I’ve spent some time in these crossovers lately and can confirm that not only are they unsafe, they’re absolutely not fun to drive - and impractical. Give me a car any day. These station wagons with factory lift are terrible on several levels.
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I agree there’s missing context.
There’s a few other places that I can think of which have a lot of “new dwellings” built, even without parking, but local rent is unaffected because the type of dwelling is simply undesirable - for either financial reasons (luxury apartments are too much money) or practical (I have 2 kids and can’t live in a 1 bedroom + den - or they’re distant from work, no transit, and there’s no parking) or personal (I have 2 kids and don’t want them to grow up in the pollution etc. of a downtown core).
There is not a simple solution to this problem.
The Mustang has been the car of choice for mid-life crises for a long time.
Again, bus loops are 3% of this machine’s range in best conditions. It would be a heck of a winter to be a critical issue, with 190kw recharge at either end of the loop.
For an intercity bus, still absolutely a concern.
It’s not just industry. Now they’re killing the development of skills and knowledge in engineering (hardware, software) and design
Jealous here. Recently visited an area with major incentives for EV and cycling and it’s so refreshing. The air is cleaner.
My local bus travels a loop of about 20km and has a 15 min rest at the end. This bus has 700km range.
I don’t think winter performance is the issue, but perhaps for some areas. There would need to be investment in charging Iinfrastructure. This specific bus is inter-city, not local, so that’s also a major difference. However, efficiency of EV is generally a lot higher in city traffic than highway.
The screwballs will be out in full force over this, but they always protest the census anyways.
But this data is, as evidenced by current events in the USA, very sensitive. I’m not convinced they can protect it.
What’s the excuse now for running heavy Diesel busses through residential neighborhoods?
USA could have spent money developing an electrified economy but the republicans are focusing on bringing back coal mining and reshoring shoe manufacturing instead.
This admin has set the USA back 100 years.
ETA - what I mean is that China is rampaging on in electrification, developing manufacturing skills, infrastructure, and design/engineering/technology around renewables and electrification. Europe is thinking about it but not going crazy to the extent China is, because legacy - China doesn’t have 100 years of cars and 150 years of trains; they’re building new. USA meanwhile is actively regressing under Republican policies.
They’re mostly all made in one or two factories in China. Midea and another one.
When it comes time to replace the AC, consider getting one that’s reversible and runs as a heat pump. You don’t need to use it, but it shouldn’t cost much more and gives you flexibility.
I have moved more in a smart car than most people think they can in a pickup truck.
The station wagon reference is more about the marketing that’s led us down this garden path. Nobody likes how SUVs handle on the school run or a road trip but they sure do like the idea of being king of the road and all that jazz. So the answer is to take a hatchback and give it a lift kit (and upright seating and $10k markup). Love my wagons.