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Things you don't have to think about? How about a 500 mile range EV with a wireless charging pad for the car/suv/truck in the garage? That sounds pretty ideal to me.

Fine, but make them fee-free; only there to record events. NJ had scores of red light cameras, they were only revenue-generators and since, they've (miraculously) been removed after major backlash. There was also evidence they were causing accidents as people slammed on their brakes at the last second.

That article is right that we're in a weird place.... If the recession does come, I don't expect it to be as bad as the last one. The structural problems that caused the last recession just aren't there. We're not heading for a depression.

I always think it is a great idea to continue to innovate and create new forms of propulsion, even if they don't work out. The need to continue to push limits is where there are groundbreaking breakthroughs.

A whole second power unit for $6,000? And to be more clear... Telsa didn't exactly raise the price... they dropped the base models. A P85D was always in the $80k range.

Looks more like a 1970 burgundy Firebird to me.

An alarming percentage of 'for your safety' implementations are merely for revenue generation. Another story here in NJ where lawmakers wanted to institute penalties to employers who 'didn't pay workers what they said they would', which of course is laudable on the face of it… but you KNOW none of the fine money would go to any affected workers, but to the State. Hypocritical.

I still see so many Teslas snugged up to superchargers in the AM; seems they don't care much to pay for electricity, even tho they have no issue dumping $100K on the vehicle itself. Weirdness.

Rarely, if ever, will you pull into your garage with 0 miles range left, so a charge to full could take substantially less time.

Currently there are 3rd party companies that have home wireless charging pads that are 220V and depending on battery size will take from 8 to 14hrs to fully recharge. Good Read here: https://getelectricvehicle.com/wireless-charging-for-electric-cars/

As I posted, this is probably one of the best looking CUVs MB has made in a while, yet is far from perfect and I have been looking at the pictures over and over and it finally dawned on me what makes this look cheap. Interiors are personal choice and I really do not have any big issue with it at this time as nothing stands out as glaring. OUTSIDE, Big issue with the following two things. The bloody CHEAP looking black fake plastic Gills on the front end with the black plastic mold around the wheel wells and bottom of doors and the back bumper and the second issue is that ugly silver painted after thought on the black rear bumper wrapping around the dual exhuast. To me, MB as a luxury auto company should have done something better than this as well as AMG is missing the flare on this model. To me this looks more like a top end regular CUV from MB.

No, we're debating on the foldability of the 3rd row for the reasons you mentioned, people won't be sitting there often. ...less torque than my MKC...

One could do their own DIY version of this by mounting Ring stick up cams on the outside of their car and connecting them to their phone wifi...

Maybe Mercedes should have done what Cadillac did with the XT5: ditch the third row entirely for trunk space. Those third-row seats should be used for storage, not passengers.

It wouldn't be a $24,000 price jump(81k - 57k). The Navigator jumps from $73,205 to $77,555 from base to middle model. The Escalade jumps from $76,490 to $82,090 from base to the next model/trim.

Haha my neighbour had his Prius set on fire (arson, I suspect maybe from a college student he failed) a few years ago.. batteries popping woke me up at 2 in the morning.

More than that, but those of us who have been driving a while have been trained to look in the mirrors. It would take a while to get used to looking at a different spot. The Center rearview mirror like Cadillac and Toyota have is different. You still look in the same spot for that. They don't work as well at night though.

There is a Firebird with a Ferrari motor swap, this might be that car. More than 30 first responders from 10 Ohio departments dismantled Toyota Priuses on the Columbus Campus August 20-23. It was part of Columbus State’s Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Extrication Workshop. Faculty members taught firefighters the differences between traditional and alternative-fuel transport, including hybrid, electric, and compressed natural gas. Participants explored and drove different types of “alt-fuel” vehicles. They also learned how to quickly and safely disable them to remove passengers in emergency situations. A collaboration between Columbus State’s Automotive Technologies and Fire Science programs, the workshop is part of the college’s Pathways for Alternative-Energy Automotive Technicians initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation. Snip.... This is from my wife's Community College where she works...I fin ally found a post that can make both Dfelt and Ocn happy!

