G. David Felt

G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com Karma - Boldly Imperfect Email Karma Marketing machine has started, When Fisker was sold, it was not long before the new Karma web site was setup and was very basic. Yet it did have a sign up for email information field. I did this and Karma has finally started sending out information on their upcoming new EV auto. Karma has decided to take the marketing approach of "Boldly Imperfect" and also sent out this video link. Boldly Imperfect Video New Interior Karma Automotive

We'll this should keep it selling well and being liked even more as it has more motivation to move. Sadly it still has the same MPG and they only quote 2wd, so you have to figure the 4wd unit has mid teens at best which sucks in comparison to others in this market segment. Be interesting to see what happens.

This is very interesting, I had to go out and find other stories to see what some of the auto's that were approved looked like. Interesting to say the least. Good Images of BMW auto's http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/28/reference/mirrorless-cars-a-reflection-of-auto-industrys-future/#.V36ElPkrJGo http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/japan-approves-mirrorless-cars-news-details/ Funny how the new video side mirrors look like winglets on the car. http://www.drivespark.com/four-wheelers/2016/japan-approves-camera-based-outside-rear-view-mirrors-015650.html The ones shown here are sure tiny. http://performancedrive.com.au/japan-legislation-approves-mirrorless-cars-0623/ This bmw just looks strange. http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/07/japan-moves-to-allow-mirrorless-cars-on-its-roads/ This was sure interesting on who will develop these systems. http://www.supplierbusiness.com/news/34220/denso-panasonic-to-develop-mirrorless-systems-for-cars-in-japan- I hope this is something that comes to the US as I like this.

Remember the LMOO2 from Lamborghini? http://www.lamborghini.com/en/masterpieces/lm002/#! That was crazy priced, very fast for a big brick and ugly as hell and it sold to kings, actors and the ubber 1/10th of 1% that could afford it to show off even if it never went off road. The G-Wagon is the same thing as is most Range Rovers, Jeep Rubicons, hell all jeeps and all Land Cruisers. Pretty much all your crazy priced and cheap priced SUVs rarely go off road. Most would consider driving on a dirt road to be off road or on snow. Most do not really understand off roading. Course with that said, I do wonder in 2017 when this comes to market how it will do?

agree, we do need to reset many things in the world. Society needs a correction.

Yup posted about this on the BOLT thread in alternative fuel forum. Have no desire for Tesla to die, but their CEO is sure something special in an Asshole Kinda way! Yet since everyone wants to take no responsibility, how do we move humanity forward unless we have the occasional deluded asshole driving new tech.

Leaving Politics out of this and focusing on the biggest issue you really nailed Hyperv6, personal accountability. Way to many people are willing to take risk, make poor decisions and happily blame the system and everyone else for their failure. Perfect example is way too many bankruptcy Drump boy has done. Never his incompetence in business but everyone else and every other reason as to why he had to dump his debt on others and burn / destroy other companies for his own personal gain. Pathetic time we live in that many americans are not willing to take personal accountability for their own actions. Fire all politicians, instill a 2 term limit, 4 years max per limit for house, senate and president. Turn ALL government workers, city, county, state and all federal onto the same Social Security and Medicaid that the rest of us have to use. This will force them to fix the problem.Tort reform, hold the people wasting time and money in the courts for the lawyers benefits accountable to pay all legal cost when their worthless lawsuit loses. Yes I can go on, but personal accountability is severely lacking in our country. So sad, So bad, so we have been had! Well since you did not leave the political out and just to be fair many business people and realty speculates use bankruptcy to clean the books of businesses and property they buy or to clear some risky investments they make because they can. Trust me I am not a fan of Trump but fairs fair. What he did was not illegal It may not be morally sound but not illegal. But what madam secretary Hillary did was unmoral and illegal. We are screwed no matter what. Many investors lose money or fail on many projects to find the ones that work. It is like Edison as he would fail 1000 times for one success. Even GM used the bankruptcy laws to clear the books for bad decisions and deals made by people years ago that they could not turn any other way. Bankruptcy today is seen as a tool or advantage not a failure anymore. Sad but true. I do not see this hurting the Bolt as it will not have autonomous. I just for one think they need to rename the systems as not to mislead. It really is not autopilot or all that autonomous at times. Also the NHSTA needs to rethink this and how to regulate it before they open Pandora's box. Once it is out then we are in trouble as you can not put in back in the box. Funny how the NHSTA will not put things in like Heads up but they will pass systems that are not totally resolved. I would say systems like Audi and maybe Cadillac may have much of this resolved but even then they need to be proven before given to the masses. Even then are people to be trusted. I had traffic tied up today because two idiots OD on Heroin while driving. Yet they some want drugs made legal? We can turn up the brightness on our HD TV but it still does not make the shows any smarter. Unless it is How It's Made. LOL! I agree with you we are screwed no matter what with both crooked candidates. I tried my best to leave the politics out of it, but Trump does just fry my butt for how he abused bankruptcy. Yes it is a tool or an advantage used by companies but that does not mean it is right. We should have another thread to discuss that topic. I agree that the NHSTA needs to get their act together on this ASAP.

