G. David Felt

Yet you say 5,000 Maybachs are big profit for MB, so why not for GM doing the same thing.

Here school districts are planning meals still to insure kids get breakfast and lunch. Those that can walk to the school to pick up a sack meal can and they said some will be delivered. Interesting to see how this all plays out.

All of my GM SUVs have had them in the same place that Tesla put theirs and they are much older than this model Y.

BMW Yesterday reported a 29% drop in profits for 2019. They also have announced they will cut in half their ICE power train portfolio and models as they move to an EV portfolio in support of the global market. 50% will no longer be produced starting in 2021. https://electrek.co/2020/03/13/bmw-to-cut-half-its-internal-combustion-engines-as-profits-slump/#more-126366 i8 hybrid auto is now dead also as BMW focuses on EVs that are part of existing brand lines such as the 3 and 5 series.

Interesting EV news. November 2019 VW started ID3 ev production but deliveries would not start till Summer 2020. Since then VW has acknowledged that the reason for hording the EVs is the software was not complete to their standards and now that they are in final testing mode, will look to deliver 30,000 ID3 EVs at the start of delivery as production continues to ramp up. On top of this, the EV will be cheaper than the Gas equal Golf and on par to the cost of a Golf Life. https://electrek.co/2020/03/13/vw-id3-electric-car-cheaper-than-gas-cars/#more-126388 Tesla Y is finally getting delivered and the first pictures are out showing a better interior and hidden compartments for storage. I honestly think the interior is on par with Chevrolet entry level auto's and is a copy of how GM has used hidden storage compartments for years. I really do not see anything ground breaking on the interior. https://electrek.co/2020/03/12/tesla-model-y-pictures-reveals-secret-compartment-interior-look/#more-126284 Interesting read on how wallstreet says EV adoption is now decoupled from gas auto's due to the drop in gas prices. Interesting read, I think the one thing still is the much cheaper maintenance and the desire for tech by younger people over tinkering with an ICE auto. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127438_will-cheaper-gas-slow-tesla-s-surge Cheap gas is great for now, but will not stop me from moving to EVs once the full size EVs are out.

While that would be true if we still had the same board and CEO now. Mary has proven that she is moving forward with reinventing GM and going EV and she has said recently as posted on LinkedIn that GM needs to hit the points that customers are complaining about. This makes me think that a $200,000 EV Sedan could very well be way better than anything anyone else has produced in a long time. This includes the S-class Maybach, Royals Royce, etc. We know from Lemans racing that when the US companies want to step up, they can put forth competing products. Maybe this is the time that Cadillac truly does produce a worthy 6 figure sedan.

I can see this as pushing more companies to move away from the desktop and into laptops with docking stations. Dell Tech internally only issues laptops with docking stations to all employees. Only under special circumstance with mgmt. approval can you get a desktop.

Teams works, half of Dell uses Teams, the Engineering side uses Slack. Like them both, Have numerous funny parties on the channels. Never a boring day that is for sure. We have found Zoom to be far more reliable then WebEx or the built in meeting software of Slack or Teams.

Filet

Could it be that the CT cars get replaced with EV names?

Where in the World is @Drew Dowdell

Yes, agree some space for customer meetings, but the rest can easily be done via Zoom or Slack for meetings.

His normal hang out seem to be missing him, I hope it is just the new job that is keeping Drew away from C&G. He is missed.

The Toto ones in Japan also wash your bum with pressurized warm water. Washington state in our 3 largest counties closed all schools for the next 6 weeks, all sporting events are canceled till further notice. Libraries are all closed for the next 6 weeks, county / city pools, gyms, etc. are all closed till further notice. Gonna be interesting to see just how dead the roads get and what it is like having so many at home. I do wonder how hourly people will be able to pay bills and live. This is crazy, but serious.

Ignore it at your own Peril. Our state is ignoring reporting first to dumb and dumber in DC. We now have confirmed 31 dead as of 5pm today here, 457 confirmed, tested sick individuals and over 4,000 awaiting results. This is not something to take lightly. I hope that no one here nor their families or parents or grandparents or friends, etc. catch this bug. Healthy folks are still looking at 2 to 5 days to recover. If you have any immunity suppression issues like asthma , diabetes, or any immunity issues that you do not get this illness.

Yes I am being Sarcastic, Would suck to get the Corona Bug!

