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Perhaps in the U.S., Polestar's current profitability and future prospects are too small for Geely to bother putting up a legal fight. But for either Polestar or Volvo, Geely is ultimately deciding whether to fight, and with a market capitalization of ~$24.5b (USD equivalent), Geely is certainly...

And now it won’t be coming to the U.S. because the Commerce Department has banned all Polestar sales starting with the 2027 model year, essentially by virtue of the Chinese ownership, regardless of where each model is made. Existing inventory of 2026 Polestar 3 and 4 can be sold, but then...

And lacking common sense too. In addition to almost always directing me onto a totally pointless route both to and from the interstate from my house, adding ~ 10 min, check this out this recent glitch: Instead of simply driving straight through this intersection, PCM wants me to turn...

Yes PLEASE!!!!

Ends at the conclusion of this calendar year. So big New Year’s Eve party at EA HQ!

The future beyond the consent decree period has always been a big unknown. One possible clue is that EA has been building stations in partnership with other entities, with money from those entities, not consent decree money. So perhaps EA actually likes the charging business? Then again, I’m...

Part of the answer is sophisticated power sharing. Each pedestal is pretty minimal. Every four pedestals share a power cabinet, which is where the real action happens. And three power cabinets share power among each other. Hence many Tesla stations have a dozen pedestals. The total utility...

Definitely a confusing situation! I suspect the camera problem was the fault of the body shop’s reassembly. Not a direct consequence of the deer hit, since the cameras were totally fine after the deer hit. Or maybe it was a totally random Porsche glitch?

A phone call with the dealership is worthless. All that matters is the actual Safe-Guard contract. So definitely read all of that before purchasing. Mine is 15 pages long.

Definitely not. Safe-Guard specifically excludes that under both section 5.C. and 5.E. -- would be baffling if any VSP covered that.

In that case, let's make a deal: you promise to have the U.K. skip any sales of the Touring, but we get to have it in the U.S., okay?

Which is also different than a vehicle service plan. In the U.S., warranty extension is available only via CPO. The third-party vehicle service plans, mainly via Safe-Guard and Fidelity, are close substitutes. But a plan for routine maintenance is completely different. Judging by that...

My impression was both the incentive to reclassify a car as "sold" and also the goal of avoiding any explicit discounts on new cars. Which is one of the many reasons to doubt the accuracy of any specific calculations (or claims thereof) for "depreciation" -- even setting aside the apparent lack...

Safe-Guard excludes HV battery and some related components.

@tycanmt In general I agree with you, and I have never taken out any sort of aftermarket maintenance plan, or warranty, or insurance on any sort of product -- just car insurance, home insurance, and income-replacement insurance for the benefit of my survivors (i.e., so-called lift insurance)...

The former of the two is not a warranty. Can still make sense to buy one. (I did!) But … not a warranty.

I haven’t seen any free Taycans, even wrecks.

The Porsche-branded vehicle service plan that is purchased via a Porsche dealership yet actually not a Porsche extended warranty, or an extension of the actual Porsche warranty?

^ Whose plan? Is this really an extension of the original factory warranty? If so, that’s an impressive option.

For an extension of the factory warranty from Porsche, or an aftermarket vehicle service plan from SafeGuard?