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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Very true, I just wish it was a better style as I just find it blah compared to the polarizing style of everyone else in Japan. But as you point out, at least it is their own style.
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    I think this is the Lemming mentality, I bet it is a secret directive from the gov that what ever Toyota does, everyone else in Japan must follow. Having lived in the country for almost 4 years, everyone wants to fit in and be part of the great Japanese order. As such, originality is rare.
  3. G. David Felt
    Meh, probably cause those of us in the 70's was all about American Iron still even with the oil embargo and the japanese did not register, such craptastic auto's they were building then along side craptastic detroit and craptastic german.
  4. G. David Felt
    Got it, and your right, I see that now, did not think going back that far as it also kinds felt vw too, but then VW could easily have gottent their design from Honda.
  5. G. David Felt
    Very Cool for bringing it back and as an EV AWD with Torque vectoring and active yaw control. Very cool powertrain. Polarizing body style for sure, Reminds me of an Eagle. Essentially a car on steroids. I would not consider this a SUV / CUV at all as the body still says I am a car, just bulked up on e-roids.
  6. G. David Felt
    Must be a regional thing as they cannot give away the bugs here in Washington. They are stacked up much like Fiat's. Just sitting around as a paperweight.
  7. G. David Felt
    Yes, we have seen the overkill of death by buttons too. The interior I could live with, the exterior just is a no go for me.
  8. G. David Felt
    This is a hot looking car, Love that Japan has legally changed to allow cameras for use in place of the side mirrors. Be interesting to see how they show it on a screen inside the car. I agree, this is probably the next WRX / STI auto for them.
  9. G. David Felt
    Cool story covering Chrysler's EV attempts over the last 40 years. https://www.allpar.com/corporate/electric-cars.html Sorry to hear your family knew someone of that senseless killing. RIP Jojo.
  10. G. David Felt
    So true Especially with the Toshiba break through on battery charging. Also have to say that Honda Urban EV has a very VW design feel to it.
  11. G. David Felt
    True front end also leaves some to be desired, but I am talking more of the 3/4 look and side profile where it has a very different look. Even then right now pretty much the whole auto industry has lost their mojo for design language in regards to cars IMHO.
  12. G. David Felt
    Seems Honda Urban EV has some visual notes that say VW. https://videos.vidible.tv/prod/2017-09/12/59b7fb48c214e304892ebebf_416x234_v2.mp4?L844xS6_vn3Bpa1cBr6bFs5j-mHaqs_c1LAv-gWJtROHj0vXmcB_ANaEc-2zPQ9k
  13. G. David Felt
    Glad you like it, you're welcome to have all the Big Mouth Enima ball cars from Mazda.
  14. G. David Felt
    Count me in the group that disagrees with this minimalist approach to auto's and the bland style of this Kai and Vision auto's. Not impressed nor is there a desire to want to drive it. Looks like they are just trying to get a needle shape to drive through the air.
  15. G. David Felt
    Very cool, I think that is what aftermarket frames are for. Or custom tube frame made to really make it a sleeper with the right power train.
  16. G. David Felt
    Naw, plenty of smart people have read it, but horse with blinders has to be led to the water. Did not want you to throw a shoe, so brought the drinking trough closer to you.
  17. G. David Felt
    As I posted earlier today, Toshiba has brought fast filling to the EV's and that is a game changer.
  18. G. David Felt
    You need to get out more, been a dry spell I see!
  19. G. David Felt
    I liked the TV series ShoGun, would be great to have a bad ass SUV call Mitsubishi ShoGun The UK version is pretty cool!
  20. G. David Felt
    I see what your pointing out but I can accept it as it gives the strength for roll over protection and they have a proper rear window rather than the big blind spot of the D pillar in the auto.
  21. G. David Felt
    I actually like it and the Green house, just need to Limo Black the side and back windows and put some proper BF Goodrich All Terrain tires on it.
  22. G. David Felt
    I really hope GM gets some EV Mojo to bring out some freakin world leading auto's to pounce on Tesla and the Upstarts from China like Xiaopeng Motors.
  23. G. David Felt
    Nice Looking SUV. Politics suck and clearly that is what happened here as some idiot moron in GM Ivory tower could not see past his ass kissing servants below him in the ivory tower to see what Holden truly had to offer. So Sad, So Bad.
  24. G. David Felt
    Awesome Clicking on twitter, I see the guy posted Ford's announcement of leadership change. Pretty much all the old folks are gone, in with the new young 40 to early 50's crowd. Good news for Ford.
  25. G. David Felt
    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com SCiB, 200 miles, 6 minutes, Coming 2019 Toshiba announced today their newest battery cell, a lithium titanium oxide (LTO) battery. Capable of rapid charging with long life, low-temperature performance with high input/output power and large effective capacity. There is a wide range of solutions being put forth from the European 350 kWh charging system to Porsche's 800 kWh charging system and yet the one biggest desire of the switch to EV auto's has been how long it takes to charge. The key Toshiba says is in their new anode material. To quote: "We have developed a proprietary method for synthesizing and disarranging crystals of titanium niobium oxide and storing lithium ions more efficiently in the crystal structure." It's also more durable in "ultra-rapid" charging, and charging in cold weather, improving the battery's longevity. In testing, SCiB maintains more than 90 percent of its capacity after 15,000 charge/discharge cycles. Toshiba has stated this battery will be on the market in EV Auto's starting in 2019. They believe that the ability to charge 320 kilometers (199 miles) in 6 minutes will drive the change over to EV auto's. This give larger auto's with a bigger battery pack a normal 12 min charge time for approximately 400 miles of range. Spec SCiB battery Details: LTO - Lithium Titanium Oxide Over 15,000 cycles maintaining more than 90% battery capacity Low temperature with 100% battery charge to a low of -30°C Rapid Charging - 320 kilometers in 6 minutes High input/output current loads Wide effective state of charge (SOC) - Providing industry leading large available capacity in a reduced form factor. What does this mean to the auto industry? Denser batteries in a smaller form factor recharging faster, providing longer road trips. Announced auto companies to use the SCiB batteries in upcoming EV auto / bus applications: Passenger Auto's Suzuki Motor Corporation Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Commercial Vehicles Solaris Bus and Coach S.A Van Hool Hybrid Bus Company Proterra EV Bus Company Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Co. Ltd. Northern Iwate Transportation Inc. Waseda University Medium Size bus program Putra Nedo EV Bus Program Uzushio Electric Co. Ltd. E-Trikes Toshiba SCiB web site Toshiba SCiB Technical Details Toshiba SCiB battery uses Toshiba green focus to offer more for less with minimal impact to the planet.
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