Will be a good time to pick up depressed stocks of value. Ford stock closed at $5.35 GM stock closed at $23.04 Tesla stock closed at $560.55 FCA stock closed at $7.82 BMW stock closed at $45.27 Daimler stock closed at $28.30 Toyota stock closed at $112.20 Honda stock closed at $21.45 Nissan stock closed at $201.40 Everyone is down.

@balthazar Here is your next truck I found for you. Only $10,350 is the asking price with an 8ft bed. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/292036065087669/ https://www.thedrive.com/news/32563/this-ford-e-series-dually-is-the-pickup-you-drew-in-elementary-school

Seems Nissan is moving forward with joining the SUV EV segment. The Ariya Concept is green lighted to become the new EV SUV for Nissan globally. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/nissan-ariya-electric-suv-design-grille/ Guess the next wave will be butched up cars as SUVs. Weird With the European introduction of the Mach e, Ford is culling dealers as it moves to an OnLine model of ordering. Ford believes if someone wants to test drive first, they will be willing to drive the extra distance to one of their focused large dealers as Ford kills off the small mom n pop stores. https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/03/fords-european-future-far-fewer-dealers-more-online-sales/

Seems that Bollinger Motors is truly taking a different route on their EV Trucks and SUVs as they have got their skateboard platform certified as a Class 3 platform which exempts it from crash testing and other requirements especially in safety gear as Rivian and Tesla will be held too. Bollinger Motors will be selling their Class 3 platform to companies who want to make mid level Class 3 commercial vehicles. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127425_bollinger-motors-teases-commercial-potential-of-its-electric-truck-chassis Class 3 commercial trucks weigh from 10,000 to 14,000 lbs. Two battery choices for the platform is 120 kWh or 180 kWh. Seems Ford Mach e is having fun in the snow. They have released a new video of the Mach e. Pictures and more info here: https://electrek.co/2020/03/12/ford-mustang-mach-e-winter-testing-footage-ev-market/ Ford says first deliveries of the Mach e to the US and Europe will happen in October 2020.

Show Diesel Brothers just got nailed with an $851,451 dollar fine due to removing or tampering with emissions controls on the Diesel auto's they modified. Plus must pay the doctors group that sued them their $1.2 million legal fees. The Doctors attorneys say this is a step in the right direction to get the Rolling Coal auto's off the road as Utah clamps down on people who polute. Seems this could be another reason the Diesel Brothers show is moving to building EV Trucks. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127408_truck-modifiers-behind-diesel-brothers-hit-with-850-000-fine-for-pollution Seems the Cummins Diesel motor recall is even bigger than the VW recall due to polution.

WOW, Market is down 10% today. ? https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity I find this chart interesting for the history: https://www.macrotrends.net/1319/dow-jones-100-year-historical-chart You can also change it to 5yrs, 10yrs, 20yrs, etc. 10 years ago we were at 14,000 5 years ago we were at 19,206 Today at 21,200 at Market Close. Market was 21,155.26 Jan 2017. 4yrs of growth almost wiped out. Love the various ways you can look at the data: Look at by years, president, fed chair or recession.

Instead of a random Google Search why not as I did QUOTE Daimler's actual report. So then you are going to admit and accept that Mercdes-Benz is an equal to Toyota, Chevrolet, etc. in selling auto's in all market levels and not a Luxury only auto company.

I have noticed the buses are almost empty but everyone is sitting with a few seats between them and others. Public Transit still running but everyone is using social distance even on the buses. WOW, yea that is scary, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Dell are still paying their hourly. They are using them to do deep cleans at the buildings and campuses for when people return to the office. I know not all companies can give work from home or sick days, but I wish they could. This bug will I still believe change habits for many people.

I have to disagree as I look at companies and what they pay for rent, power, etc. Once you realize how to reduce costs, increase profits and get the job done by folks who need to be in an office versus working from home. I think it will change some areas big time. I work in an office of 1200. Our 7 floors is $57K a month per floor or $399,000 a month. Plus our normal $75K a month Electric bill. We have a datacenter in our building and support is there 24/7. We could easily go to 1 or 2 floors and save a bundle on money. That kind of savings going to the bottom line will make many Tech companies rethink the need for office space. That then trickles down to local businesses, food services, etc. Once you change the way folks use things, it will affect especially in dense cities how and where people spend money. Folks that live in the suburbs that no longer go into the city will have clear affect on roads, services, etc. I think this will change the world.good or bad, it will change cause of this.