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I learned a long time ago to not read Facebook comments as they are generally from people who are unhinged and/or without a firm grasp on reality. A bunch of keyboard warriors who can barely make the payment on their '15 Malibu are not Cadillac's target market. If Cadillac makes a product with a powertrain equal or greater than Tesla and actually puts some style back in their vehicles (unlike the puke worthy stuff they have out now - excepting remaining CT6 and '21 Escalade) then I'll be back in the Cadillac camp.... but they've gotta make the vehicles look GREAT.

^ You still have to deal with that poor quality, despite who's name is on the title. It seemed totally obvious via the images, but thanks for the verification. Bolinger will be the Powell Sport Wagon of the '20s.

@ocnblu Did you see the new color for Jeep for 2021?

Since @David didn't answer my question about electric consumption demand as we switch EVs here is a good estimate: How Much Electricity Will It Take to Power Electric Cars of the Future? (inverse.com) Since Texas and California consume more electricity than any other states, they provide a good snapshot of what a future filled with electric vehicles might look like. In both cases, an increase in EVs would drive consumption higher, with the potential to strain local infrastructure. If virtually all passenger cars in Texas were electrified today, the state would need approximately 110 more terawatt-hours of electricity per year — the average annual electricity consumption of 11 million homes. The added electricity demand would result in a 30 percent increase over current consumption in Texas. By comparison, because of a more temperate climate, California might require nearly 50 percent more electricity than it currently consumes if passenger vehicles in the state were fully electrified. That means California would need to generate an additional 120 terawatt-hours of electricity per year. In 2018, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the organization that manages most of Texas’s electric grid, hit a new peak demand of roughly 73 gigawatts on July 19. Looking at the off-peak hours for July 19, 2018, we found the ERCOT grid had spare capacity to provide more than 350 gigawatt-hours of additional electricity if idled power plants continued to operate throughout the day, not just during peak demand. Based on our estimates, the charging requirements for a fully electrified fleet of personal cars in Texas would be about 290 gigawatt-hours per day, less than the available surplus of generation capacity. In other words, the Texas grid could theoretically charge a fully electrified vehicle fleet today if vehicles were charged during off-peak hours. When we did the same analysis for California, however, we found that if EVs become the norm, it could push the total demand for electricity beyond the existing capacity of the Golden State’s grid. To meet that demand, California and Texas would need to build new power plants or buy more electricity from neighboring states than they already do. The states might also need additional transmission and distribution infrastructure to accommodate new automotive charging infrastructure.

Hmm.....a couple ideas for adding light to my Cavalier.... ? Though the tail light one is cool.... And as much as I hear of “All EV” future, it is not going to happen. It would take 20 years, maybe more to junk even half the ICE cars out there. And there are still things a EV can’t so yet, like Survive extreme temps.... I see maybe a 60/40 tops in the ICE/EV amounts. It’s going to take a while before prices will be down enough for the general public tp buy, or simply build a used EV market.

I've seen the Bolinger in person. It's what happens when someone gets an EV powertrain and has a bunch of flat sheet metal, an arc welder, a JC Whitney Catalog, and a few rolls of remnant office carpeting laying around. They had a booth at the L.A. show the same year the Rivian debuted.... and I was like, "You can't be serious.... "

There's a number of flaws with this, it makes assumptions that aren't part of reality. It assumes that everyone would plug-in and charge their vehicle at the same time. I think everyone here can agree that would not be the case. Also, most modern chargers are, or have the capability to be, smart chargers. They can be set up to only charge at the rate required to get to the desired level of charge by a specific time and during specific hours. What do I mean by that? I'll give you the scenario... these numbers are made up for this illustration, but the actual numbers work the same way. You drive your Tesla home from work and it has a 60% charge left. You've had a long day and don't intend to go out again that evening when you get home at 6pm. Because you want to preserve your battery health as long as possible, you've already set your Tesla to only charge up to 80% capacity. You plug your car in at 6, but because you get a lower electricity rate starting at 11pm, your charger doesn't start charging the car until 11. You tell the car that you want to be at 80% charge by 7am tomorrow. Once the charger kicks in, it only charges at the rate required to get you to 80% at 7am when starting charging even though the charger can go faster. This is much better for the battery as slow charging is better. So instead of running at the max 11.5 kWh, the Tesla charger will run at say, 8kWh. The reason the electric rate is cheap from 11pm to 6am is because that's when usage is lowest. It's the best time for EVs to charge. It takes a long time for power plants to ramp up and ramp down demand (unless they're NatGas Spiker units only used for unplanned spikes in demand). So a lot of energy gets wasted during this low demand period. A bunch of EVs charging at night would smooth out demand for utilities significantly. Do we still need more capacity? Yes. Do we need as much as this article is claiming? No

Big three ahve the most experience building actual vehicles. Teslas problem isn't that they can't master 21'st century technology like self driving cars, it's that they can't master 1940's technology like doors that shut properly.

C'mon Bill. For the same (equivalent) $90K, one could have this hideous marshmallow or a Model S- they aren't remotely close in any category other than both being electric. Progress within the EV vehicle field is inarguable. Mainstream acceptance (the lack thereof) is likewise inarguable. The market will continue to set the pace here, not Gov't mandates & bans.