2014 G Wagon sold 3090 2015 G Wagon sold 3616 If that is your idea of HUGE DEMAND, I would hate to think what you think is profitable demand should be. The G Wagon by any other company would have been killed off as a retail auto with numbers like that. Now I admit, the web site I looked at could be wrong, but then I did not see G Wagon in the listing for numbers sold in the cheers and gears section, so did a quick search and came up with these numbers based on other auto sites. No matter how you look at it, it still looks like a failure. Then do you consider the Miata(2014 sales: 4745, 2015 sales: 8591), Panamera(2014: 5740, 2015: 4985), Jag F-Type(2014: 4112 2015: 4629) all to be failures? Especially the Miata, right? Development costs must make margins a hell of a lot tighter than a G Wagen. Miatas must be failures then... AXE THE MIATA! F-Types are so new the R&D cannot be paid for already. That too much be a failure especially because they start well under 100k. FAIL. Uh oh, Genesis Coupe has only sold 1514 units in 2014 and 1029 units in 2015. That vehicle must be a failure as well. Yup, I see no value in those auto's so would not bother with them. Failures too! Course your talking to an SUV guy who has little use for the sardine car market since EPA forced MPG which forced down sizing, which put them to be a coffin on wheels. So yes, I will stick with my big full size SUVs thank you and I still consider the G Wagon a failure along with the cars you mentioned. G-Wagon is a MAJOR FAILURE when I look at the pictures Drew posted of the Brand New one on the auto show floor with different screws, poor fit n finish. For the price, the buyers are taken to the cleaners for a sub par SUV.

2014 G Wagon sold 3090 2015 G Wagon sold 3616 If that is your idea of HUGE DEMAND, I would hate to think what you think is profitable demand should be. The G Wagon by any other company would have been killed off as a retail auto with numbers like that. Now I admit, the web site I looked at could be wrong, but then I did not see G Wagon in the listing for numbers sold in the cheers and gears section, so did a quick search and came up with these numbers based on other auto sites. No matter how you look at it, it still looks like a failure.

So I love the Black Chrome rims: I could see all chrome bits being changed over to Black Chrome which gives you some flash but understated. Course for the Bright is better chrome lover, they can still go all out chrome!

The whole monochromatic look that BMW and MB / AMG does to their performance line is what I thought Cadillac should have come out the gate with from day 1. Not everyone loves a ton of chrome. Mostly the baby boomers but they are not the large buying segment they used to be. I will admit that I love black chrome. that looks so classy on any auto.

Have to say that there are WAY TOO MANY videos showing stupid idiots using their self driving mode and doing stupid stuff. We are nowhere near the point of being able to take a nap, play jenga, watch movies and ignore the road. The arrogance of the Tesla Owners can HURT not Help EV auto sales. We DO NOT need to gov stepping in and saying what we can and cannot do but come on, common sense about being responsible. This just proves the lack of common sense and personal accountability. These morons will all come back and blame Tesla or at least try. I personally hope this just slides by and does not hurt the introduction of the BOLT, Ioniq and second generation Leaf all with 200+ mile range in the next 12 months. By the time Tesla 3 comes out in 2018 or later, there is going to be plenty of options for awesome EV rides that I expect half of the 400,000 Tesla 3 reservations will be refunded as people go to other car companies.

Leaving Politics out of this and focusing on the biggest issue you really nailed Hyperv6, personal accountability. Way to many people are willing to take risk, make poor decisions and happily blame the system and everyone else for their failure. Perfect example is way too many bankruptcy Drump boy has done. Never his incompetence in business but everyone else and every other reason as to why he had to dump his debt on others and burn / destroy other companies for his own personal gain. Pathetic time we live in that many americans are not willing to take personal accountability for their own actions. Fire all politicians, instill a 2 term limit, 4 years max per limit for house, senate and president. Turn ALL government workers, city, county, state and all federal onto the same Social Security and Medicaid that the rest of us have to use. This will force them to fix the problem.Tort reform, hold the people wasting time and money in the courts for the lawyers benefits accountable to pay all legal cost when their worthless lawsuit loses. Yes I can go on, but personal accountability is severely lacking in our country. So sad, So bad, so we have been had!

Interesting, I tried this on other auto's I had and really never noticed a difference. I wonder if that could be that the newer motors have learning computers and can adjust to the change in temps, density, etc. so these work then? Be interesting to compare a modern car with the product to an older carbureted version.

Didn't Toyota just update the land cruiser and lexus version recently? I am sure they have gone through more updates than the G-Wagon.

Sounds like the following is right up this topic threads discussion! https://www.amazon.it/Witch-Hunt-Essays-Industry-Blithering/dp/0982173377/278-8717530-6250723?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 COMMENTARY: Witch Hunts and Cost Cuts Affect All Companies, Not Just Toyota http://www.edmunds.com/autoobserver-archive/2010/02/commentary-witch-hunts-and-cost-cuts-affect-all-companies-not-just-toyota.html

+1 for auto pilot!

Can anyone say Europe will be raising their emission levels to match the US in the future. I can, I bet they still end up in court and a big lawsuit will follow.

Can you say TORT Reform? I knew you could!

Yea test drove an XT5 and very nice but surprised by a few little things including the sharp plastic edge on the bottom of the door area that scrapes the back of the calfs on normal people height. For someone long legged like me at 6'6" tall, no problem, but the wife at 5'8" tall and my mom both scraped the back of their legs. Was pretty shocked that GM would have such a sharp plastic edge on the XT5.

And Consumer reports is an Asian Loving can do no wrong group of Idiots. At 6'6" tall, they clearly have not drank enough of their Asian Koolaid to print that there is no head room in the back seat of this auto. They are Idiots. Enough said about moronic Consumer Reports that hates all things American even if it is built in China by an American company. Check it out for yourself before believing moronic Consumer reports.

What happens when a badge snob thinks they are better than everyone else.

+1 I want my free Blackwood too!

I am pretty sure the Battery cells are imported from Panasonic the partner in this battery plant, so assembly is American but Lion cells are Japan made or might come from the China assembly plant that is co-run by Panasonic and their China partner. Global economy.