Monday, October 20, 2025

AI data: top 10: car sales, price, MPT, usage cost

 Here’s approximate, realistic data for price and 3-year running cost:

ModelAvg Price ($)3-Year Running Cost ($)MPG (or MPGe)
Toyota RAV430,0005,00030
Tesla Model Y47,0003,000 (electric)120 MPGe
Toyota Corolla23,0004,20033
Toyota Corolla Cross27,0004,50030
Honda CR-V31,0005,20029
Toyota HiLux38,0006,80025
Ford F-15045,0007,50022
Toyota Camry29,0004,80032
Tesla Model 341,0002,700132 MPGe
BYD Qin (electric)28,0002,000115 MPGe







uv: fast Python tooling in Rust

 Reinventing Python tooling with Rust featuring Charlie Marsh from Astral (Changelog Interviews #660)

Charlie Marsh built Ruff (an extremely fast Python linter written in Rust) and uv (an extremely fast Python package manager written in Rust) because he believes great tools can have an outsized impact. He believes it so much, in fact, that he started an entire company that builds next-gen Python tooling