No, you can’t have an electric car with 1,000 mile range. At least, not yet.

Electric Cars

So Christopher Mims teased his Wall Street Journal article in a newsletter, writing of “a 1,000-mile road trip in an [electric vehicle] in which I never had to stop just to recharge.”[1] You need to parse that quotation pretty carefully, or maybe, actually read the article.

He actually got under 400 miles of range. He charged the car while stopped overnight. Because he was sleeping, eating, and getting coffee,[2] the stops weren’t “just to recharge.”[3] And that range was significantly below the 516 mile Environmental Protection Agency-rated range.

Mims’ purpose however is not to complain. He’s clearly impressed with the range improvements he’s seeing. But even with an exorbitantly expensive car—he’s writing about a $138,000 Lucid Air Grand Touring[4]—the range falls well short of what I would need to see.

Christopher Mims, “Ultralong-Range Electric Cars Are Arriving. Say Goodbye to Charging Stops,” Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/ultralong-range-electric-cars-are-arriving-say-goodbye-to-charging-stops-a5cf4390


Gilead

Twitter


Fig. 1. “Elon Musk shared a video of his entrance on his Twitter account.” Photograph attributed to Elon Musk, October 26, 2022, via the New York Post,[5] fair use.

Suzanne Vranica, Patience Haggin, and Alexa Corse, “Twitter Safety Executives Exit as Concerns About Policing Content Grow,” Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-loses-second-safety-executive-within-days-1954a51e


Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

Infrastructure


Fig. 2. Post-collapse scene at the Fern Hollow Bridge, photograph by National Transportation Safety Board, January 29, 2022, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Anya Litvak, “Steam pipe dream: Cordia hopes to bring new life to Downtown Pittsburgh’s ancient underground thermal system,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 4, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2023/06/04/steam-pipe-dream-pact-cordia-thermal-downtown-pittsburgh-underground-tunnels-frick-kaufmanns/stories/202306020129

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Roberto Clemente Bridge progress update indicates the important Downtown artery is on pace for a December reopening,” June 4, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2023/06/04/roberto-clemente-bridge-pittsburgh-closed-update-progress/stories/202306040129


Democratic (neoliberal) Party

Joe Biden


Fig. 3. Joe Biden and Pope Francis, unknown photographer, April 29, 2016, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Richard M. Nixon [Justin Sherrin], “The Politics of Old Age,” Patreon, June 4, 2023, https://www.patreon.com/posts/politics-of-old-84054418


Migrants

I’d somehow managed to miss that a planeload of asylum-seekers landed in Sacramento, California, recently. Apparently, Florida sent them.[6]

The 16 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia were initially transported by bus from El Paso to New Mexico, where they boarded the flight to Sacramento, officials said. They were dropped off at the doorstep of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento on Friday.[7]

What I don’t understand is why Florida is arranging migrant flights from Texas.[8] Doesn’t Florida have any asylum-seekers of its own?

Connor Sheets and Ruben Vives, “Migrants’ trip to Sacramento aboard private jet appears to have been arranged by state of Florida, officials say,” Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/california-investigating-who-sent-16-migrants-from-texas-to-doorstep-of-sacramento-diocese


  1. [1]Christopher Mims, quoted in Aaron Tilley to Wall Street Journal Tech Weekly list, “Apple’s Meta Move,” Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/newsletters
  2. [2]Christopher Mims, “Ultralong-Range Electric Cars Are Arriving. Say Goodbye to Charging Stops,” Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/ultralong-range-electric-cars-are-arriving-say-goodbye-to-charging-stops-a5cf4390
  3. [3]Christopher Mims, quoted in Aaron Tilley to Wall Street Journal Tech Weekly list, “Apple’s Meta Move,” Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/newsletters
  4. [4]Christopher Mims, “Ultralong-Range Electric Cars Are Arriving. Say Goodbye to Charging Stops,” Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/ultralong-range-electric-cars-are-arriving-say-goodbye-to-charging-stops-a5cf4390
  5. [5]Thomas Barrabi, “Elon Musk barges into Twitter HQ as deal nears: ‘Let that sink in,’” New York Post, October 26, 2022, https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/elon-musk-barges-into-twitter-headquarters-as-deal-nears/
  6. [6]Connor Sheets and Ruben Vives, “Migrants’ trip to Sacramento aboard private jet appears to have been arranged by state of Florida, officials say,” Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/california-investigating-who-sent-16-migrants-from-texas-to-doorstep-of-sacramento-diocese
  7. [7]Connor Sheets and Ruben Vives, “Migrants’ trip to Sacramento aboard private jet appears to have been arranged by state of Florida, officials say,” Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/california-investigating-who-sent-16-migrants-from-texas-to-doorstep-of-sacramento-diocese
  8. [8]Connor Sheets and Ruben Vives, “Migrants’ trip to Sacramento aboard private jet appears to have been arranged by state of Florida, officials say,” Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-03/california-investigating-who-sent-16-migrants-from-texas-to-doorstep-of-sacramento-diocese

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