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? Thinking on this, I wonder if more auto companies will consider killing off certain models earlier due to the chip shortage that is NOT expected to change till some time in late 2023? ? OUCH, Ford is now having to cut production of the F150 Trucks due to the chip shortage and the fact that unlike GM which uses a universal chip set across all cars, trucks and SUVs. The F150 uses a different chip set compared to the SUV/CUVs and the cars, aka Mustang. Quote: Ford Motor this week was forced to cut production of its highly profitable F-150 pickup trucks due to the chip shortage. The company said it was not able to prioritize production of the pickups because they use unique chips compared with other models. Ford F-150 production cut due to semiconductor chip shortage (cnbc.com)

Yes, Lisa and Renee said hour 24 was the worst but then it just settled down and they slept solid and woke up feeling pretty good. Hang in their my friend, you will get through it and come out on the other side much stronger. ? Interesting read on why the auto companies are having to shut down due to the surge in all things electronic for use at homes due to the pandemic. Carmakers have been hit hard by a global chip shortage — here’s why (cnbc.com) gm is shutting down another 3 plants due to the chip shortage and this is showing why chip companies need to ramp up production outside of Taiwan. Like Ford, GM is not shutting down the truck or full size SUV plants, but rather this will impact all car production, sub-compact and compact CUV production. GM is idling for 3 months the Kansas plant, a plant in Mexico and a plant in Canada. They are also going to half production at their South Korea plant. GM has idled the Corvette plant in Bowling Green Kentucky due to Transmission shortage, not semiconductor shortage. GM to Temporarily Shut Three Plants as Chip Shortage Pinches - Bloomberg GM extending plant shutdowns at three plants due to chip shortage (cnbc.com)

Which one did you get? Pfizer or Moderna? Both my sister and her partner are front line nurses at Evergreen Hospital where the first case happened in the US and got the Moderna. The Moderna 2nd shot seemed to be very mild as they felt yucky for a day and then fine. My middle sister and her 3 generation household got the Pfizer and their second shot had strong reaction, but after 2-3 days they were fine. Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery Drew.

If you live in a multigenerational household then 50 and above can get it along with everyone else in that household. My sister has 3 generations in her household, so they all got the vaccine ahead of my wife and I.

Interesting the New Stellantis site and how they are pushing the Alfa crap front and center. At least JEEP gets two of the 16 spots on the Home page. One other spot is for Fiat otherwise everything is Alfa. Homepage | Stellantis

Rest, that is a normal part for your second dose. Wishing you for a speedy recovery Drew.

Exciting News, Jeep released the first teaser image of their EV Wrangler with a great video showing the skeleton of the Wrangler EV. Check it out on their web site. It seems we will see our working prototype this spring. As Jeep Says, knowing where your been allows you to know where you are going and "The best is yet to come!" AWESOME MARKETING MESSAGE ABOVE!!! The Road Ahead and the Future of American Adventure | Jeep® Jeep will also have Solar Powered Charging Stations at dedicated off-roading places such as Rubicon and more. @Robert Hall Here is your next possible Grand Cherokee CPO.

? Unproven tech from Diamler, level 3, Multiple deaths for autopilot from Tesla and Super Cruise from GM that has not had any deaths related to it yet and it is a proven working technology. Super Cruise for the win at this point. We can debate your Model S Level 3 after it has some actual real world road time on it.

Truly a personal choice as I think that sunny weather sucks, would rather live year round in rain and green forests! Wait, I already do!

Changing it up,

This always made me laugh about the father and boy. This song cracks me up in video format.

Listening to this now. Have to say we HAVE NOT seen any talent like his yet to replace him.

MJ Time while working.

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Toyota Dealers who were shown the upcoming New From Frame up Toyota Tundra says they will have a World leader full size truck to over take Ford, GM and RAM. Toyota Dealers Confident 2022 Tundra Will Be A ‘World Beater’ (motor1.com) From a Tundra TDR that will beat the Raptor and RAM TRX to just a base model that will compete ala-cart with the big 3 Americans. The question is can they as Toyota has not delivered yet. Lots of stories on various sits about the Return of the Nissan Xterra and what seems to be a full size and mid size version. Interesting photoshop versions since Nissan released the first of the teasers. Here's What A New Nissan Xterra Might Look Like (motor1.com) Nissan Released Teaser

