G. David Felt
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Kicking this month off with a commercial spotting at the gym. Why GM is missing the beat with marketing. Awesome Toyota commercial, they do not have an EV out yet, they admit it as they say EVs today are a great commuter auto. Then they do this: Wanna go places? Check out the biggest lineup of Hybrid auto's. They review all of them and end with their tag "Let's go places" Well done Toyota.
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Rematch of Tesla Cyber Truck versus Ford F150. This had me cracking up, talk about crazy power in that half scale Cyber Truck! Tesla won in Court against the tree huggers and has in a very short time cleared all the trees to build their new European Battery and Auto assembly line and design center in Germany. https://electrek.co/2020/02/29/tesla-finished-clearing-trees-giga-berlin/#more-124601 -
Exciting battery tech is moving forward as RoadRunner, Tesla's dry anode in house battery design out of Canada seems to be making headway as they push to disrupt the Auto world with Auto's on price parity with no rebates by 2025. This is the big push that GM, FORD, BMW and others have all said would come by having $100 per kWh cost of denser batteries to allow the EV to equal ICE and in many ways exceed them. This super dense project will also allow Tesla to move far beyond the 200 to 300 mile battery pack with 400 to 500 mile battery packs at reduced size and weight. https://electrek.co/2020/02/26/tesla-secret-roadrunner-project-battery-production-massive-scale/
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Jeep has entered the e-Bike market to compete with GM and others as they have released their Fat Tire all terrain bike. https://jeepe-bike.com/ 40 miles on a Charge for $5,899 per bike. Alternative web sites say that the motor and suspension system based on a Chinese company can have the bike sustain 37 miles per hour. Talk about a fast way to travel if you have dedicated safe bike lanes. In normal road traffice, you might not want to be going so fast.
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You must be driving one of those camo craptastic Prius with 52 mpg to get 400 miles in 5 min. @ocnblu forgets he is no different than an EV needing about 8hrs to recharge every day himself.
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See now there you hit the nail on the head. Moving away from the cushy grandpa mobile. All those auto's go back in time and to me grandpa cushy mobile is the letter with numbers and yes names. But if your looking at the history, that would tell me that there was more letters with numbers than names and maybe a new name would be better than letter with numbers. IMHO After all I would rather drive an Escala than a Series 62 or W140 or CTS, CT5, etc.
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Most Chinese cannot afford a ticket to the US or Europe. As such, South Korea and Japan get ton's of Chinese tourists. Italy is understandable as the rich from China go there for fashion week and brought their Biological weapons bug with them. Sadly, the science has shown that this bug is like the last 3 and appears to be man made. Why a country feels the need to have and use biological weapons is beyond me. Be better than the stupid war mongers in the US and Russia is what I think. But then I am a pacifists at heart.
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One would think if your in marketing and doing a competent job, you would know your history. One Would Hope!
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Agree that it is interesting. 1965 is when they started to change over to names I see. Though Fleetwood was assigned behind a number before then. I also thought that Mercedes-Benz use of predominately WXXX for so long before changing up with AXXX, BXXX, CXXX, EXXX and SXXX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mercedes-Benz_vehicles Interesting that they had a few FXXX in the 90's but never used DXXX. ? Wonder why? This pretty much proves @smk4565 is wrong about going CT# or XT# is Cadillac coping German brands! ?
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I doubt it will get an XT3 as GM seems focused to change Cadillac into an EV brand. They might get an XT3 EV, but I do not see them doing an ICE version. Only thing is I wonder what Names they will use for their CUV/SUV line. We know that Escalade will stay at the top in both ICE and EV form. Other than that, I do wonder what names will be assigned to the EV CUV lineup. THOUGHTS? ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cadillac_vehicles In looking at this list that covers all names used in production and concepts, I do think I could see the following for CUV names. Cadillac Townsman I do wonder what the EV cars might be called too. ?
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I expect many large scale events like this will get canceled due to the virus.
