Category: Electric Vehicles

Is a Tesla Cheaper than a Toyota?

I often encounter people that assume that every Tesla driver is super duper rich and that it’s far more expensive to drive a Tesla than a more obviously “mainstream” car. In this article, we compare two similarly priced vehicles – the Tesla Model 3 and the Toyota Camry.

Tesla FSD Should be Free, and Here’s Why

I personally subscribe to “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” for $100/month, and my car does more than 97% of my driving for me. But, the more I learn about Tesla, autonomous driving, and the industry, I think Tesla’s most brilliant move right now would be to make FSD free for every Tesla driver with a compatible vehicle.

EV Cost of Ownership, in the Real World

Someone who’s never owned or even driven an EV will find countless stories on social media about a 2012 Model S needing a $20K battery replacement or an older Nissan Leaf that’s down to 20 miles of range. But in the real world, replacing a traditional gas car with an electric one could save you […]

Why GM Discontinuing BrightDrop was a Huge Mistake

When General Motors announced in late 2024 that it was shutting down the BrightDrop division, scattering the team, and letting their electric van program die on the vine, most observers called it a “portfolio simplification.” It wasn’t. It was one of the most self-sabotaging moves an American automaker has made in the EV era.