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Do we know what percentage of other EV brand buyers are using them? I mean, if 20% of each brand are using them, that's a lot of vehicles using them. Also, is this 20% a percentage of every Ford owner? Like, 60% only charge from home. 40% use public charging regularly. Does that mean that 50% of people who use public chargers regularly are using Tesla Superchargers? See how numbers can be manipulated or made confusing... Doesn't Tesla charge more per Kw than most of the other big brands? Or am I wrong there?

And yet, nobody is mistaking it for a luxury automobile.

How often are you not charging at home that you need to charge publicly? I'd think that thing has more than enough range to only need to charge at home. It's still a good thing though. That 20% aren't clogging your other charging stations and, I would think, it would keep everybody happier with more chargers available.

So is an Ionic5 and EV6, but nobody is mistaking those for luxury. Technically, an Ionic5 is a couple hundred dollars more than a Model 3.

Well yeah, that's Tesla. I thought it was well-known Tesla isn't exactly a luxury car maker. I was more speaking of Mercs, BMWs, Audis, and Genesis.

The first point was a little confusing because I didn't notice any prior comparison to the bZ4x. There was no mention of the bZ4x.

20% increase over what? That's a debatable selling point. I'm pretty sure all of their new turbo engines have had some major issues. I have my doubts its much, if any, quieter than any other luxury EV. Why is this worded like this? Wouldn't it just be 221HP / 198lb-ft of torque?

This comment instantly made me think of the Toyota Crown and how weird/interesting it is. I've walked around a couple of them and they're so quirky-shaped/sized. It really is a car that's lifted about an inch. Have you gotten to dive one? Are they worth a damn?

Yeah, I guess if the hood is the smaller of the sizes and you add in the space behind the seats, you'll have 5' worth of space there.

There is no way that's a 5ft bed AND it's the size of a Mini Cooper. Those dimension numbers and pictures just aren't making sense to me. It's either the size of a Mini or it's a small truck. if it really is the size of a Mini AND has a 5ft bed, that cabin has to be incredibly cramped for 2-rows. The hood of a Mini isn't 5ft, right? I know there doesn't need to be a hood for an engine but having exposed wheels seems a little awkward. the idea of thig thing seems really cool, but I'd never consider something like this.

I was looking at color options for the Sierra EV yesterday and I came across their dark red/maroon color and it looks freakin awesome.

As awesome of an overall package the Silverado EV is, I just can't get on board with the aesthetics. It just does nothing for me. I love what it is and the performance it achieves, both in sportiness and efficiency, but it looks so... sucky... It's all in the front end for me. The Sierra looks quite a bit better though, to me, so there is that.

I understand that but take a tape measure and pull it out 58", there is no way your shoulders are 58" across. You're probably thinking of your overarm measurement, which is a circumference measurement around your shoulders, not a left to right measurement. Which, at 58 inches, at least that's a real size. It could also be your chest size, but that's also a circumference measurement. Either way, you are not 5 feet wide. Just think about how wide that is for a second and it'll make more sense. Just for some perspective, if you and a twin sat next to each other in a vehicle, the vehicle would need to be TEN feet wide. Your EV9 is 78 inches across on the outside, and 62 inches of shoulder room in the front seats. I'm sure your wife has more than 4 inches of space with you in the driver's seat.

Your shoulders are not 58" wide. you're trying to say you're nearly FIVE FEET WIDE?!? There is no way you're that wide based simply off of the numbers, but also because of the picture you posted, you're nowhere close to 5 feet wide. If I had to put a guess to it, ~16" per shoulder and maybe 8" for your neck and that's still "only" 40 inches, which still seems like a little bit of a stretch.

For somebody who claims all his 6ft+ people fit into an EV9 comfortably, I don't see how this much larger is necessary when an EV9 is plenty of room already.

I thought the whole point of this post was EV sales, right? If Ford EV sales were up 15%, why were they listed somewhere else after stating "Everyone else has negative sales compared to the same period a year ago." Or was that whole paragraph about overall sales, but it was started with "February saw EV sales in the U.S. of all new auto sales make up 10% of new auto purchases coast to coast. "

I'm confused as to what's true and not true here. First you say only a few companies had positive EV sales gains and the rest were negative. Then you say Ford's EV sales had increased by 15%, which would have been the second largest gain to Genesis at 20%.

No, but you can make plans and claim a plan to move things to the US. We all know it's just a bargaining tool. I don't know for what as I don't pay that much attention, but it's just trying to force somebody's hand.

That's weird, because aren't most on similar "platforms" these days? Shouldn't those alone make it much more flexible in that regard? Or is Mercedes not making one flexible platform for like 8 vehicles?

Makes sense then. They also won't sell enough of them to justify building them here either.

The car is built in Germany.

The interiors are the exact same... and they all kind of suck now. For somebody who used to really like Merc products, I pretty much hate their screen-centric interiors now. FWIW, I loved driving the EQE we had as a loaner for a couple weeks. It isn't what I'd choose simply because it's hideous, but it did everything perfectly fine.

Isn't there a Merc that's in this category now, too? There has to be some EQE or EQS that weights 6000lbs. Oh yeah, there sure is! https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-mercedes-benz-amg-eqe-suv-first-test-review/ Also, the EQE SUV AMG is only rated for 235 miles of range?

It's an SUV still. It's just here to do performance SUV things, which is straight line acceleration along with "okay" handling characteristics.

YES! An RS6 Avant is definitely dream car status. As much as I love the RS7, I'd take an RS6 Avant over it pretty easily.