Recent content by Ted Todorov

Rivian makes SUV EVs: Rivian R1S right now, the R2 & R3 (hatchback) in the future. However like Tesla, it does not support CarPlay. Keep in mind though that there is a huge difference between GM not supporting CarPlay and Tesla or Rivian doing their own thing. Tesla and Rivian have excellent...

I have no comment on Musk, but I strongly disagree that Tesla are not reliable vehicles -- not only have we had our Tesla Model Y since the summer of 2020, but a number of close friends and relatives also have Tesla EVs, and all of would agree that they are the most reliable vehicles we have...

I'm absolutely mystified by legacy car companies unwillingness (or inability?) to turn their classic cars into long range EVs. Look at VW: the 2019 VW Beetle is a great looking, fun to drive car (one of my last rentals before we got our Tesla in 2020) -- but no -- all you get is the VW iD4...

For those looking for an EV that’s not a Tesla, and have patience to wait 2-3 years, here are Rivian’s new EVs — they look great to me:

So apparently Apple actually was seriously considering purchasing Tesla, at least according to The NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/technology/behind-the-apple-car-dead.html

True, but they are both the goal -- for good reasons. In the case of autonomous cars: 40,000 people are killed, 2 million are injured annually in car accidents in the United States alone. These are completely intolerable numbers, and while the cars/trucks themselves can be blamed for some of...

I totally agree, but you'd think it shouldn't take them 10 years to figure it out

So "Project Titan" is officially over. That doesn't mean Apple should have bought Tesla while they had the chance (~2018), but it does offer proof that after a decade of trying Apple never came close to producing a car Apple execs considered worth attempting to sell.

Yes and no -- not all new tech toys are created equal. The Vision Pro does some absolutely unique things and opens up for new software. The foldable phone? Not so much

I don't doubt your choice on the price -- and like I said, EVs will get even less expensive in the near future due to the continued collapse in the price of batteries. But I did want to correct your take on Tesla pricing, which is often thought to be higher by tens of thousands of dollars than...

The EV we have, the Tesla Model Y, which, coincidentally was the best selling car (not just EV, but car, period) in the entire world in 2023, currently costs $43,990 for the RWD and $48,990 for the AWD Long Range (which is the one we have). This is before the $7,500 Federal incentive plus the...

The typical length of a stop at a V3 Tesla Supercharger is 15 ~ 20 minutes, not "hours". I don't know about you but when we are on a road trip I want to have a break of that length every few hours, to stretch, maybe have a snack or drink, go to the bathroom and give our dogs a short walk...

As someone who's first and only car ever is an EV (before we got it in the summer of 2020, it was strictly public transportation (subways, trains, planes - never a bus fan) and car rentals. I am a very strong EV advocate -- ours (a Tesla Model Y) has been a radically better experience than any...

Too lazy to go through all the comments (in my case I'm blanking on when I last/ever used these apps so not likely to miss them) but, this is a valid complaint: "Is it just me or is it harder to find stuff in the TV app?" My top complaint: the Paramount+ section of the Apple TV app, which...

DHL a bargain?!? Not according to me -- I've had to use them twice to send a couple of 8 page documents to Bulgaria -- i.e. something that would fit in a regular mail envelope. Was almost $200 each. (I had no choice -- FedEx/UPS do not send stuff to Bulgaria, and USPS has no certified/Express...