My friend with an old gen LEAF with old battery limits where she will drive due to range anxiety. My niece with newer LEAF with over 100 mile range drives her leaf all the time all over and has no issues.
1 Like
Reporting in that Seattle son has finally - finally - made the call and reserved an in-production 2025 Camry hybrid. He was looking at Corollas - very low and limited inventory - but decided that the few extra thousand would get him a more desirable car. The right car showed up quickly and it should be ready in February.
4 Likes
H test drove and put deposit down on a Camry. They’ll let him know when his car will be able to have an expected date. Believe they have a long waiting list. He’s only hoping it arrives before our Volvo mechanic relocates from Honolulu to Vegas due to better cost of living.
4 Likes
Lots of Waymo’s in San Francisco. Did a double take on one yesterday - it was a Jaguar.
Same in Phoenix. They must have a special deal!
Waymo has had a deal with Jag for years (after the Chrysler Pacifica), but that will be ending and they are working with a Chinese company, Zeekr.
couldn’t decide where to post so did it here
1 Like
The Jaguar I-pace, the EV that Waymo has used since 2018, is being discontinued in 2025.
“The vehicles Waymo receives from Geely, it says, are “base vehicles,” stripped of telematics systems and any other technology that would allow the vehicle to communicate with, or send data back to, its manufacturer. Only “authorized personnel” install Waymo’s self-driving technology into the cars after they’re delivered to the United States.”
technicalities that lawyers love
I’m still not ready to go into a “self-driving” vehicle. I will let others be the ones who work out the bugs.
1 Like
I’ve been watching the Barrett Jackson car auction this week and all the 50+ year old Chargers selling for six figures reminded me of this post.
Will 50 year old EVs be selling for 50x their original sticker price in 2075? 
1 Like
You asked this same basic question in Sept. of 2023, so I might as well reproduce my response from then . . .
Obviously, as to the OP question, your answer is still No. We get it. You don’t like EVs. What more need be said?
4 Likes
There are plenty of older ICE cars that don’t sell for exorbitant prices… typically, those are mass-produced people movers. Like Corollas. Who knows, maybe in 50 years a limited edition well-preserved or restored EV would be a hot car auction item. If any Cybertrucks don’t completely rust through by then… maybe. 
1 Like
Yikes 
1 Like
The original Tesla Roadster.
Not with a 50 year old battery.
They’ve already had one battery update. A battery is a battery. New updated batteries come along all the time. Batteries aren’t going away anytime soon.
4 Likes
Now that I’m paying attention, there are soooo many different cars/SUV/truck on the road. Many of them are available with different engines. For example Lexus NX has 4 choices (ICE, ICE turbo, hybrid, plug-in hybrid). Luckily there is a lot of overlap on spare part etc.
I don’t get the appeal of this type of car.