G. David Felt

Agree that if idiot leadership did not want the focus on himself and actually had proper leadership in the proper departments we could have reduced the 1,050 plus deaths we have now as well as clearly explained how this Virus is killing people and why Coronavirus parties to get infected is NOT the way to go. @balthazar Check out this site and let me know what you think. I have to say, very well done. https://www.trackcorona.live/ The responsible parties for building this live site is Standford, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech using the data sources from DXY, Covid19Japan, ECDE, JHU, WHO, CDC, and a few others. but over all I have to say it is very well laid out. The animated map under the Time tab is very interesting.

True, Ignorance flocks together and it has become very clear that Ignorance is what Potus45 is wanting in his followers. Deception, Lies, Change of facts all to meet his own personal agenda. We all have seen and heard him say one thing to flip to another and yet you still think he is the second coming of Christ? ?

Potus45 has shown his own Imbecile reaction by being a fish flipping and flopping all based on his perception to keep himself in office and the focus on him rather than as our history has always been about letting educated individuals run the various government sections and make education facts lead the response. We DO NOT need incompetence of flyers from the Whitehouse about a Generalized stuff focused on him. Example: In the past a more scientific flyer from the CDC would come out. Who cares about Potus45, this should be CDC only with a clear scientific list of what to do and not to do and why. The HOAX is on those that are willing to blindly follow a fish who flips based on it being all about himself.

To to officially send you this then:

They are calling it a shelter in place, but if you venture out for anything than basics, you can get a $500 fine and 90 days in jail. ? Yup, we are under martial law of political idiots. The boomer city mayors are over reaching a bit. This fine and jail term is not everywhere but seems to be common in the cities that are run by boomers here. Lucky the city I live in is not affected by this stupidity and they only ask that you shelter in place, exercise outside, but keep social distance and focus on your yard, house, spring cleaning, etc. to stay busy when your not working from home. All common sense logical thinking. Thank you for the info, always cool to learn about other cultures, something we are lacking in leadership due to ignorance. As I raised my kids on this moto: "Education is power and the great equalizer that allows all types of thinking to live together in harmony!" Multi-Cultural Diversity is good to learn from as it allows humanity to move forward into the future.

Bet this thread remains quiet for the rest of the month.

Started work on the garden to get it ready for planting. Yard work, house spring cleaning. Washington state starts a mandatory 14 day stay at home state shutdown tonight at midnight. Clearly no one is going anywhere, so might as well get stuff done around the house. Will snap some pics to share, my Garlic garden is doing great.

Yes well he is a Narcissistic idiot and I have more faith in Bill Gates than Potus 45. https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/bill-gates-trump-coronavirus-economy https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bill-gates-slow-economic-recovery-trump-coronavirus-public-health-first-2020-3-1029028597 Potus 45 would rather believe religious leaders than scientist and the body count piling up in the corner. Opening up the Economy the way he wants to to get money flowing back into his properties and his pocket book lends itself to just continuing to show his irresponsible nature. I agree with you that it seems unlikely, but he seems to be pushing it hard and I have to think it is his vacant golf courses and buildings where there is no business that means he will not have any income that he is freaking out about more than the churches. Vatican has already said it will only do a streamed service for Easter services and no one will be allowed in the courtyard for his traditional Easter sermons.

If potus45 is correct that this will last till August then man are people gonna be having huge cases of cabin fever.

Cool Read on the New upcoming Electric Vans from Mercedes van division. Available in a 6, 7 or 8 passenger configuration. Guess a front bench seat it out for ever, I remember when you could get 9 passenger option in Vans and full size suburbans due to the front seat being a bench seat. Still think this have value, but guess people want their middle storage section. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127573_mercedes-benz-teases-all-weather-potential-of-eqv-electric-van I know this will make @balthazar Sad and @ocnblu Angry, but I have to say it is very cool that a British company is turning old Royal Royce's, Bentley's and Jaguars into pure EV auto's. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1127574_british-firm-turning-classics-into-evs-adds-more-models-to-portfolio Course some companies such as Jaguar offer the service themselves, but other companies are doing it too such as the one above. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1112543_jaguar-melds-old-with-new-for-e-type-zero-electric-sports-car

Coronavirus is having a positive impact on the planet in regards to one very important issue. AIR QUALITY - Considering that auto's and other ICE driven items like boats, etc. contribute to the increase in NOx levels especially in cities, the lock downs around the planet have seen dramatic reduction in NOx levels with some cities seeing the clearest skys in decades. Satellite images are showing dramatic changes in cities and industrial areas all around the globe. Italy's level of air pollution has dropped by 40%. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/23/coronavirus-pandemic-leading-to-huge-drop-in-air-pollution Play with the maps covering different countries and see the difference of air pollution via the link above. Just one example is China:

