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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Hydrogen will still not be a game changer or the innovation that will make a difference. The LIE that is sold to everyone is that Hydrogen is ultra clean best fuel ever for auto's. You hit one small issue storage, as a gas, it is very hard to keep in a tank for long term storage and is only one-three-hundredth of the energy that a gallon of petro has. As a liquid it takes absolute ZERO to have it in the same equal gallon amount and yet energy density is only one-quarter the energy of gas. To carry enough to create boost like Nasa does, you have to have it compressed to 10,000 PSI. The GM Hydrogen auto that is currently being used carries 8 kilograms of 10,000 PSI Hydrogen good for 300 miles. Sadely the storage takes up 5 times as much as a Gas tank and is 3 times more space than CNG. Hydrogen takes immense energy to create the fuel to be used by an auto. The first Hydrogen fuel cell was created in 1839. The basic fuel cell that is currently in use by GM costs $39,000 each and then their is the cost of the auto and the special metals needed for the motor. This compared to $5,000 for a decent carbon fiber tank and then a few hardened components in existing motors for CNG. As to why the American brands make CNG trucks. End result, EV has more potential than Hydrogen and CNG is a natural next step with higher energy content.
  2. G. David Felt
    That just screams Cadillac! LOL
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    What has been so innovative about the asian or german brands? Where are the Electric Vehicles, where are the VOLT or BOLT competitors let alone the Corvette or Demon competitors? Asian autos have relied on Marketing Sparkle Germans have just done what they always have done over and over. How has any auto company really been creative beyond certain corner use cases. We are still using pretty much the same trucks on ICE powertrains just enhanced with computer tech. Right now everyone is guilty of polishing what they have and building little that is innovative. The EV auto' might just be the next true innovative move in the auto industry.
  4. G. David Felt
    http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/14/news/companies/chrysler_sale/ Actually according to the news Daimler paid 37 Billion and the sale did not get any money actually into Chrysler as the money being paid for the 80.1% equity ownership went into Chrysler to keep it afloat and Daimler paid $650 million to unload it. Then a year later the Chrysler declare bankruptcy and the rest of the 19.9% holding became worthless as a write off for Daimler as their investors pushed them to dump the American brands. Many other stories seem to imply that Daimler did not recover anything except for the Platform and suspension parts that Chrysler / Dodge were obligated to buy during that period of time.
  5. G. David Felt
    Totally makes sense.
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    This is totally to be expected, once the guy was arrested and the issues as to why he was arrested, he became damaged goods and VW needs to focus on recovery of the brand with non-damaged leadership. Sadly the guys career is pretty much over as no company is going to want to touch a damaged CEO. Hope he saved some of his crazy over payment of pay as CEO.
  7. G. David Felt
    I can so imagine this in a nice Mocha Brown two tone interior.
  8. G. David Felt
    Yet as Drew and others have pointed out, Dodge has pretty much replaced everything that was dated back to the Daimler days and one could from an engineering standpoint state that the platform is pretty much evolutionary new. If they are replacing components with light weight but stronger versions that can handle the performance, than a new platform is not needed if it is still flexible enough to all the auto's to meet the crash standards while being improved.
  9. G. David Felt
    New Name would be good, June I could get behind as a much better month for consumers to come, kick the tires, test drive, etc. Change will be the best thing for Detroit to reinvigorate the auto show and the people in the area.
  10. G. David Felt
    @Drew Dowdell @Cubical-aka-Moltar Hi guys, I can understand and sucks that you cannot wear contacts, that is probably why I have not felt the need to do Lazik yet. Latest gen is really good, my eye doctor teaches Lazik at the UW here and so I keep up on the latest versions. Some day I will do it, just not right now. Best of luck to a easy speedy recovery for you, remember to use your drops to keep those eyes moist Drew. Cubicle, I can understand where you are at with the BiFocals, my dad has them and my mom has trifocals. Lucky for me not there yet and hopefully never. Stick with my single glasses and taking them off to work on the computer.
  11. G. David Felt
    Yup joining the crowd in saying that I also like the look of this. It reminds me of the ORIGINAL Cherokee from the 90's, that lovely Brick on wheels that Jeep sold a butt load of.
  12. G. David Felt
    Na, think of them as eye protection. I have kicked around having lazer surgery myself and yet the one thing that you still end up having to wear them for is reading as you get older over 50, as such, I have come to embrace them as my eyesight is perfect for close reading and yet with yard work and wrenching on auto's, they have saved my eyes from having to wear other forms of protective eye covers. That is what my contacts are for, use them for all those things, otherwise I am fine with my eyeglasses that go dark outside in the sun. Someday I might still do this, but not yet for me.
  13. G. David Felt
    Yes, that is true, I am talking in the larger general sense to others that have bashed Cadillac about their style. I understand where you are coming from and appreciate that you like various styles from various vendors.
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    Can we call you Cyclops then since you will have Lazer Eyes?
