G. David Felt

Japan

Evergreen

Overpaid

So like compliance EV's less than a 100 miles! Got it, Thank you for playing the game and realizing early ICE auto's had limitations too. 5.7L V8 with just 140 HP, single digit fuel economy as to why it needed a 26.5 gallon fuel tank.

Dieselgate

Parrot

For someone who has not driven or experienced the excitement of what electric power train brings to driving, you are sure cocky of them being failures. What are you so scared of about EV's? Your so sure they are uninviting to the driving dynamic that you hate it even before you have driven it. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

GM has instituted a voluntary recall of the nearly 70,000 Chevrolet Bolts built to date due to a potential fire issue. To date, 5 Chevrolet Bolts have burned down. This affects all battery packs built in Korea by LG Chem. The 2019 Models which started mid year and the 2020 model Bolt uses battery packs built in Michigan and do not exhibit this issue. They can continue to charge to 100%, but the rest will have a cap put in at 90%. Tesla did this with their early model S & X according to the story when they hit issues that would cause over heating and fire. What you need to know if you are a 2017-2019 Bolt Owner: There have only been 5 fires out of almost 70,000 cars on the road over 3.5 years GM recommends that you don’t park your car in a garage at full state of charge GM recommends that 2017-2018 Bolt owners set “Hilltop” state of charge or 2019 owners manually set to 90% when charging. Instructions are below. Some 2019 Bolts were made from LG Cells manufactured in Holland MI and those aren’t affected by this recall. Chevy Dealerships will put a 90% top limit on the amount of charge (There is no OTA) until there is a long term solution found https://electrek.co/2020/11/13/gm-recall-chevy-bolt-evs-potential-fire-risk/ https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1130299_fire-concern-prompts-2017-2019-chevy-bolt-ev-recall-owners-asked-to-charge-to-90-for-now In support of moving forward with eventual long range Semi Class 8 trucks where they refuel during required driver down time. An initiative is being done to bring about MegaWatt fast charging that would in the same time frame for Diesel refueling allow EV Semi's to recharge. Quote: The ultimate goal of the MCS task force is to develop a system that could charge a truck’s massive battery pack in half an hour. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/task-force-to-develop-megawatt-charging-system-for-heavy-duty-evs/

Movie Type

Yup, should be suit only, but I loved playing the games. I see they brought it to XBOX 360. History for the Young Pups here who might not know the game series. "Leisure Suit Larry is an adult-themed video game series created by Al Lowe. It was published by Sierra from 1987 to 2009, then by Codemasters starting in 2009. The first six Leisure Suit Larry titles, along with Magna Cum Laude and Love for Sail Mobile, were distributed by Vivendi Games, while Box Office Bust and Reloaded were distributed by Codemasters. Currently the games are being published and distributed by Assemble Entertainment." REBOOT

If this iX has 500HP and the EV power Train is to be used across the family of products, I do wonder how much more they can get from it. It also makes me wonder how long, not IF but when someone will crack the access code and be able to flash less powerful Controllers to allow more power in lower end versions. Interesting times for EV power Trains is coming.

Will be interesting to see how this auto does as the Power Train seems overly complex to me.

Leisure Suite Larry

I disagree with you as the 2-series has NO SOUL, They lost the soul of a driving machine decades ago. X7 is a decent butt Ugly SUV, not a tarnish, just a sad excuse for external styling. Keep the Gov Talk about of the channel please. Lets not end up having it locked as last time. @oldshurst442 Focus on the Auto only and do not give any place for others to run into politics. EV haters will have their day and go the way of past extinct animals.

Pente

I would take this ugly BMW over the monstrous waste of design time Chevrolet calls their full size pickup trucks. That WHIMSICAL and FAILING MISERABLY! The HD series is even worse than this BMW.

I can totally agree with that. I know in the early days Tesla had some mall locations but I thought they had given them all up for independent locations that had charging and demo models. At least here in the PNW that is all they have.

