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@A Horse With No Name Totally agree, brothers in awe of Asian woman. We got married on a tight budget but a few years later took my wife to get her the glamor portrait she deserved in her wedding dress. My wife Sun Felt! ?

Got it, remember the show, but never interested me so never watched Full House. I remember the news about a college admission scandal but totally ignored it. Now I get what you all are talking about, Thank you Robert, much appreciated.

Who is this old woman? I honestly have not seen her before, so if political, sorry, but weird that this is the first time I have seen her and hav no idea what the story is about. What crimes? Wow, I really feel in the dark on this news story. Update me please!

That is ONE SWEET RIDE!!! Is that a ground strap off the back bumper? Really liking the looks of this truck and so much better looking than Chevrolet, Ram and Ford.

Survival of the fittest, if a pedestrian is too stupid to pay attention to the roads, caught up in their facetime with who ever and ignors crossing a road, why should the silent auto be penalized?

Drunk Truck

Here are the official press releases by gm and Honda. General Motors and Honda to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Honda Electric Vehicles Powered by GM's Ultium Batteries | General Motors Company General Motors and Honda to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Honda Electric Vehicles Powered by GM’s Ultium Batteries (hondanews.com) This is what happens when you get caught behind the tech change by society. The same reason Toyota is behind and bad mouthing is they were leading, Hydrogen is not working out for consumers and so they have to pivot and run to try and catch up. Hydrogen for Commercial Class 8 trucks / Semi's for range extenders makes sense here.

Back to our scheduled LYRIQ discussion, very exciting to see the second battery plant for Ultium battery packs being built in Spring Hill Tennessee. GM and LG Energy Solution Investing $2.3 Billion in 2nd Ultium Cells Manufacturing Plant in U.S. Interesting observation is that if your Full size truck or SUV you get 800V / 375kWH recharging battery packs, but for everything else, is a 400V / 200 kWH battery pack. I honestly think this is a mistake as gm should just standardize on allowing all auto's to have the 800V / 375 kWH recharging.

First off, MB is NOT a battery pack of their own design, it is a JOINT R&D between MB and CATL of China. Second, CATL will produce the final joint designed Lithium Ion battery cells to be used in a battery pack by MB. 深化合作，引领未来，宁德时代成为梅赛德斯-奔驰电池领域头部供应商 (catl.com) Click the link, it will auto convert to English for you if your using a modern browser. This was also covered here by Bloomberg. Mercedes-Benz and CATL as a major supplier team up for leadership in future battery technology - Bloomberg MB has started LIMITED PRODUCTION of the battery cells at their own German R&D site, Mercedes-EQ starts production of battery systems for the new EQS | Daimler > Innovation > Digitalisation > Industry 4.0 Interesting observation is that they are using a similar design as gm Ultium battery system, rectangular packs of cells allowing them to have various sizes of the over all battery pack with an integrated liquid cooling system just like gm, ford, VW, Audi, Porsche, etc. etc. etc. MB has production in various locations and is using an 8-1-1 of rare earth elements for their cells. Nothing ground breaking in the design. Global battery production network of Mercedes-Benz | Daimler > Innovation > Digitalisation > Industry 4.0

Awesome, thank you for the details, very excited to see pictures of your new ride. I do find it interesting that with the Duramax that the Max Trailering package would not be standard with this truck. Hope it gets here sooner rather than later.

I agree, I thought it was a well done modern twist too. Modern powertrain, suspension, etc. with an old body that still looks sharp in the 21st century.

For those that love the Miata but would rather have a 60's era looking Corvette, this Japanese company is doing just that, a modern Miata underpins this 60's era style corvette. Only problem I see is the crazy price to import it from Japan to the US. $69,700 ? Rare Rides: The 2020 Mitsuoka Rock Star, Believe in Your Dreams (thetruthaboutcars.com) Rock Star | Models Line-up | Mitsuoka Motor (mitsuoka-motor.com)

Auto Suppliers Just Realized EVs Will Cost Them Jobs Seems with EVs having on average 30% less parts and maintenance, auto supply companies and unions of those workers are wanting the folks in DC to scrap any plans to ban new ICE auto sales in the next 100 years or so.

Nice Truck, equipped for what I choose, not bad for $54,000

@balthazar So on your hot looking bad boy, what Packages did you get? Like the look of the black package, but wow $1,100 bucks. ? X31 Off-road and protection package along with Max Trailering package look good IMHO. ? Interesting that they have a Dynamic Fuel Management removal option.

Nissan has released a new GT-R NISMO edition. Nissan has shown off their latest SUV and e-Power auto's that have surpassed 500,000 sales in Japan alone. Nissan displays diverse lineup at Auto Shanghai 2021 (nissannews.com)

Same here, plenty of Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines. Both my kids are either on shot one or had both. Very happy that everyone who wants to get vaccinated is able too. The variations are scary and I look forward to the Booster shots from Pfizer and Moderna to address those other versions.

Toyota says it is lifted to 6.9" of ground clearance over the standard. Quote: At the heart of this package is an all-wheel-drive Sienna with 15 mm (about 6/10ths of an inch) of additional ground clearance, for a total of 6.9", thanks to a unique set of shocks and springs. Not what I would call lifted, but then this is Toyota.

Seems gm and Mary are on Times latest cover. https://time.com/collection/time100-companies/5953738/general-motors/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=time100-companies&utm_term=_&linkId=117255298

Seems Toyota believes customers want a lifted AWD Minivan and as such for 2022 they have the Toyota Sienna Woodland Edition. 2022 Toyota Sienna Woodland Edition is the lifted, AWD minivan of your dreams | Autoblog I honestly have to say this is one UGLY MOTHER F&@#ER! IMHO

Ford has admitted that the last couple of decades were anything but Quality is Job 1 at Ford and with 2021 models having numerous problems, Ford is coming out in talking about how they are changing this to get back to Quality is Job 1 as a reason for customers to buy Ford products and they point to the Mach-E and F-150e truck as the new standard. The nightmare of launch for the Lincoln Aviator and Ford Explorer are to be a thing of the past. How Ford's making sure quality is Job 1 once again - Roadshow (cnet.com)

These are clearly not for the US market, but I have to say that this drag race of EV version 1.0 and the new EV version 2.0 is too funny. Watch The Tiniest Drag Race Ever: Microlino 2.0 Vs Microlino 1.0 (insideevs.com) Tiny Drag race

She is Hot, but that auto is so forgettable.

First off you have NO IDEA if the Ultium battery and power train system will have degradation in cold climates as there is no evidence of this and NO YOU CANNOT compare it to what the Leaf, BOLT, Tesla, etc. of anything compliance EV has done in the past. For all we know in a cold climate the GM BEV built on the Ultium system will have Zero degradation while Mercedes Benz will end up with a 50% reduction in battery life once in a cold climate. After all MB has FAILED to deliver any other BEV to this market and so far very little is known about their battery pack in butt below zero cold Canada or Alaska where you could be 50 below zero. Searching extensively across the internet, it is interesting that while you find interviews of MB future of batteries: The future of electric-car batteries, according to Mercedes | DrivingElectric MB actually avoids answering the question of battery degradation which makes one wonder how bad their current battery degradation is since their Compliance B-Class lost over 50% when it went into cold freezing climates compared to actual real world results for Tesla and Chevrolet BOLT.