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    Seems we have about 3 million EV auto batteries coming up to be retired from their 10 year run. Where will they go? What will happen to them, in the ground, laying around like old tires, where? According to Bloomberg, seems countries around the world are holding the auto companies responsible for dealing with the batteries and making sure they do not get put into landfills. According to the story, it seems all auto companies are recapturing money by selling these perfectly good batteries for use as storage system from home to commercial applications around the world. Only then after they truly wear out in 20-30 years will the rare earth elements be recaptured to be used over again in new products. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-06-27/where-3-million-electric-vehicle-batteries-will-go-when-they-retire Seems that from Tesla, GM, Toyota to BYD that the auto batteries have become a total side business that is expected to yearly run around $550 Billion a year in building and selling a Box of Energy or Powervault or whatever they end up calling it. In fact you could very well end up buying your next EV auto along with a home power storage system from your local dealership.
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    https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-races-to-exit-teslas-production-hell-1530149814 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2018/06/28/elon-musk-calls-ford-morgue-ford-fires-back/741328002/ Seems Elon Musk is up to his habit of deflecting attention on Tesla's lack of profit, inability to deliver 5000 Model 3s a week and has to rely on calling for "like a morgue according to the news. Seems lots of finger pointing by Musk and yet Ford, GM and others have shown the media how they turn out a 1000 auto's a day on their production lines. Ford recently brought the media into one of their plants to show off how they build 1000 trucks / SUVs a day on the assembly line. Something Tesla has not been able to reproduce. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2018/02/12/ford-boosts-navigator-expedition-production/110331592/
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    Yet that same clean and simple look for a Cadillac or pretty much any other brand besides Mercedes-benz causes a blaster of negative comments. Clean and Simple to a point of being excessive BLAH, PASS. That look is on the same equal footing as the BLAH Camry of the 90's and early 2000's.
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    BP Buys Chargemaster to Electrify BP UK Stations According to this Reuters story, British Petroleum (BP) has agreed to buy Chargemaster for $170 million US dollars. This will give BP the leading position in the UK for established EV auto charge points around the country and allow them access to Chargemasters Ultra-Fast Chargers which they will spend $500 million over the next year on installing at their BP stations around the country. BP in competition with Royal Dutch Shell, VW and Daimler who are all investing in their own charging systems or teaming up with other station companies to install ultra-fast chargers wants to lead the nation in the growth market as consumers shift away from polluting fossil fuels to EV auto's. BP like their rivals wants to clearly carve out this position as petrol is forecast to peak as early as next decade as nations move to leave the fossil fuels behind. BP forecasts the EV auto's to soar to 300 million by 2040 from the 1 million in 2016. Having a series of stations where people can stop and get at least 100 miles of charge in less than 10 minutes across our 1,200 petrol stations in Britain is what will happen over the next 12 months. While most will charge at home, BP believes that the stations will play a important role as only the stations will have the Ultra-Fast chargers that can cover from 150 kW to 800 kW charging for road trips. BP will be rebranding Chargemaster to BP Chargemaster this year as they operate the existing 6,500 EV charge points in Britain and the over 50,000 units across Europe. BP now has the largest charging network of any petrol company in the world. Once Britain stations are installed over the next 12 months, BP will then focus on doing the same across China before turning to the US market in 2020. In January, BP invested $5 million in FreeWire Technology which manufactures mobile EV rapid charging systems. In February, BP connected with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to develop new battery tech for the next generation of auto's.
  19. G. David Felt
    Guess I never got that Memo as I do not see that for BMW and MB with the number of them I see on the side of the roads needing help or on tow beds. Maybe it is my area where both brands to sell in large quantity to mostly asian badge snobs and as such you see them on the roads allot and broken down allot.
  20. G. David Felt
    Based on reading here and at Motor1, https://www.motor1.com/news/250475/2019-dodge-charger-updated-trims/ It is the same motor with a detuned ECU, this would tell me that I could take the Challenger ECU code and update the Charger. Then you have the same HP / ft-lbs.
  21. G. David Felt
    I would totally disagree with that. I grew up in a mixed household of auto's as every maker has their day of building a superior auto. The badge means nothing compared to the quality, comfort and what you like. In that regards, I have had asian brands and all the American brands and do not buy based on badge. You have two types of buyers, badge snobs and those that are buying based on what they like, works for them, etc. That has clearly been shown here.
  22. G. David Felt
    Seems they did get more Muscle, The Demon Engine is now standard in the Hellcat. https://www.motor1.com/news/250478/2019-dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-redeye/ Very cool all the stuff that is added according to the story above.
  23. G. David Felt
    I knew he was a Closet Case of EV Love! ? I do not even exist on the Chart! Based on that I am roughly 80lbs overweight if I take their average per inch and run it out to 6'6" http://www.thedrive.com/news/21797/driver-going-120-mph-in-construction-zone-asks-officer-for-warning This cracks me up and the moron asks for a warning.
  24. G. David Felt
    I really like the look of this Charger. SWEET!
  25. G. David Felt
    I believe Mercedes-benz will have to react to the XT4 once they start losing sales of the GLA / GLC to Cadillac.
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