The alloy wheels won't rust.

OH yea!
We have a SABLE with aluminum wheels, and we started having a problem with the tires losing air.
Traced it to what is called rim rot.
A small amount of oxidation builds up where the tire meets the rim.
Turns out it is a problem for aluminum rims as they age.
Doesn't matter the manufacturer.
I thought we were going to have to replace our otherwise undamaged rims for this problem.
Went to a local tire store and they were very familiar with this problem and how to fix it.
A little over $100 to have all four rim beads lightly sanded and a coating put on them.
Problem solved.
Now for those POS low air pressure sensors.
That's another store.

Boy, there is a lot of bad news online about EVs. Fires are a real problem because they can start spontaneously. One house was destroyed when a Mercedes burned. The car was a loaner from the dealer while her own Mercedes was being serviced. Another house was severely damaged when a Tesla burst into flames. Water is useless for putting out lithium fires. Fire departments use special blankets costing $3k - $5k to smother the fire. They then haul the car away in a procession with police and fire engines. They leave the blanket on for a day or more to keep oxygen from letting the fire restart.

Sales are tanking, with dealers having EVs sit on their lots. Charging away from home typically costs more than filling the tank with gas. When many cars are charging from the same station, the amount of charge going to each car is reduced proportionally. A reported rented an EV to do a story on it. During a long trip, she said she spent more time charging the car than sleeping. The car got more "recharging" than she did. Replacing the battery can cost more than the car - $60,000 for a $55,000 Hyundai. Car makers are starting to produce their own batteries so they won't be at the mercy of battery makers. Still, with a limited supply of lithium, prices will continue rise. Reliability is an issue because the car is basically running on software, and you know how reliable that can be. Repairs can be ridiculously expensive.

I never had any interest in buying an EV, but now I'm dead set against them. Give me gas any day. (Enter a humorous comment here.)

A friend had an EV, but he sold it and bought a pickup truck. He didn't go into details.

In case you haven’t noticed, companies are squeezing consumers to see how much money they can get out of them. A popular method is to charge a subscription for software. You pay for the software annually for the rest of your life. But, it’s getting worse.

Car makers are now using subscriptions and other techniques to get more money from buyers. Want heated seats? Fine. You can have them for a year or two, but then you must pay every month. The same thing applies to other features, although this technique has been opposed by consumers through the legal system.

Want a Jeep? Any color but white will cost you $495. This led me to imagine the following scenario.

Salesman: And you’d like the standard “Hot Pink” color?
Customer: Hot Pink? Anything but. I’d like blue.
Sales: Fine. That will be an additional $800.
Cust: What? Make it red, then.
Sales: Any color but Hot Pink will cost $800. It’s the additional setup of the paint booth and all the extra time and labor involved. You understand.
Sales: We’re just about done here. You’ll be supplying your own wheels, then?
Cust: No! The car needs wheels!
Sales: Of course, and we can supply very nice wheels. I’ll just add the $1,000 fee for them.
Sales: Oh, I see that tire vales are included free with wheels this week. You just saved yourself $400! Will you be supplying your own tires?
Cust: No, of course not.
Sales: We will add another $2,000 for tires, then. Now, about the air. The standard pressure we supply is 10 psi. If you would like the recommended pressure of 30 psi, that will cost just $50 per tire.
Cust: Fine.
Sales: I suggest you get here about two hours early to mount the tires on the wheels. That usually takes customers a couple of hours.
Cust: I have to mount them myself?
Sales: Of course not. We can do that for you - and also balance them - for a small fee of just $400 for all four tires.
Cust: You know, up till now, all cars came with wheels and tires.
Sales: Yes, I realize that, but the manufacturers were losing money on every car they sold. You see, Sleezy Motors makes cars, not wheels and tires. We have to buy them, and now we are passing the cost along to the customer. That’s why we offer customers the chance to supply their own wheels and tires.

Ridiculous? Maybe not. Jeep is getting away with charging for paint. When will other companies start doing that? Imagine telling someone in 1990 that he would have to rent all his software, or he would have to pay a monthly fee as long as he owned his car if he wanted the heated seats to keep working.