The Tesla stores I have been in have all had demo drive units and never heard or seen a place that did not. Seems weird that they would not have them for when a person asks to take one for a test drive. Thanks for letting us know. Rivian is not opening up Boutique stores yet focusing on manufacturing, then they are supposed to open in limited locations stores. Gonna be interesting.

It is weird as the same money in my wallet from January of this year is still there as I only use plastic now for the once a week shopping trip to Costco. Tesla and Lucid Boutique stores have functional demo models. I expect the Rivian stores to also have demo models you can take for a test drive.

Seems GM has announced they are hiring 1,100 people for their battery plant in Northeast Ohio. https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2020/nov/1105-ultium.html Those interested in the various jobs can apply at their web site. Ultium Cells LLC Website

I take it as the Flagship of their BEV Product line till a newer one comes along to replace it and it then becomes the old Hen in the portfolio of BEV.

Visit the Boutique store to try out the demo models I would guess. I agree as for me I have to sit in it and test it out before I will order an EV.

Nissan while bleeding money did have a reduced loss in their quarterly report due to the aggressive restructuring that saw it shed 14,000 jobs rather than the indicated 12,500 by the end of the fiscal year. March 31st 2021 by getting the layoffs done early and reducing annual operating losses by 28%. Nissan is now estimating an annual loss of $3.2 Billion rather than the $4.5 Billion it stated in March 2020. A year ago for this same period Nissan had a $285 Million dollar profit and reported a $45.6 million loss. Nissan expects to return to profitability some time in 2021 calendar year. Nissan is planning to leave Europe and focus on China and the US markets where sales have been improving. Nissan is also looking at embracing and rolling out a global online sales model as they convert to an EV company. Nissan is keen in what they believe the over all industry is wanting which is to get out of having dealerships and moving to an online sales model with haggle free pricing. This would mean more of a Boutique type shopping for test drives and help ordering up the auto you want and then coming back to pick up the auto at a time in the future if you do not place an order online. Nissan is at the start of a major refresh of their whole product line as they adjust prices to drive sales and reduce incentive spending. https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/11/nissan-posts-predictable-quarterly-loss-says-annual-losses-wont-be-too-bad/

Porsche News An interesting story came out today by Porsche about 15 concepts that they never showed off after building them. The one that is getting chatter online is their Electric Mini Van they built in 2018. You can also check out the Porsche 919 street car, Porsche Vision Spyder and more at the links below. Update, seems if your looking at the various pictures, Porsche accidentally showed off the clay model of their 3rd EV the Porsche Macan SUV. While Porsche has pulled the image from their sites, the internet has already captured the image for life according to the pictures here at this link. https://www.thedrive.com/tech/37603/alleged-porsche-macan-ev-concept-model-accidentally-shown-in-now-retracted-photo https://press.porsche.com/prod/presse_pag/PressResources.nsf/Content?ReadForm&languageversionid=1155872 https://www.porsche.com/australia/aboutporsche/pressreleases/pca/?id=617521&pool=international-de&lang=none https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/products/porsche-unseen-design-studies-car-visions-22865.html

Hyundai Product Blitz News Between today and December 31st 2021, Hyundai announced today a major product blitz of 12 new and significantly enhanced SUVs. The 12 new SUV products over less than 15 months includes refined gasoline as well as new Hybrid, Plug-in, BEV and N Performance Models. Tucson, Santa Fe, Kona, and Santa Cruz will be refreshed and or enhanced. A all new electrified SUV will also come out. Quote: Hyundai today announced a sustained and commanding product blitz of 12 new and enhanced SUVs continuing through the 2021 calendar year. The fresh pipeline of new SUV products will include new and refined internal combustion, hybrid, plug-in, BEV and N performance models. These models include the Tucson, Santa Fe, Kona, Santa Cruz and a new dedicated-platform, electrified Ioniq SUV, all of which feature new designs, eco powertrain availability and major platform options. https://www.hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/3192