Love technology and advancement...but this continues to come off as more of a concept car experiment than anything. Mirrors still work. Small gear shifters still work too, vs. haptic feedback buttons. Advance the efficiency, advance the refinement, advance the safety...but another HD camera and another screen? Interesting but not needed. Curious to see who and what gets this first, if anything, here.

They've also increased content and introduced a cheaper model.

gah, I hate those sites that make you click next for every vehicle. They're nothing but spammy spam ad sites.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has begun testing vehicles that have cameras in place of real mirrors. The request to test such devices goes back to March of 2014 when the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers along with Tesla filed a petition with the NHTSA to get approval to install based rear or side vision cameras and screens in their vehicles. Daimler filed a similar petition in 2015 for their heavy duty trucks. Japan and Europe have already approved the technology. The first car with cameras replacing the side mirrors was the Lexus ES sold in Japan, followed by the Audi e-tron in Europe back in December. Both vehicles are sold in the U.S. with standard mirrors instead of the cameras. Honda's coming Honda e will have the technology standard when it goes on sale in Europe later this year. Mirrorless systems are an area where the legislation has not yet caught up with the technology according to Mark Dahncke of Audi. View full article

Touched a 2020 Acadia last weekend. It wasn’t an AT4 but the front end looks SOOOOO MUCH better

And the total cost to charge regularly is minimal. Like $30 extra a month.

I'll probably get to try one out in October. I'm going on three test drive trips.

Exactly, that is another reason the slower charging wireless pad would be ideal/okay. It's just another thing to 'not think about'. Realistically, I typically only drive about 25 miles per day mon-fri. The lowest range EV would suffice for 99% of my trips. It's the random 100 mile days on the weekends that would be more of an issue and then visiting my brother/sister 5.5hrs away a couple times per year.

It doesn't even have to be some super fast charger. It can go at whatever pace because it would be on it for long periods of time overnight. I would imagine a good 10-12 hours and I highly doubt you're using anywhere close to 200 miles of range a day. I think you'd start the day full or lose to full from a slow charging mat every day. Any estimate on the time it would take to charge on a wireless charger, dfelt? You would almost completely forget about gas stations or charging locations. It would be almost perfect. If I were to be picky, I'd want maybe 600 miles.. 500 miles would get me to my sister's place 5.5hrs away in the winter, with a 30% loss of range, with a dash to spare. That'd be a 350 mile range for winter(assuming worse case). Charging when I get there would be another situation all together but I could cross that bridge when I got there.

Really, with the way people love to order their coffee / latte I think people want the flexibility to order up what they want on an Auto as long as they can get it fast same day I would think. Yup 500 miles and wireless charging pad in the garage is perfect.

Who will make all of those videos on Youtube of guys on motorcycles busting off the mirrors of bad drivers if cars no longer have them?

The GLB is a compact, not a sub-compact. The GLA is a sub-compact. Having looked at the pics of the third row I’m assuming that any kids that have to go back there are double leg amputees. I’ve said it before, if you need a third row for ANY reason, get a suitable size vehicle. Ones this size are purely a marketing gimmick IMO and a bad one at that.

Definitely. It has to be pretty damn close to flat to appeal to me. Perfectly flat isn't necessary but it has to be damn close and it isn't so much needing the extra space but laying things flat that I just bought or am transporting is the concern.

Isn't that what the automobile was in the first place? There was never truly a "need" for an automobile.

The third row is an option.

Will say this is probably the best looking CUV from MB today. Actually looks like a CUV and not a coupe.

Sometimes I wonder if GM wants to succeed or not. If I were running GM, the first thing I would do is dramatically simplify the range of vehicles to the point where there is only ONE trim level per vehicle and price that vehicle very aggressively. Example: take a Chevy Equinox. Make it a fully-loaded Premier trim level ONLY and price it about $5000 below current prices. NO base model and no LT trim levels anymore. Rinse and repeat throughout the Chevy CAR line (not the pickup trucks or BOF SUVs!). Of course this will exclude the Corvette since that is the value leader of its segment. I believe that this will pull buyers to GM and push them away from Hyundai/KIA as well as Toyota and Honda. Your thoughts?

