My husband said that during his recent visit to SF, every uber he rode in was a model 3 or Y, and Waymos were all over the place.
It’s still spooky to me, seeing a driverless car driving down the streets around here. But I’ll be taking them in the future, if and when I need one.
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Which is why I want to know when they can cross the bridges, haha
What’s that saying about slowly, then all at once? That’s what the Waymo rollout felt like to me. At first it was a novelty to spot them. Now, it’s odd if you don’t see at least one on practically every block in the city.
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another option is the gmc denali sierra. 100% ev. has all the bells and whistles while deleting the start button😎
Is that a plastic liner or a spray on epoxy liner? Looks like a plastic one. Avoid like the plague!!! 
But $100k and 8,987 pounds…
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Well, there is one BIG positive thing about it: it is a real truck that can haul a crapload of whatever in its bed.
to be fair it was a loaner while my non tesla ev was being serviced😎. confirming that it’s huge and has a plastic liner
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That’s a cool loaner! 
Here is why I say avoid plastic liners. They are functional but eventually sand and other crud will get in between the liner and the bed. If the protective paint is scratched exposing the metal below, which can happen, that will lead to corrosion. But the owner will not be able to see it because the plastic liner covers it up. Plus plastic can become brittle when exposed to air and light for a period of time. Spray on epoxy composite liners are the way to go.
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insisted on a ev loaner. despise paying for gas:neutral_face:
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H got a nice hybrid Lexus loaner and decided it has smoother acceleration and that he preferred it over his ICE sporty brand new Lexus! He’s now planning to gift the new car to D if she moves back to HI and buy himself the hybrid. Hmmm, talk about fickle!
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Interesting. Regenerative hybrid or plug-in?
Actually, since we were driving along the mountain and cliff, he did like the sporty handling of the sporty ICE he bought, so that was a plus. The loaner was regenerative hybrid, not a plug in.
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We really like our regenerative hybrid (Lexus NX 350h, similar to a RAV4). The RX was nice too, but larger than we needed. For us the main disadvantage of NX hybrid, other that cost, was lack of spare tire (it use some of that space for battery). The run-flat tires have been fine, even on recent 6600 mile road trip…. but many owners on forums I read say they replace them. (In HI, you might never be far enough from service station / AAA for this to be a concern.)
The issue we had with run flat tires was you could not repair them if you got a nail in one, and they are expensive to replace. What was a free repair at our local tire store became a several hundred dollar replacement. This was few years ago, so maybe you can repair them these days, but I’d check it out.
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When I had air put in my tires for a long drive, I asked about run flats for my car. They said they could do it, but you can’t drive all that far on them after they get something in them and I would probably be much more aware of a rougher ride and road noise.
The issue with run-flat tire repairs is that if the run-flat tire has been driven while flat, it may have hidden damage that is less noticeable than for non-run-flat tires. However, it can usually otherwise be repaired if (for example) a leak is noticed and it is not driven when flat (i.e. like if you discover a non-run-flat tire has a leak).
https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/can-runflat-tires-be-repaired
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When I had air put in my tires for a long drive, I asked about run flats for my car. They said they could do it, but you can’t drive all that far on them after they get something in them and I would probably be much more aware of a rougher ride and road noise.
I also asked an AAA guy if they replaced Tesla 12v batteries and he said they sometimes had trouble with them.