G. David Felt

Lightning systems announced today with it's first 50 unit order the all new Chevrolet 6500XD Class 6 zero emission cab forward cargo truck. This truck is available in 19,501 to 26,000 pound GVWR. The truck has a 110 mile range and Zeem Solutions out of California is the first customer to purchase and put into city deliveries this truck. The Chevrolet 6500XD offers a 295 horsepower motor with 2-speed Eaton automatic transmission providing 1,821 ft-lbs of torque in first gear with a 65 mph top speed, 5 year, 60,000 mile warranty on the powertrain. The trucks come with regenerative braking, liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery system, and a DC fast charging system achieving full recharge from zero in 3 hours. The trucks come with Lightning Analytics, a cloud-based analytics system that provides predictive maintenance, route scoring, range analysis, driver behavior and geofencing for maximizing range and efficiency. The analytics system provides fleets with real-time information allowing for peak efficiency in operating the truck fleet. Lightning Systems Press Release

Should not be hard to do since it was like 10 plus years ago that Mitsubishi was relevant in the auto industry with the Fast n Furious franchise.

Maybe they all left for a superior luxury product as BMW is killing it in sales compared to MB numbers.

Following industry trends of car sales down, CUV sales up and they are surpassing car sale losses, very good.

WOW, BMW Truck sales killing it in picking up the slack from the loss of car sales.

I can see the following from SMK: This is to be expected as MB rolls out their vastly superior 2019 models of the best luxury product line on the planet.

More of the common theme, cars sales down, CUV sales up. August sales reduction though due to new models coming. Wish GM would figure out a way to have less inventory at change over to keep ATP higher on all model brands.

Getting all your Apples lined up in a row!

Car sales down, CUV sales up, pretty much on par with the industry. Surprised to see such a large drop on the Q3. Off set by the A3, A4, A5 sales.

Great to see them, I wonder since they import so much, how much of this was driven by people afraid of the Tariff war and wanting to buy cheaper before prices go up? ?

No matter how one looks at this, they have hit a homerun in every segment pretty much.

Got it, I have Roku boxes, so never thought about the Chromecast stick or Firestick. I try and stay agnostic to anyone platform for change of supplier.

To be expected that Fiat brand would continue it's demise into nothing. I would not be surprised to see them closing dealerships by 2020. No body with a common sense brain buys Fiat crap. Dodge dropped sales to be expected too. Surprised at the increase in Journey sales. Everything else as I expected.

Have you checked out YouTube TV? I find it has all of that in one package just about. Really happy with it.

Have to say that having cut the cord to the traditional TV companies has been liberating. I moved my parents and sisters off Comcast or what I call Comblastic probably 10 years ago to Fios TV which was way better at a lower cost, but after cost increases, I dropped Fios TV and landline phone 2 years ago and have been very happy with Netflix and Hulu. Yes, I missed my local channels but could not justify what was charged to just get local. I tried an HD antenna and for me it worked great. My parents and one sister wanted to cut the cord too finally and I tried the Lava 8008 HD antenna that works great for me on top of a hill with them, but discovered they live in a hole and do not get good reception. As such, when I researched above, I ended up going with YouTube TV for $40 a month. Sharing this cost with my parents and one sister. so all 3 of us have accounts in my Family group and can now see over 600 HD channels and all local. Have to say this is the future and really does show that we no longer need all the crazy costs of the other TV providers. Have a decent internet access and YouTube TV and you have a superior package compared to Comcast / xFinity or Fios TV or any other traditional provider. Yup and I stand by my statement!

If it was not for their CUVs, this company would be hurting big time.

Second company following Fords lead of Truck / SUV sales exceeding the cars sales loss of sales. Good for them.

Here is the first company that truck / SUV sales are surpassing the drop in car sales, I do have to question why kill off a product like the Fusion that is still selling 11,286 cars in a month or trending over 135,000 cars for the year in sales. That just seems weird to me. C-MAX truly has dropped off the cliff.

Same as others so far, car sales are falling off the cliff everywhere and while Truck / SUV / CUV sales are up, they are not totally replacing car sales. We are in a downward projections so far.

cars sales are just falling off the cliff everywhere.

Like this story on some cool old jeeps that most people have never seen. https://jalopnik.com/seven-jeeps-you-never-knew-existed-1722504955

Extreme E outdoor racing. Seems to have some merit for arena racing with cleaner air and a reduction on impact on mother earth. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1118561_formula-e-develops-new-off-road-extreme-e-racing-series Seems our mid engine Corvette has hit Germany for some serious testing. https://jalopnik.com/the-mid-engined-corvette-has-arrived-at-the-nurburgring-1828783011

Saw these two on the highway today!

We like the Galaxy 500 far far away!

Full Story here but very cool to see the latest of Streaming Live TV. https://www.cnet.com/news/are-your-live-local-channels-on-a-streaming-tv-service-yet/ Local channels on DirecTV Now, Fubo TV, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, Sling TV and YouTube TV compared [by CNET] - (as of August 17, 2018).pdf