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I'm really excited to see the electric Scout. It will be interesting to see how it compares to the R2.

Has anyone else noticed that some higher end cars that have LED turn signals have now started making the LEDs fade in and out as if they were incandescent bulbs? It's a pretty good imitation, but not perfect, so you can clearly tell that it's an LED impersonating an incandescent bulb. I guess...

Yeah, NY inspections can be difficult, depending upon where you go to get them done. I lived my entire life in NY before moving to NJ a couple of years ago and I'll say for sure that NJ is so much easier with inspections. They have free state inspection stations that you pull in and wait while...

I agree with almost everything you said here except for the last sentence. Not every ICE vehicle has outstanding range, but if that's what is important, you can find it in ICE. Let's use my Jeep as an example----it's not even very good on gas, but it has a large fuel tank. On paper, it has more...

Yeah, I wouldn't normally drive that much in a single day either, but I needed to get home for work the next morning. I don't like to fly, so I avoid it whenever possible. I don't remember how many times my brother said he stopped to charge, but it was a lot and he did complain that he often...

In a way, this could be good for Rivian. There's still not a lot of competition out there and if the mainstream automakers are waffling on EVs (which I suppose it debatable), then that leaves a bigger market share for companies like Rivian that are strictly in the EV market. I guess it's not a...

Natural gas, yes. So a never-ending supply of fuel and no propane tank to refill. Unless there's some kind of earthquake that damages the underground gas lines, I'll probably never have an issue, but the generator can also run off propane at the flip of a switch, so there's always that option to...

Without trying to be too argumentative, I'll say this: As a daily driver, my Jeep needs gas every three weeks on average, mostly due to its large fuel tank. And when it does need gas, I stop at a station that's about 500 feet from my job, on my way to work. It literally takes about 5 minutes to...

What I should have said is that I do use my Jeep as a commuter car, but not only a commuter car. But yeah, I drive it to work fairly often, so it serves both purposes.

I hope so. Maybe sooner than we think. I'm banking on battery technology myself, but I'm disappointed with what I've seen in the last two years.

For a commuter car, sure. But I'm not interested in a commuter car. And Rivian aren't commuter cars, which is exactly why I'm interested in getting one in the future. As for powering my home, I already got that covered. My 24,000 watt Generac will power the entire house non-stop for days or...

Exactly. I kind of thought that I'd be okay with 500 miles of EV range, knowing that I'd probably be looking at maybe 380 miles (or maybe 400 in ideal conditions) during a winter road trip. But then when you consider towing even a light trailer like a pair of snowmobiles, even 380 miles becomes...

Not hundreds of miles per day, but often enough that it would negatively impact my recreational time trying to use an EV the way I use my Jeep. I have an active lifestyle. I have a boat, jet skis, snowmobiles, ATVs, kayaks, mountain bikes, and of course I can't forget skiing. My weekend almost...

Is it really inferior though? I'd argue that it's not. Maybe what you say is true for a commuter car, but not for vehicles used for road trips or for towing. I do both of those things with my ICE SUV and I'd say that at this point in time it's actually superior to any EV on the market today.

To be honest, whenever I see a story like this, I always wonder if there actually is a reason. I mean, there's still never a good reason to vandalize someone's vehicle, but maybe a reason does actually exist. Maybe the guy got cut off in traffic and is getting his revenge by vandalizing the...

Not necessarily. Like I said, there are certain factors that determine when an airbag is deployed. Did you ever see this commerical? Sure, it's funny, but a lot of people apparently don't know that the airbag would absolutely not deploy in that situation, even if the front end was hit much...

And if I were alive back then, like the masses, I'd still have a horse. Mass adoption takes time. Early adopters must always exist. I'm on my third Jeep in a row. All three have been absolutely perfect, not a single failure. That said, I'm very happy with the Jeep brand in general. If they...

I believe for towing and range, the Silverado is probably the best choice. I don't think any other EV can compare to the Silverado as far as towing goes.

Not only that, but Scout vehicles were made largely from AMC parts (same as Jeep), which is also why so many of the old Scouts were stripped for parts by Jeep guys after the company collapsed.

I'm someone who is still 100% ICE, but I want to go electric in the future. I'm probably as educated as just about anyone when it comes to EVs in general and the current state of infrastructure, yet I'm still not ready to pull the trigger just yet. Why? Because EVs still need to get better. I'm...