Only one EV charger at home?!

Looks like the still in use London Taxis.

That's illegal.

So is an auto. And you have less things to do.

No car is boring when you go well over the speed limit.

No it doesn't. It is comparing the effect of the individual shoes. "Leading and trailing brake shoes are as capable of stopping the reverse motion as they are of stopping forward motion." This means brakes with one of each. Leading shoes "dig" in to the drum and so have more braking effect. jon was referring to brakes where they are all leading (when the car is travelling forward) In the reverse direction they will be all trailing. (I think the original Mini had twin leading shoes on the front brakes. I don't know whether this was a problem reversing as the rear brakes were leading/trailing).

Why would you need a larger feed to charge a car? A car will charge quite well on the same outlet you connect your tea kettle.

Yes, that's today. The problem many people have, is accepting that as EVs become more and more popular, there will be fewer and fewer gas stations. Many just can't grasp the idea that something as "fundamental" to our lives, will change.

I remember thinking that cell phones would always be limited in use. The phone in my kitchen works just fine! Now, I curse the damn things every day.

These events are rare for both EV and ICE cars. But EVs are new, so every aspect of them ends up under a microscope.

There's a reason why your home insurance costs goes *down* when you convert your attached garage into living space.

You mean, the left wing government, duly elected by the voting citizens? Yes, that left wing government.

What a putz. Anything you don't agree with is evil, eh?

That's true. Gasoline doesn't explode very easily. It does burn like crazy and if spilled, runs all over the place. That's why you can't put out a gasoline fire with water. The gas just floats on top and spreads all over the place, all the while burning and setting other things on fire. A gas car fire needs foam to put it out.

There's some irony that people think lithium-ion battery fires are hard to put out, when you only need to douse them with water! It couldn't be more simple.

Two errors here. One is the idea that there can be no automatic application of brakes without the brakes being "by wire". The other is thinking that power brakes have to be "by wire". Neither is true. Power brakes are power "assist". Even if the "assist" stops working, stepping on the brake pedal gives manual brakes, which simply require more pressure.

Likewise, other sources can apply the brakes in a car while the driver's connection is still mechanical.

Yeah, I've paid careful attention and when under autopilot control, it still uses the brake pedal to some extent. The thing often waits longer that I would, before slowing, so must apply more braking than the regeneration can apply. I'm not certain that's the issue though. I can see how much regeneration is being applied, and often, it's not the full capacity, when I can feel the brake pedal being applied.

Why would anyone want regeneration to be controlled by the brake pedal. I can run my car up and down in the speed range to 10 mph, without touching the brake. Who wants to keep moving their foot between two pedals? In the models 3 and Y it will bring the car to a stop! (different motors)

Blending regeneration and acceleration in one pedal works great on the Teslas. It's one of my favorite things about the Tesla. I wish I had one in Puerto Rico.

Which means diddly squat.

Wouldn't that depend on how much the car in front is slowing? I don't hit the brakes every time I see a brake light. But then, I follow far enough from the cars in front of me, so I seldom need to brake hard.

In the Tesla, there's a control to set the following distance. I have it at max, which seems to be about 2 seconds, which is the recommendation.

There is something wrong with your car. Your car is probably close to half the weight of my car and I get 3 mi/kWh, sometimes 3.5 mi/kWh. On days when I'm on roads that aren't 70 mph, I've gotten as high as 4 mi/kWh.

I can't wait to see photos of your little car with a bicycle wheel hanging off the rear! LOL

Really? What car are you driving that engine braking is harmful to the engine? I want to avoid anything made by that company.

A lot of it was the 'safety' or EPA requirements. Renault, Peugeot, and Citroen always were very minor players so the market wasn't worth the effort.

Peugeot did okay in the US for a while. For people of my generation Renault is associated with the Dauphine, not a good pairing.

Having every single one one way round seems insane, so you can hardly stop in reverse? How did that pass the safety requirements?