Drew Dowdell

Genesis wants soooo bad to be seen as European.... but yes, these are incredibly sexy.

April 1st. The 1 day each year that we are reminded of what we are the other 364.

One of the best scenes in all of television. Everyone should watch it and remember the moral at the end.

Knock it off those who know who they are.

First doesn't matter. The technology getting here in a mass market fashion does. We are now at a point where there are enough charging stations for people to reliably traverse most of the populated US without charging worries. The current hiccup is the charging speed. Once solid state batteries are here, it's game over for ICE because the wait time argument is gone, especially if most of the current 250kw - 350kw infrastructure will support 7 minute charges to 80%.

Ich verstehe dich nicht.

Well..... no. BYD's battery tech has limitations with distribution. Getting 1000kWh charging is difficult anywhere, especially here in North America where we are built out for 110v service. Functionally, the BYD batteries don't change the equation because most people don't charge at public chargers AND because getting 1000kWh chargers is going to be a big lift. Heck, getting 350kWh chargers is often asking a lot. That said, if BYD comes to the US, they will be right on par with Porsche / Hyundai / Kia / Genesis for having the fastest charging cars on the fastest chargers we have available. The real breakthrough will be if Toyota can make their solid-state batteries work because they accept a charge faster than the existing technology while using the same existing charging infrastructure. Where an EValanche might have a peak charge rate of 350kWh, the charge curve starts and ends much lower than that, which lengthens total charge time. With solid state batteries, the charge curve is more like a flat line. You start at 350kw (or whatever the rating) and you end at 350kw. That's what makes charging solid-state batteries so much faster even if you're using the same DC fast charger. If Toyota can really make it work, they can 1-Up BYD by simply saying, "Well ours don't need special chargers to get that charging speed"

But on the topic of politics. I have a tariff story I want to work on that is bound to get hyper political about how the tariffs are about to kill off one whole segment of cars. Do we think we can handle it without getting nasty with each other?

Optiq better than GV60? Possibly, but the GV60 has been out several years now and has a refresh coming. I'd place their interior quality on par with each other. The GV60 is remarkably good and it's a shame it doesn't get more attention. The Genesis charges faster, the Cadillac has a longer range. Lyriq better than GV70EV? GV70 has a far far far better interior. Lyriq has a better range, but GV70 charges twice as fast, faster than a Tesla on a Tesla charger and at max speed on GM's own 350kw chargers. Genesis also doesn't force you into not using CarPlay. I think the win is the GV70. ?????? better than G80 EV? Cadillac doesn't even make an EV sedan.... or even an ICE sedan in this size class. Genesis wins by default. 282 mile range plus the highest speed charging outside of Porsche. Vistiq better than ????? Cadillac wins by default here, however we already know the GV90 is on the way. The Vistiq does have an excellent looking interior in photos, but I want to see it in person before I judge. All the GV90EV needs to do is match the top end GV80 to remain in the competition. Plus, GV90 will have CarPlay, giving it the edge. Escalade IQ better than ???? Cadillac wins by default here because Genesis is unlikely to play in this size class. Seems pretty evenly matched to me.

In this latest war with Canada (we'd been bros since like 1813), this American is taking the Canadian's side. That's all I've got to say on it.

You're speaking of collision parts. I'm just talking about doing brakes and oil. The S-Class (like most high-end German luxury from any brand) has some pretty crazy service items. Audi is definitely worse in this department for any V engine. The G90 doesn't run the 2.0 or 2.4. The 3.5 and 3.8 have been around a few years now and seem to be serving just fine. While what you're saying is true for Hyundai, it seems to be significantly less true for Genesis.

The LS feels too small inside. The G90 would probably make excellent an excellent Black-Car service car without having to pay the Mercedes S-Class maintenance tax. A G90 runs $40k cheaper than a comparatively equipped S-Class. While I do think the S-Class has a nicer interior, I think the G90 is better looking outside.

Oh I LOVE to engage in politics and talk politics. It is difficult for me to follow my own rule here. But there are other places on the internet for that and I would rather we keep this a friendly place. Politics can, especially of late, ruin relationships and friendships. I've left car clubs over politics and the general bad behavior associated with older white straight men of a particular political party. For a time, I considered shutting down C&G because every thread devolved into an "I love EVs"/"You're a dumb liberal if you do" fight and it really killed my love for this hobby. It has been difficult for me to return to it.

Agreed. If I was a bond villain, I'd go with the all-black. But I prefer brown or other colors.

Genesis is on my list, specifically the GV60. The EV GV 70 also seems to lease well. We went to the Pittsburgh Auto Show last month (ewww, public days, I had to mingle with peasants) but oddly, the Korean trio brought very few EVs. Only the EV9 was there. He did like the look of that one, but the ZDX is more his size. I wanted him to look at the EV6 and the Ioniq 6, but neither were there.

This thing looks really cute. Clearly the EV successor to the Soul. If they price it right, they'll sell a ton of them.

That actually looks pretty attractive and has some impressive specs. I want to see what the interior looks like.

yeah, I got the e-mail about it because I'm a reservation holder. I technically need to cancel that. Albert decided he didn't like the R2.

Was searching for an oil filter for my motorcycle and checking the fitment list, it also fits the BMW i3. Both of these share parts.

I must be in the minority, but Taco Bell never had this effect on me. I can just eat it.

Looks like we're both wrong and both right. For 2023+, all versions of the Model-3/Y except the base model have 250kw charging. The base models get 170kw. Prior to that, the standard range got 150kw and the long range got 250kw. There's some oddball configurations of Model-Y that are standard range but AWD that also seem to get 250kw charging. I've been looking into the Rivians lately and one disappointing thing is they have a relatively slow 170kW charge speed. That speed is tolerable on a Model-3 because it's pretty efficient, but the Rivians get 50% of the range from the same energy.

It's an interesting headline to brag about, but getting 1,000V installed in places is going to be difficult. I see this type of charger being installed only at large volume travel centers on highways, not in a Walmart parking lot. Toyota's solid-state batteries using existing charging technology are a more practical solution to deploy.

It depended where you departed from. Departing out of Pittsburgh, they were never the cheapest.

I don't think the numbers for the Model-3 and Model-Y are fully correct. Those are the base charge rates for standard range models. Long range Model 3/Y get 250kw charging. At least in the first generation, I don't know about the refreshes.