Only the Skyactive-X engines are HCCI.

That third row looks tight...for small kids only

So if Cadillac or Lincoln was dropping base models because the more expensive ones the response from the domestic ICE lovers would be...

Because your reply to Balthy implied that while there is a huge price gap between the ICE Sonic and EV Bolt because they are not sharing anything that the ICE Equinox and theoretical Equinox-sized EV would share things. I must be missing something because his comparison seemed straight forward and not apples and oranges. Sonic -> Bolt - 20k price gap Equinox -> EV Equinox-sized vehicle - theoretical 20k price gap Do we? They're still making advances in the internal combustion engine.I don't think they've maxed them out at all yet. They're just cracking into the variable compression engines and GM has brand new fancy technology in both the 2.7T and new 5.3.

Hyundai is playing their A game....

Soooooo, Seems the news is abuzz tonight of a 850HP Hybrid Corvette. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mid-engine-c8-corvette-hybrid-z06-zr1-leak/ This all from some so called leaked documents posted into the Corvette Forum. https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c8-general-discussion/4313915-z06-and-zr1-leak.html If true, some ICE Fans are not gonna be happy. ?

Bigger battery, dual-motor standard, AWD standard, computer controlled air-suspension standard

Ferrari!

Mirrors aren't exactly cheap, either. Power control, sometimes heated, and almost always you have to buy the entire assembly. It's hundreds to start. All the 'side view camera' images David posted above suck- both in integration, and field of vision. A distraction. Only reason I can see for overly-complicating side views is for aerodynamics, tho at the average speed most cars travel, it's pointless.

Really? That’s your response? There’s numerous articles on this very website starting with this very article. The Bolt is gaining 21 miles per charge. That’s progress albeit small progress. That’s just one of several examples available without ever leaving this very website. Good grief car salesman. If you’re going to troll, at least make it a challenge. Now about your lying, well that is all over this website as well. Turns out it’s not so “random” and about as obvious as your insecurities about anything you don’t happen to agree with. “Surreal, don't think I don't remember when you dug in your heels insisting the Bolt IS NOT a CUV... now you say it is.“ That was a lie. Maybe that thought was a little too random for you.

I got the extended warranty on my CPO Jeep for 7 years/100,000 miles. I don't plan to keep it past 100,000 miles so I figured it was worth it.

Exactly my thought. When that tech goes on the fritz (and it will) one will wish they had that low tech mirror.

Absolutely not. They're so ridiculously overpriced I don't even consider them. I think they wanted like $3500-4000 for 3 years or 45,000 miles on my Lincoln.

QUESTION: Do you like or use Auto Extended Warranties and why? EFG Company has launched a new 11 years / 150,000 mile warranty program for all EVs. They call it the Motorist Assistance Plan (MAP) EV Protection. This new auto warranty on top of the OEM warranty covers the following: The new warranty provides coverage for all assemblies and parts, the manufacturer-installed battery, and the motors, although certain specific parts are excluded. It also provides roadside assistance, rental reimbursement, and trip interruption benefits. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/efg-launches-150000-mile-extended-warranty-exclusively-for-evs/ Current OEM warranties are 8 years or 100,000 miles in comparison to 11 years or 150,000 miles. This brings up a good point of discussion, with thousands of fewer moving parts and much lower maintenance, could we see the OEM move to a 10yr / 100,000 bump to bumper warranty with a 250,000 mile powertrain warranty? On another Note, the Ford F-59 commercial truck commonly used as a food truck or delivery truck has received it's CARB certification to sell their truck in California and will sell it nationally in two versions, 80 miles and 110 miles EV. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/lightning-systems-receives-ok-to-sell-its-all-electric-ford-f-59-in-california/ Electrify America is deploying 150kW DC Fast Chargers in San Francisco that are robotic in nature requiring no human intervention in charging up EVs. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/electrify-america-to-deploy-commercial-robotic-chargers/

Getting ready to eat some very spicy Thai. ..they might put out a bit of the fire afterwards...