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I use RainX so I rarely use wipers, the rain just flys off the moment I start moving. Gotta love construction, with the Lite Rail going in here, my windshield got nailed by a big rock and cracked. Now I gotta replace that, but gonna wait till winter is over.
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Have not seen a Mercury Mariner in like forever.
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Seems Diesel gate is far from over as Porsche HQ is raided to collect evidence. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-porsche/porsches-offices-searched-as-part-of-ongoing-diesel-probe-der-spiegel-idUSKCN20M1HR Swiss bans ALL events with people gathering in size of 1,000 or more. Why is this important? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-swiss/swiss-anti-viral-ban-on-large-events-hits-geneva-car-show-head-on-idUSKCN20M18O Geneva Auto Show canceled just days before it is scheduled to open. They list how some of the auto companies are going to deal with new auto or concept introductions in the story. Last year 660,000 attended the show, those that bought tickets in advanced will get refunds, but since the Health Department canceled the show, the OEM Auto companies will NOT get a refund. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autoshow-geneva-cancellation/axing-of-geneva-car-show-forces-manufacturers-to-rethink-car-launches-idUSKCN20M1NH In what is called a Squeeze out offer, VW has made a tender offer to buy out all minority stock holders of Audi. VW owns 99.64% of the stock. They want the last .36%. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-audi-buyout/vw-offers-to-buy-out-minority-shareholders-in-audi-idUSKCN20M2XJ
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Just like right up to the point you have to refill the empty tank!
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Chevrolet Bolt is probably faster too than this auto.
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Chevrolet has put up a nice 2020 Corvett Stingray gallery. https://www.chevrolet.com/performance/corvette?evar36=eml_chev_adhoc_corvettebarrettjackson_0220_16293324474#gallery
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Thank you Robert, I truly did not make that connection till now and now I understand. Got it, Thank you again.
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Great write up. Thank you @William Maley I also find this very much a weird body style that is more hatchback than CUV tradition. If one did not want an Asian CUV, which would you best compare this to from America and German?
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That is a Forgetable Car. Meh
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I sold my very first auto, a Chevrolet 1976 Series 5 Luv Truck that I restored to New like condition for double what my dad paid for it new and still came out ahead as I used the money for college. My 2nd auto which was my very first new car purchase was a 1991 Ford Escort GT that was built for Ford by Mazda and my wife was seriously injured when rear ended in it totaling the auto. I still have my 3rd ever purchased car. 1994 GMC SLE Suburban. Love it still!
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This is what is all the use on the west coast since it is all compostable. https://greenpaperproducts.com/biodegradable-hot-cups.aspx Lids are awesome from this company.
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Good read and I have to say the writer hits a number of valid points. Chevrolet Impala is worth Eulogizing according to this writer. https://www.thedrive.com/news/32351/the-last-car-why-the-chevy-impala-is-worth-eulogizing
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WOW, Go GO GO Hyundai!!!! Sonata Hybrid for the US gets EPA numbers of 52 MPG with a range of up to 686 miles per tank. https://www.carsdirect.com/automotive-news/2020-hyundai-sonata-hybrid-fuel-economy-rated-at-52-mpg This matches the Toyota Camry Hybrid and beats the Honda Accord Hybrid which is 48 mpg. Per the story, this is a huge jump over the 2019 model which was only rated at 42 mpg. Starting price is expected to be $26,680
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Since @ocnblu does not like anything not pure ICE in the Random Thread posting this here: VW Touareg PHEV will also come in a VW Touareg R PHEV with a combined 456 HP / 516 lb-ft of torque. A R first for VW division of performance and a first for the CUV line. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/02/26/vw-touareg-r-phev-geneva-motor-show/ 456 HP / 516 lb-ft torque - 3.0-liter turbocharged TFSI V6 gas engine with 335 horsepower, with electric assistance provided by an e-motor producing 134 hp - 8sp transmission with standard 4motion AWD. Max Towing 7,716 lbs Pure e-mode allows 30 miles of pure EV up to 87 mph then ICE kicks in to a top speed of 155 mph. Have to say this is a Sharp looking CUV.