Volvo has announced they will start sales later in 2021 of a complete assortment of Electric heavy duty trucks for Europe. Production of Electric Trucks or ETs are set to begin start of 2022 for delivery there after. Volvo Trucks to launch full range of electric trucks in Europe in 2021 | Reuters Toyota announced today that they will in co-partner with Hino develop a Hydrogen Class 8 series of trucks for North America. Toyota believes Hydrogen is a better way to go than electric for Class 8 trucks. The first prototypes will be out for testing by June 2021. Toyota to develop fuel-cell electric truck for North America market | Reuters The following 15 states have banded together to drive the move to clean heavy duty trucks. The States include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Vermont. The goal is to be 30% ZEV by 2030 and 100% ZEV by 2050. This will start with all these states requiring ZEV medium and heavy duty trucks to begin sales starting January 1st 2024 and only selling ZEV trucks by 2045. 15 U.S. states to jointly work to advance electric heavy-duty trucks | Reuters Final news is in relation to a Electric Semi Truck Startup called Thor that has now been rebranded XOS due to a lawsuit. While the Semi Truck is still in development, XOS has started production to deliver to freight companies like UPS a new local EV delivery van. Xos Trucks Loomis and UPS are launch customers who have started to take delivery. XOS is also going public via a buy out by NexGen who uses the Shell Company SPAC. Allowing it to avoid massive red tape by being acquired allowing an easier way to raise funds to further company growth. Very interesting way to go public and makes one wonder if they can really stay solvent if they had to go through normal IPO methods. Exclusive: Electric truck maker Xos in deal talks to go public - sources | Reuters

Seems Norway and Audi have teamed up to reply to GM. Superbowl commercial

Yet you struggle to not stay focused on the FACT this was about the Cadillac CT4 & 5 V-Blackwing edition. Everyone time someone points out how Daimler is now BEHIND Cadillac, you have to throw in EVERYTHING else NOT RELATED to this focus on this thread. What does Rolls or Maybach have to do with the BlackWings? NOTHING, you could ignore and just stay focus and would be better for it, but you have to flitter off into the back 40 Upper 40 Lower 40 to play smoke n mirrors about the fact that Cadillac Luxury maker has a pair of high quality LUXURY Speed Demon cars and Daimler is now BEHIND them. Normal as everyone leap frogs in this industry. You would rather bring in CUVs, FWD Appliance auto's that have been heavily massaged by their AMG division of lower level or higher level than seeing where these auto's truly are. What Ever! ?

This is a Freakin Cool Car and I love the cars in this story. 6 full-size alternatives to muscle cars | Hagerty Media

Interesting, guess I missed this concept Idea Dodge had to make AWD Off Road capable MiniVans. Meet the ’90s Dodge Caravan Off-Road Minivan That Almost Made It to Production (thedrive.com)

I can respect and understand what is posted here. I also think this is based on a rather small, YES SMALL available data due to a limited variety of EV / BEV auto's. I actually expect things to change drastically once Full Size Truck and SUV EVs become standard and people continue with their live driving a BEV versus ICE and then we will see the reduction that science has projected based on scale. I think anyone that wants static numbers at this point is silly as until we have replacements for all the ICE Trucks and SUVs, we will not see any real change. That does not mean it cannot happen once people have the options of what they want to drive in a BEV available from their favorite dealer.

And there you go moving the field goal around the yard to justify you avoiding answering real questions and pushing your own Kool-Aid Daimler agenda. ?

@Drew Dowdell Hate to make assumption but I believe your talking in regards to this: Demand-side management programs save energy and reduce peak demand - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Seems to be working just fine here in Washington state as we take down more dams and improve fish spawning to rebuild fish runs. Plus the replacement by Solar and Wind seems to be picking up any slack and we have plans for far off coast wind farms where stronger winds exist allowing for more energy production than the dams can produce.

WOW, That is a big task especially after we removed 2 dams already on the Elwha River and replaced the power generation with green solutions. Seems a couple more dams are also coming down on the Pilchuck River here as well. Washington dam removal means 37 more miles of salmon habitat restored (phys.org)

Tesla Aliens are coming! Tesla doing a large fleet wide firmware update before shipping to Europe. Tesla updating software of a fleet in parking lot looks like the aliens are coming - Electrek