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There might be, spread across different manufacturers from many countries. After renting one, I like the new Toyota Camry LE Hybrid quite a bit. What a difference a tweak here and there can make (exterior and interior) and the previous-gen dowdiness is now gone. I was impressed. But choices like this also mean "sayonara" to a reasonable GM Card chunk of change.

If Genesis would deliver some of their EV Concept Cars, that would excite me for a car. X Convertible EV Concept Genesis Coupe Concept

Yeah, I don't find much at all that excites me in the least.

Bores you? There has to be more different kinds of vehicles available today than ever before. There is damn-near something for EVERY taste.

The GM cars I am interested in largely have original buyers in the Grave. The new midsize Canyon/Colorado are cool, and I like the Cadillac design language, but Zero new GM products I actually would drop ink on. Maverick, Ranger and Bronco (full size) the only domestic products I would be interested in. Crosstrek, and Forrester probably the only two Japanese vehicles. Nothing else. Current market bores me to tears. Can't happen to nicer people. Move to a city where you don't need to own one and rent when you need to. Nicely done race car, I like the fabrication work and overall vibe of this.

Would not touch a modern Nissan, but would definitely torch a modern Nissan.

Interesting times for sure with Idiot47 getting his way, EV credits end September 30th along with Emission credits and with that, the Auto Industry will no longer have to buy clean emission credits to offset ICE emissions. End result, Tesla will not have the $10 billion plus sales of emission credits to keep Tesla in the black. I suspect that Q3 will also be continued shrinkage of Tesla market share and loss of sales. This is going to push Tesla into the red as a money losing company. Interesting times for sure for Tesla. The robotaxi service just had their first accident, sales are tanking, and no robots are going to be sold for personal use. A Tesla robotaxi inexplicably drove into a parked car

My son and his wife love their 2024 Telluride, bought 4 weeks before my EV9 purchase and already with almost the same amount of miles with the higher gas prices here, they are already thinking of replacing Karina's Honda Fit with an EV for Alex to use to commute into the city for his Amazon job. He does drive the Honda Fit, but coming up on 250,000 miles and lots starting to require repairs. So Alex is looking at their EV options.

A good example of how much cheaper charging at home is versus gasoline: I've since driven my Navigator 4801 miles, averaging 16.6mpg and have spent a total of $927.59 (averaging $3.20gal). ~1/4 of the miles and 124% of the cost. I know these aren't the same "class" or size of vehicle, but that's a very significant amount of savings. By the time I drive 19,204 miles (for simple math's sake I just multiplied 4801 by 4), I will spend roughly $3710 to your $757. That's 4.9 times more expensive for me than you. This also goes to show how quickly one can recoup money when buying an EV and the installation cost alone is paid for in one year. Just for fun I want to compare your EV9 to a Telluride AWD at 20mpg (the rated combined MPG). At 20mpg and $3.20/gal and 19,000 miles of driving, that's $3040. That's still a very significant amount of money in one year. Granted, for somebody like myself who isn't driving nearly 20k miles a year, the savings wouldn't pile on nearly as quick but, we all still get the point across. Also, my electricity rates are a little higher at 11-13c/Kw.

Very cool that Hyundai is nailing it for playing in the dirt. A decent competitor to the Mache Ralley edition. Hyundai IONIQ 5 XRT Named Best U.S.-Built Sports Vehicle of the Year by American Cars And Racing - Hyundai Newsroom

I think it has more to do with the vendor and their software improvements. Tesla used to have huge variance between what they estimated miles of a battery pack was and what you actually got and as they improved the software and had more real-world driving data, they tweaked the software to be far more accurate. Kia has had their quarterly updates since we got the EV9 and it was pretty consistent on the old numbers. Just had a major quarterly update and this time it clearly stated that the software that manages the battery pack and predicts the range on a charge was getting more accurate due to miles driven by owners. As such, I think one of two things has happened, either A) they improved the estimation of range based on driving style or B) like Tesla and others, they are allowing less reserve battery pack and more actual driving from the battery pack based on efficiency of the whole EV in regard to how one uses the heat pump, electrics, etc. I think like anything, the first few years will not see any degradation and afterwards there will be some based on charging style DC versus slower home AC charging, driving style and feature/functions that are used.

This is less about politics and more for a laugh. You know how when you deplane at the end of the flight, the captain may be there at the front of the cabin along with a few flight attendants? A lot of these guys look like clones of each other. So, I often wonder which way they vote, at least in the U.S. I wonder if there's a token one or two who vote(s) for 'the road less traveled' in the privacy of the voting booth.

Okay, this is coming from a very unbiased source. I'm sure there's MORE battery life a year later than from the factory...

Nope not seeing that, in fact I have seen higher mileage based on the software monitoring of the system. So degradation is not happening.

Now with about 1.8% less rage than a year ago!