COOL NEWS - Jaguar iPace gains huge mileage using Magna e4 technology. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127584_prototype-drive-magna-e4-ev-is-a-300-mile-jaguar-i-pace-with-reworked-dynamics Yes, Jaguar gave one of the concept iPace EVs to Magna to show what they could do to help the company in supplying parts. Magna took the 292 mile range EV and turned it into a 367 mile range EV with more horsepower and torque using their new motors based on the WLTP European test cycle. In the EPA cycle, this goes from 234 miles to 300 miles of range here in the US. Jaguar iPace comes currently with the following specifications: 234 miles on the 90kWh battery pack 394 HP AWD via two 147 kw motors Jaguar iPace Configured using Magna e4 components: 300 miles on the 90kWh battery pack 429 HP AWD via two 160 kw motors Boost mode is 483 HP AWD via 160 kw motors that change to 180 kw. Added Magna inverter adding Torque Vectoring to the iPace which it did not have before. True Decoupling of rear wheels allowing to run in FWD mode increasing range of the Battery pack. Magna investigated 3 motors with 3 inverters much like GM is doing with the Hummer by GMC Truck and SUV which would have huge performance and mileage gains but the cost surpassed the goal of increasing performance while reducing costs. Using the Magna supplied parts reduced costs of the iPace while adding the following to the auto: 25% Battery range increase 12% better battery management due to the following 6% from Magna's reengineered propulsion system 4% from the AI system of managing the whole auto electrical system 2% from weight reduction of 200 plus pounds. Future tech that is being worked on, such as for slippery surfaces where one side of the auto uses regenerative braking while propulsion is on the other side to correct an auto out of a slide that gains energy recovery while adding protection of staying in control. Now interesting is the ending of the story, Jaguar DID NOT commission this engineering study at Magna. Magna builds the iPace, Toyota Supra and BMW Z4 at their Graz Austria manufacturing plant. As such, being familiar with the iPace, they took the concept and used it for their Engineering project. Magna being a supplier to Jaguar should become a win - win situation as Jaguar supplied the iPace and their internal Data to Magna. Magna built it even better and showed how it could be improved and returned that data back to Jaguar. As the Story ends, Jaguar has their hands full as they are in the middle of developing an AWD Electric XJ Sedan, larger jPace CUV and an equivalent Land Rover currently nicknamed Road Rover as part of their move to full EV portfolio. This looks like a decent mid-cycle refresh for the iPace as Jaguar has stated it will continue to be built for a normal model lifespan meaning a 5 to 7 year cycle. Mid-life refresh should be out for iPace by 2021, so Magna could very well increase their sales and supplies of parts for the iPace.

Very Cool read on REAL WORLD Testing of EVs in Norway. Bet Tesla will not be happy. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/21/electric-cars-cold-weather-testing/ The Norway testing showed that the best EV was the Hyundai Kona EV. It only lost 9% of it's real world range nudging it ahead of the Tesla 3 by 1 kilometer. On average, due to the cold, EV's averaged 18.5% reduction in real world driving range by the European testing standard. FYI, the EPA is far more conservative than the European testing cycle so usually EVs do much better than their posted range. Based on the consistent testing of all EV's Tesla still was near last as the Tesla model S lost 23% of it's range and the Tesla 3 lost 28% of it's range even though both auto's have the largest battery pack with the longest range according to this study. The worst performer was the Chevrolet BOLT known as the Opel Ampera-e as it lost 30% of it's range in the freezing weather test but was among the least expensive of the ev's also. Note is that GM has since updated the battery pack with longer range, faster recharging capability and enhanced cold-weather handling capabilities something that was not available on the model tested here. Very interesting read on charging, how EVs will actually keep you constant on power delivery right up to full depletion of the battery pack and one thing they learned is that with EVs, if you turn everything off and let it sit for 1hr, you will still have enough charge to get just the motor to run for a few kilometers, long enough to get home or to a charging station.

