Michael DiTullo

🤣 I love those stories. One time I was plugging in & a guy shouted “your car is powered by coal!”

I replied “the last coal plant closed in our state closed years ago. My car is powered by a hydro dam 30 miles away”

To his credit he said “oh, that’s actually pretty cool” & we had a great convo.

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The guy just moves the goal posts with every reply 🤣

There was quite a shortage of vehicles just a few years ago. At least you got it used.

Yes indeed. A lot of modern cars do that now. I can see where both of my EVs are at all times via their apps. Hyundai was doing that on their Ioniq 5 already 4 years ago and back then it already charged faster than a Tesla and had CarPlay.

Tesla’s are no longer industry leading EVs.

A supposed to GM and Ford who fund Trump I guess.

Just get a Hyundai EV.

So then your point is just get an EV.

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Ha, true. And we do. It feels like science fiction that I can have a power plant on my roof that powers my home and car. We cut the methane (natural gas) line to our house completely.

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Love this valentines video from Hyundai featuring the Ioniq 6 N EV! … is the secret out that EVs are fun to drive? #ev #cars #carenthusiast

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*own not won… I definitely had to pay for it! 🤣

YouTube video by Auto Focus The Best Alternatives to Every Tesla

Plenty of great non tesla EV options that charge faster, are safer, and have way more features! We have two of the cars on this list: youtu.be/llRut0MpjfU?...

As a household who drove manual sports cars for 25+ years and now has two non tesla EVs we couldn’t be happier. We would never go back to burning oil cars fart out carcinogenic fumes, cost more to own, and brake down all the time. #ev

👏👏👏

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Make it go down more in February, China!

YouTube video by Auto Focus The Best Alternatives to Every Tesla

I’ve got two electric cars, neither is a Tesla. Other EVs charge faster, are safer and have more features. Also Tesla is no longer the largest electric car company. BYD is. Both my cars are on this list:

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It’s amazing because we can make electricity from so many sources & it’s so efficient to make & transmit. I have solar panels on our roof. Like I won a power plant!

Petrol we can only make from oil & it takes a tremendous amount of electricity & minerals to refine it & even more fuel to ship it.

This is the energy I want to see from people in 2026! Love this!

(Also a Hyundai Ioniq 5 Limited EV driver)

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Where you live in Seattle 88% of your electricity comes from hydro! Everyone in Seattle should have an EV.

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Not true because:

1) the grid is mixed. It’s not 100% fossil fuels. In my area it’s less than 50%. Burning 50% less = good.

2) even if there was an area with electricity made from 100% fossil fuels (doesn’t exist) a power plant is much more efficient than a car engine. It’s still better!

That MR2 had near 50/50 weight distribution. It was a sunny spring day in Connecticut so there was lots of salt and sand on the road from the winter. Took a turn with a little too much enthusiasm and the thing just pivoted on a dime. 🤣

It was a fun car to drive.

Not as cool of a story in not as cool of a car as that but I accidentally did a 180 in my old Toyota MR2 in Connecticut. Somehow I ended up perfectly in the other lane pointing the opposite direction. Thankfully no one was around to hear my heart thumping out of my chest.

They didn’t ask us for naming advice unfortunately. 🤣

I used to tell people that the Cayman is the 911 you always wanted.

But I thought that is what all the 911 die hards loved about it? That at any moment you could totally let the tail out and slam into a tree for no good reason 🤣

I’m with you. There has been a lot of over romanticizing bad engine placement.

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But I hear you, a comfy big GT car is a better candidate for current electric tech. Really I just want this light little electric sports car:

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I agree with the macro take that whatever Porsche does it won’t impact EV adoption. It’s a niche brand with declining sales.

My controversial Porsche take: the Cayman should have been called the 911 & the current 911 should be called something else 🤣. The current 911 looks like it ate a 911!

That’s not true because it takes a lot of energy to make & transport gasoline. The US grid varies. Where I live most of the electricity comes from hydro dams. But the grid is changing really quickly in the US. Lifetime pollution from an EV is 40% less including electricity from coal.

Great analogy! Not to mention how hot those old bulbs got. And that efficiency shows in how much electricity you save when you switch to LED bulbs.

Of course no one liked them at first and they were expensive, but then the government stepped in and mandated them and it all worked out.

Michael DiTullo for Powercool. This portable heat pump won a CES Innovations award in January.

#industrialdesign #heatpump

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If I wanted a gas powered manual Porsche there are plenty of interesting used ones to choose from. I’d never buy a new gas powered sports car. Absolutely no point to them. They are just for dinosaurs who can’t move forward.

But if they made an electric Cayman I’d definitely consider it.

the US grid is not 100% coal so it’s a fictional scenario.

Actually that isn’t true at all because making and transporting gasoline is also incredibly energy intensive.

The world is burning, time to change.

We cut out methane (natural gas) line to our house. Gas guy tried to tell me my electric appliances are powered by coal.

I told him nice try, last coal plant closed in our state years ago. Most of our grid here is hydro (plus we have home solar).

Point is so many bad faith disingenuous arguments.