration is above a certain threshold that mirrors the brake pedal. It's already doing that with...

The problem is you'll lose both to foreign competitors: American companies AND the union labor. It's been happening for decades already.

I remember a handful of decades ago when automakers started experimenting with rear seat tunnels (or entire fold-down rear seats) in sedans, so people could carry long stuff like skis. Consumers started liking the concept of the trunk area being accessible from the cabin. Then it grew from...

Marketing decision to focus on the segment that most consumers want, yes. There's always some demand for sedans, of course. Not every automaker has to sell every possible type of vehicle. But rest assumed that if consumer demand for sedans was much higher than it is now in the markets Ford is a...

The EPA rules have impact, but it still really comes down to what consumers want. Remember that the way CAFE works is by restricting consumer choice (a manufacturer can only sell so many larger, lower-MPG vehicles without exceeding their allowed fleet average). Without CAFE, even more larger...

If using it just for commuting. And if one has home charging. And if they can afford the usually-higher EV purchase price. But that's the problem... many people don't meet all those criteria. Then it starts to become a series of compromises and trade-offs.

Or just a Model 3. If I wanted an EV in the shape of a low sedan, I'd be hard pressed not to just consider a Tesla. That's one of the main reasons I didn't consider a Tesla, because they don't make anything in a style/shape that's like an SUV. I'm just not a fan of the egg shape.

Yep. We really wanted a taller, boxier SUV. But at the time the Mach-E was the closest we could get in an EV. And the Mustang badge and styling added enough extra as a trade-off bonus for us to settle for what's really a hatchback. That little roofline trick helps raise the rear cargo area a...

That's an interesting stat. I'd have expected it to be higher than the overall home ownership rate, of course, but not THAT much higher. I guess apartment renters must buy used cars more. Makes some sense financially, I suppose.

I don't think they're a disaster at all, but the tax credits are (for PHEVs and BEVs). There's a lot of stories that talk about the average for all PHEVs being that they don't plug in as much as expected. That's probably true, but they never break it down into details. I wanna see it...

I think the better way to say it is they got "surpassed". When it became apparent that just adding a bigger gas tank could add a lot more range (LONG before battery tech could handle it), 1900's EVs became irrelevant. Some say "If only we'd have just chosen to keep building EVs back then!"...

Biggest reason is lack of profitability, i.e. they just cost too much to make. A huge part of that is still-too-high battery costs. The recent labor cost spikes have also surely contributed. Along with everything else costing a lot more lately. Also, the feds jacking around the tax credits...

Always left out of the equation is the federal gas tax. Those revenues go to the federal highway fund, which then get reallocated back to the states for road projects. So really, we shouldn't be comparing EV registration fees to just the state gas tax, we should be comparing to the state +...

No way to know yet, as it's years off. But of the known EVs at this point, the Rivian R2 would top my list if it turns out to be as good as it looks. Love the size, shape, and look, in a similar price range to the Mach-E. We love our Mach-E, but a little taller/bigger would be even better. And...

Actually a May ship date *is* fairly early (just not quite as early as the April people). They've already stretched into September now.