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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    I would totally agree with this as I really have no need or want of self driving auto's even in commute traffic, I like to drive. Yet with that said, I totally see this as a need for the blind, disabled crowd that self driving auto's would give them mobility and freedom to get around without having to wait on others.
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    Tesla Semi starting off with a Bang, Can Tesla Deliver? Tesla in the last week has gone from zero to hero in regards to helping companies that have fleets of semi trucks potentially reduce their carbon footprint. Anheuser-Busch started off with pre-ordering 40 of the Semi's. This was then followed by Sysco ordering 50 themselves. This week we now hear that PepsiCo has placed an order for 100 EV Semi's. Story is all the same, reduce costs of maintenance and fuel plus adding silence into their night / early morning deliveries. Sysco being one of the largest food delivery companies along with Bud's order places it at $13.5 million in semi value. PepsiCo adds another $15 million so a total of $28.5 million. Then Wal-Mart places an order for 15 of the trucks for testing with a price of $2.25 million. DHL has also ordered 10 of the Semi's for testing in the US market so another $1.5 . J.B. Hunt and Ryder truck hauling lease companies have also placed large orders they say but have declined to say how many at this time for EV Semis. This brings in the last 2 weeks since the semi's introduction about 200 pre-orders of the trucks or about $30 million book value with an unknown amount from two of the biggest leasing truck companies. PepsiCo has 10,000 semi's alone on the roads of North America and has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas production on the road by 30% by 2030. Seems it could be even more trucks to be ordered to help them achieve this number. Over all, Tesla has had some game changing ideas, yet with the Tesla 3 mess of building the cars, one does have to wonder if Tesla can deliver and get these trucks to market by 2019. It seems that this has been good for Tesla stock as the more truck orders being placed has continued to push up the stock price. https://binged.it/2BXGYSp Story References Autoblog story Reuters Story Wall Street Journal Story Car Freaks Story
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    OK, So then just call it a Quarter for either form of Fuel and call it a Day of good balance and revenue to help fund the gov.
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    Very cool Table. That was awesome. Sappy but awesome! @A Horse With No Name There is a local wood worker, someday I hope to be able to afford his dining table and 12 chair set when I remodel. I bought my wife one of his jewelry boxes. The Woodwork is amazing. http://www.woodmerchant.com/index.cfm
  5. G. David Felt
    Other than HD trucks and commercial, time to just ban diesel cars period. Petrol, CNG, Hybrid, Hydrogen and EV is the future.
  6. G. David Felt
    Impreza makes total sense for their first EV. Exciting times we live in as we move forward with 21st plus transportation ideas.
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    2019 Subaru Ascent
    I have to agree with Drew, it will be a big hit for the Subaru Purist, everyone else I think will see that there are a bit more better options out there. Nice CUV, stays true to their roots, but I think it could have been more.
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    Awesome Coverage @Drew Dowdell We all appreciate all the hard work Bill and you put into the site. Thank you. Wrangler Rubicon is rock on awesome!
  9. G. David Felt
    My 2006 Escalade has an arrow on both mirrors which is part of the turn signal and I noticed in newer versions they have the turn signal plus blind spot indicator. Maybe your right that it could be the blind spot since there is the yellow spot on the edge of the mirror that would function as turn indicator.
  10. G. David Felt
    Very cool, that rocks that they save it. Not a fan of the body style, but cool concept nonetheless.
  11. G. David Felt
    I thought we were supposed to be nice to each other at this time of year. How did you get a picture of my cousin? O'h wait, he is not german, my bad!
  12. G. David Felt
    Nice quad exhaust throw the rear bumper. Makes me remember the older custom coach cars where the driver had no roof but the important passenger was in a enclosed protective bubble. Or maybe it was ahead of it's time with a early version of the T Tops that GM put on the Monte Carlo SS and other sporty rides.
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    2018 Nissan Kicks
    Not sure all the points I would want to say about the design language of this auto, so I will just say MEH, this is not working for me.
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    2018 Nissan Kicks dashboard
    A race to the bottom for the minimalist plastic dash with a fake leather treatment?
  15. G. David Felt
    2018 Jeep Wrangler
    Some very cool and nice updates to the Wrangler and yet with that said, also some interesting design bits too. This one will be a success but also have some people either love it or hate it from a design standpoint.
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    @oldshurst442 Or it could be that the audience of interest over a rebadge Mazda as a Fiat is so small now that most go Meh! and Move onto other interesting autos that actually have more use and purpose in life. Give it another 20 years and then sport coupes as an EV might come back into fashion, right now you know it is all about the CUV / Truck baby!
  17. G. David Felt
    Awesome write up
  18. G. David Felt
    WOW, They actually have Safari Fruits music!
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    That reminds me of all the generic looking minimalist icons that Google and Apple have put into their software that just makes me think, WTF is that supposed to represent? They could not do an arrow if it is a left turn indicator? Maybe a star rising? Sad that Chevy has taken a cheap ass way of doing whatever it is supposed to represent.
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    What do you expect from a Fruit company that goes on Safari!
  21. G. David Felt
    Have you not heard, the 2025 EV only versions from Cadillac will start at $119,995 and go up from there. We are in a new era of accelerated inflation and expectations. Nope, you did not listen to the 2025 plan. All auto's will be EV and select will have a hydrogen generator. 2025 Silverado and Sierra will come in all the normal configurations with a standard EV powertrain, Denali trims will have higher power output software and the Hydrogen Generator compared to lower level trims that are EV only. @ocnblu will be training all the new folks how to repair Carbon fiber beds and body panels.
  22. G. David Felt
    I see what your doing there SMK, you want them to bankrupt themselves so MB can rule the world.
  23. G. David Felt
    1993 GMC SLE Suburban and 2006 Escalade ESV Platinum! IMHO
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    I have to question the statement of expensive. Having been to the Giant Carbon Fiber plant in Moses Lake Washington and seen how much they produce for Boeing and BMW and the BMW testing site next door. I have to figure in the quantities of production GM would do for all their trucks, that the cost would be on par with Steel or Aluminum production. Agree with @smk4565 that the bed would be crazy strong and you could start by rolling it out on the high end models till production got up to speed to support all models.
  25. G. David Felt
    Amazing the number of Integra's listed on Autotrader. I did a search within 500 miles of me and found two that are actually GSR, unmolested as the pictures show them to be stock, with high miles, 171K and 174K both 2001 models under 4K. Autotrader Search Autotrader GSR Search Only The second search with no limit on distance from me shows 10 matches and if you are willing to pay 6 - 10K can get one from 88K miles on up. One for $2,500 with 370K miles on it, original owner. Amazing they actually drove it that long as it is a 1994.
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