OUCH, a very solid assessment of Tesla imho. 'He's Alienated The Wrong People' — Scott Galloway Blames Musk's Politics For Tesla's Fall From 8th To 95th In U.S. Brand Rankings

This isn't new. I can't make a decision on buying a car, since I haven't made the even bigger decision to precede when and WHERE to buy a car. I've got a lot of points from my GM Card. Never would I have thought the market would change so drastically after I last used its accumulation and would start accumulating again. So, if I were to buy a tide over used car to keep for a few years, then what? All low mileage ... the last Buick Verano 2.4 L the last Chevy Impala 2.5 L the 2015 Malibu with Camaro rear lights 2.5 L the last Mercury Milan 4 cyl. the last Charger base 3.5 V6 Something else Low mileage "older" cars cost a bundle, IF it's a dealer that's selling them.

Been 1 year since I installed my home Level 2 charger and have to say, I have had zero problems with it. No issues from ChargePoint and still going strong. Total cost of home charging for the year to cover roughly 19,000 miles has been $ 757.00 based on the tracking that the ChargePoint app on my cell phone does.

Much appreciated, thank you. That is crazy and sad that GM, Toyota, Nissan in this day and age have allowed sloppy manufacturing to happen. Demming and Drucker were right about needing to keep a close eye always on quality for long term success. I do not blame your friend and hope GM does right by him and all the others. I think a 10yr / 100,000 mile powertrain warranty is proper here.

One of my best friends bought a 2024 Silverado Trail Boss with the 6.2 and he's not too stoked about it. He hasn't' had any issues thus far, but he's very skeptical about long-term ownership. He said there's a rumor that they'll extend the warranty to 10yr/100,000 and he'd be satisfied with that, but if they don't he certainly wouldn't want to own it past his OEM warranty. I don't blame him, either. It sucks because he said he planned to keep the truck for 10 years as it's kind of a do-all for his family and him. He doesn't want to have to trade it in after 5 years because he has a good chance of needing to replace the engine. GM needs to do right by all these owners. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64611938/chevy-silverado-tahoe-cadillac-escalade-defective-v8-recall/ "General Motors is recalling 721K full-size trucks and SUVs with the 6.2-liter V-8, as the engine might be defective; a stop-sale has also been ordered. The recall list includes popular models such as the Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Silverado 1500, and GMC Yukon—all of which are 2021–2024 models. The problem stems from internal manufacturing defects, and vehicles must pass inspection or possibly require an engine replacement. "

I hate to say this, but so many people from India who run hotels are very cheap and combative. I was in a place belonging to a chain I've NEVER had problems with and like where I'm staying now for a week. This guy was just rude. We had an argument about something critical he misrepresented via phone some 2 days before I checked in. I also asked him for a bottle of water on the 3rd day of departure, which they give routinely at all their other properties, especially for people who are members of their loyalty club. It was boiling hot outside. He said he didn't have any. On the other hand, in the preceding 2 evenings, the friendly Americanized Hispanic guy gave me a cold bottle of water. I told him that most people here are not prejudiced to foreigners and my parents were from another country. However, they should expect to be called out when they run a business here and their style is not compatible with how business is done and customers are used to being treated here. As for the bottle of water, which might have had a cost of 15 cents, I told him to hang on to those 15 cents and that he was so cheap that "he'd squeeze a nickel until the buffalo shits." This was on my last day. I'm sorry. This isn't about political correctness. It's all about an ugly reality that plays over and over again like a broken record. You can also have some horrible one-off experiences in Italy, typically about utilities and climatization, because they, too, can be cheap.

Nope have not missed those, the V8 mess at GM is another reason I choose to not go back to the General, too much poor-quality control and sloppy sales at the dealership has made me choose the direction I have gone with the EV9. Sadly while the news of people unhappy with the GM V8s has made the rounds, GM seems to be avoiding a true recall. Not sure how this will affect them in the long haul as I have to think customers will remember and avoid the Hybrid / EVs of GM due to the problems with their V8s. Please post the press release on the recall from GM as I have not seen any, nor any media saying GM is doing a recall, just stories about unhappy folks and their V8s. Thank you, Happy 4th to you and your family, may the kids enjoy it.

Correct, those were EV9 recalls, but lest you think I would just give Kia a blanket pass, their ICE have had large issues with the engines and I would not tend to recommend them for the most part. That was the point I was making on an expanded response. Just as Toyota is replacing lots of engines, Nissan announced today they have a huge engine replacement now due to poor manufacturing as I posted in the random channel.

They're joining Toyota and General Motors. I'm not sure how the well-known issues of the 6.2 have passed over you.

Nissan is joining Toyota in engine recalls, engines failing due to poor quality internal bearings and other parts, engine replacements Nissan said in its announcement that 443,899 vehicles have been recalled, including: 2021-2024 Nissan Rogue – 348,554 vehicles 2019-2022 Infiniti QX50 – 84,536 vehicles 2019-2020 Nissan Altima – 5,685 vehicles 2022 Infiniti QX55 – 5,124 vehicles Nissan recalls over 440,000 vehicles. See the impacted models. Seems Tesla sales dropped 14% for the quarter, greater than the estimated 11% drop. Tesla Second Quarter 2025 Production, Deliveries & Deployments | Tesla