TheIllustrativeMan @ TheIllustrativeMan @lemmy.world

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Beats my state which passed a DC fast charge tax of nearly $3 per kwh while suspending gas taxes.

$120 in taxes per charge for a fairly normal EV. Yay.

Yeah there is a great place near me that does a really, really good double with pimento, chili, fresh onion and jalapeno for around that too. 2 people getting food, a loaded fry (that's actually loaded), and tip is somewhere around $30. I don't see why I would eat at any fast food chain.

Discover does it for free, but they only do so on a handful of sites.

many houses these days are built too air tight,

No such thing. You just have to make sure you use a proper ERV setup.

Yeah, at this point don't buy anything on Amazon that you want to be legit.

I need some SD cards, but I'm waiting until I can make a trip to MicroCenter. No way in hell I'd risk ordering on Amazon.

UltiFi, the software on all GM EVs, is Android Automotive with an icon pack. All of the services are Google's (Maps, assistant, app store, etc). All GM does is change some graphics. Nothing about it is in-house.

Is Android Automotive really an "in-house" strategy?

It's a DC charger tax.

I grew up in churches like this, there's no way it's satire.

Jesus, at $20/mo you would pay for a full set of the (expensive) OEM tires on my car in less than a year. They're warrantied for 3 years of standard mileage, so even worse than double.

The anti-EV sentiment has been building much longer than BYD becoming the big boy on the block. About 8 months ago my state passed the equivalent of about a $100 per gallon tax on EV charging.

Too complicated, just turn the lawnmower sideways.

Don't they use different colors for capital vs lowercase vs number vs symbol?

Supposedly the Silverado EV does have astronomically better towing range, but GM seems to be slow-rolling that one.

The tiny homes would be about 200sq/ft, but really clean lines, very Scandinavian with lots of glass and metal but very sustainable wood exteriors. The glass would keep people reminded that they’re on the land and in a community.

A) Condos instead of individual tiny homes is probably better, for density, cost, and efficiency reasons. I would strongly advise bumping the square footage up a little to make it more marketable and sustainable long-term.

B) Glass and metal are expensive. Both in up-front costs and efficiency losses. Need to be careful in how these are implemented.

C) If you need an architect, hit me up.

Yeah I've been keeping an eye open since my car is likely to die soon. Thankfully some of the specific cars I'm looking at have depreciated like rocks. I feel like I'm probably going to end up with one of the first gen Bolts that GM bought back during the recall, because they're (comparatively) super cheap.

I'm probably going to try this, thanks for the write up.

Just yesterday I looked at the calorie count for my favorite frozen pizzas (Detroit Supreme, ~2400) and realized I need to cut it out entirely. This might soften the blow.

Have you looked recently? For the past few years buying new was actually cheaper than buying used, and factoring in manufacturer subsidized interest rates, the difference in the current market still makes new a viable option, unless you're looking at 10+ year old cars (which still start north of $10k these days).

Why don't we compare the Hummer EV to... a Hummer H2? You know, the much smaller, older ICE one that was also 8,600 lbs?

Not them, but every tipped job I've had has been skimmed.

Whether to pay the cooks, dishwasher, or just straight pocketed by the owner, I only ever got 50-75% of the tip.