The other angle to this is that modern EVs are so much better and cheaper to run than petrol cars that they hardly really need subsidizing any more. Arguably keeping the old Volvo running is actually… (View Post)

On topic, speaking as a voter in this race I have observed that Trump and his cronies are constantly lying so I don't care what they say. I'm not interested in whether somebody has documentary eviden… (View Post)

OT Japan: Koumeito which is the political wing of Soka Gakkai (sort of like Scientology but Buddhist) pulled out of the ruling coalition. They've been part of it for a couple of decades. They mainly … (View Post)

I just got a BYD Seal (haven't tried a Tesla), it's such a weird car. On the one hand it's ludicrously fast (at a very reasonable price), it does 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds which is much faster than y… (View Post)

Value from those: Pritzker seems to be playing the moment effectively. Feisty opposition but with gravitas. Harris seems like she wants to run as she's doing a lot of media and the Dems usually pick … (View Post)