Seems real world racers are going online to stay sharp till they can get back into their auto's to physically race and are finding themselves outmatched by faster, quicker reaction of online gamers. Very funny read, but also has some very valuable lessons they could properly apply in their real race world. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/23/f1-nascar-virtual-auto-racing/

Taking a Porsche 911 and turning it into a Hybrid is something the folks in Germany will not do as they have their Taycan. Yet so many wonder if it can be done and for a mere $75,000 a company out of California has created a hybrid kit that only adds 170lbs of balanced weight to the auto, replaces the starter and flywheel as this special electric motor goes between the motor and transmission and keeps things for the most part all natural. Yet with this hybrid system, your 911 gains 150 HP / 150 lb-ft of torque and has various driving modes to help you optimize the power delivery. Over all, very cool read that they say they are looking to offer this on other auto's such as trucks that could help drive down the price. A shadow drive system that from an engineering standpoint would be a great boost to those auto's with smaller motors as it does not change anything in the original motor. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/03/25/porsche-911-hybrid-vonnen-shadow-drive/ Toyota plans for the future just got leaked on Facebook. Seems the all new BRZ and GR86 will get a 255HP turbo motor on a RWD new platform as we will also see a hybrid Sienna fall 2020, New Hybrid CUV fall 2020, Lexus is KILLING OFF V8 motors in any auto under $90K and more, read about it here:

VW 411 & 412 were interesting and corner case auto's that sadly were too little too late to the industry and just wrong time for the era. Cool that they are being covered in a book. Hopefully those that are into the auto industry will enjoy that book. Very cool, thanks for posting it @axlon

Loved Grumpy Cat too, R.I.P. Grumpy Cat.

Wishing you all the Best in surviving this period. Sucks to be jobless and hope a decent focused on Americans rather than a free handout to the big businesses Pandemic package is passed by the house and senate and signed by the president to help those out that have been most affected.

Had my updated Influenza shot in 2019 during my yearly physical. So while I do not know my blood type, with my workouts, healthy eating for the most part and keeping social distance, I think I am doing good. Only thing that sucks is a family history of high cholesterol. I have mine under control lucky for me. Hopefully I can resist the little corona virus bug. Squash it out.

Seems Men and Type A Blood are the most common for getting sick and dying. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus Seems men more than woman are hit hard and JHM has not figured out why but some men end up sterile. https://www.menshealth.com/health/a31265159/men-coronavirus/ Italy is 3 out of every 4 cases are men compared to China where 106 men to every 100 woman are struck with the virus. Course in older individuals, more men again. I think young men need to be very careful if you want kids, protect the family jewels.

Manhattan Island is reporting 100 deaths now. Not so sure dense city living is the way to live. Just saying 1918 influenza and the black plague hit cities very hard.

Seems Gas has hit a new low, 2002 style with 99 cents per gallon at a BP in Kentucky. Most places could see by summer gas averaging $1.49 according to the investment community.

Despite Covid-19 issues around the World, Polestar has started production of their Polestar 2 EV car being assembled on the same production line as the Volvo XC40. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/polestar-2-ev-production-availability-covid-19/

We were way over due for a stock correction. But now it is just fear selling, fear buying like all the crazy idiots that are buying up guns and ammo with no training. They will probably hurt their family, loved one, friends, etc. before actually defending their home if things got really crazy like the 1918 Influenza death totals and then why would someone want to go into a house where they could possibly catch the virus and die. Just some real crazy stupid stuff going on.

Some very interesting news in the Electrical front: Seems Austria has isolated 53 employees of their electrical Utilities to insure that they keep the electrical grid up and running during this pandemic. This has made our own politicians bring up for discussion requiring electrical companies to isolate employees to insure the electrical grid stays up in this country. https://electrek.co/2020/03/23/egeb-austrian-utility-employees-isolate-us-new-york-state-green-energy-1-billion/#more-127387 Tesla's ELectric Semi truck was spotted coming back from Alaska from Winter Testing. What a dirt covered mess. LOL https://electrek.co/2020/03/23/tesla-semi-electric-truck-spotted-coming-back-winter-testing-production/#more-127369 Seems Tesla has found ways to optimize the battery pack as Musk says they are looking at 600 miles of range on a charge for a fully loaded truck. That is impressive. https://electrek.co/2018/05/02/tesla-semi-production-version-range-increase-elon-musk/ Tesla has committed to Semi production starting in summer 2020 with deliveries to start in the fall. The last interesting bit of info is who would spend $69,500 for a fully converted Classic T1 Samba Bus? This is a converted old VW Vans and they can convert all T1, T2 and T3 Microbus vans. I get that some really love their old VW microbus minivans, but I have to think that waiting for the ID Buzz Microvan that is 21st century EV would make a better deal but I guess the memory of the old vans is just too strong for some in California to not do this too. Crazy but cool too. https://electrek.co/2020/03/23/vw-and-eclassics-unveils-e-bulli-converted-electric-van-available-for-69500/#more-127324 eClassics web site where they are converting various old auto's to pure electric. https://murschel-electric-cars.de/eclassics-bulli/ I use chrome to convert the German web site to english reading. You Choice as it seems you can have them convert the Porsche Classic Speedster, VW bug, VW buggy or VW Samba microbus.