Wheelies are an interesting subject. I hope it doesn't; it does have the build-in discouragement of a 123" wheelbase. I've looked at a built BBB currently for sale online. Stroked to 496 CI, runs on 93 pump gas, has the same cylinder heads I have. It's taken a '69 Buick GS to a 6.5 sec @ 103 in the 1/8th mile, which equates to a 10.1 in the quarter. I don't know what that GS weighed; but every 100 lbs is one tenth in the quarter, and my car will be around 4100 without me in it. I'd guess I'd be 5-600 lbs heavier. This car weighs 4040 lbs & runs 10.4's :

Ah, relying on Facebook as a barometer for your EV claim. Sounds legit lol. As far as Cadillac being thrown away, you should have been worried about that starting forty plus years ago when they started peddling one failed model after another but yeah, it’s them going EV that somehow ruins the brand (heavy use of sarcasm intended here for those “cerebral” types). And No one is asking you to shiver in your boots. However, you should feel like a hypocrite because that is a far more accurate assessment. Making light of Americans losing their jobs shows just how petty your ridiculous argument towards EVs really is. I don’t want to ever see another post by you proclaiming “America first”. THIS and then some!

You'll probably be shopping for the new platform by the time you're ready to trade, so everything you know about the current vehicle will be out the window. The one I specd out was $79,500 in Forest Green w/Green Interior and 7 seats.

Florida Man.

They managed to make the Pacer even uglier. I prefer my drift japanese, not Chinese, thank you. WE can still transition, and should still transition.

WHAT WILL OUR AMISH FRIENDS DO THOSE NEW BMW GRILLES, I COULD FRY A BIG STEAK ON THOSE GRATES

Holy Toledo Batman!

• Finished prepping the hood hinges & shot them in epoxy primer. • Did some metal prep on the major crossbrace that connects the 2 front fenders / the grill hangs off of. Have some other similar pieces I might as well prep and get into epoxy primer. • Decided to hold off on sending stuff out for chrome until next year. If a lot of businesses shut down over the winter, I don't want rare parts sitting somewhere else for who knows how long. So here was a sched I posted in May. Done pretty good, I think (plus, I did a number of other minor tasks). The roof insulation I have been holding out trying to get exactly what I want. The door speaker holes wouldn't take but an afternoon, but the header is a number of sessions and I've been avoiding it. Will get it done before 12/31.

That was an inside joke between Balthy and ocn.

[raises glass] "Here's hoping Great Uncle Floyd can get himself behind the wheel of an electric car faster to 100 MPH than a Porsche 918 Spyder!!"

More of this here at C and G, please.

The Bolinger is what Gru from Minions would drive if they ever did a live action version of the movie.... except it would be nuclear fission powered or something.

Which is why Range Rovers are better to be leased, not owned...that great British quality.

Yep. And both the Range Rover and Bolinger would be an unmitigated quality disaster.

It is astonishingly crude....and at $125 grand....lots of other options exist. Interior is 1975 CJ-5 plain....will not sell in the modern market.

Cool I guess. (see what I did there?) But the other two vaccines don't require that sort of cold storage. The Pfizer vaccine is probably only going to be used for frontline healthcare workers. The third vaccine coming can be stored in a standard freezer purchased at lowes.

Kind of wondered if it would be like that....from the photos I've seen, it looks like a kit car..very crude.

Olds for Drew.... This is entirely HOT...

You can't beat a vintage Chevy truck in black... More VW goodness... Sweet El Camino... The 65-70 Mustang fastback is #2 on my list for psot WW 2 American cars, convertibles are not far behind. I love all things Jeep...

LOT of ugliness in that collage of EV trucks. No way does Bolinger survive; the price vs. appearance is totally inverted. The Big 3 by far have the best chances moving forward.

Maybe...or a 3 yr old CPO 2021 in 2024... looking forward to seeing how the new one turns out, but I wouldn't want a first year one.

Well spoken.

Yeah. 58 was a great year. 58 Chevy also is wildly under rated as an automobile. 41 Ford Fire truck converted to a motorcycle hauler.

Opinions are like assholes...the things filling your opinion file are rather ridgid....

That's funny coming from the most notorious woodworker at C&G.

Amazing all the EV Pickup trucks that have been announced for production. Be very interesting to see which ones actually make it to market. I am expecting that 50% will never actually see production and as the Heritage OEM builders start to deliver their trucks, it will reduce this down to maybe just Tesla and Rivian being the new kids on the block that survive along with Lordstown as a special Niche builder since they are focusing on Commercial use / Governments. Hummer by GMC Ford F-150 EV Pickup Lordstown Endurance EV Pickup Rivian R1T ev pickup Havelaar Bison EV Pickup Neuron EV Pickup Atlas EV Pickup Workhorse EV Pickup Tesla Cyber Truck EV Pickup Nissan / Hercules EV Pickup Bollinger EV Pickup Nikola Hydrogen/EV Pickup

If the east coast did not destroy the environment with so much SALT, they would not have all rusted out. Guess that is another reason they lasted so long on the west coast is we use environmentally sound chemicals on snow and iced roads and not salt. I had no rust problems as did my dad with our 1976 Chevy Luv Series 5 pickup. I honestly think how you care for something shows how long it lasts. Yes, I know Japanese, Korean and Chinese have all built crap products too just like American auto companies, but I think anything can last if properly cared and cleaned. Sadly, cleaning of auto's based on my times living and working there is not a thing that is done often on the east coast.

In this context tho, 'China' and 'folks' does not refer to individuals.

Gov't will not allow only domestic power-equipment companies to supply the U.S. It was so disappointing that the wind turbine market (parts/tech) was quickly swallowed nearly whole by China; it was a clean break that could've 'created jobs' and disallowed 'foreign controls over our power'. Opportunity squandered. Same will happen upon any vast increases in the 'renewables' segments. It's like Gov't's foot hurts, so it chainsaws one hand off so the foot 'feels better'. Bill Nye is yet another who fails to see the big picture.

I have a vintage tissue dispenser, came out of my grandfather's '57 Star Chief. So I want to incorporate it into the B-59, despite the small center emblem saying 'PONTIAC'. They have a chrome face, mount under the dash and pivot outward, & the tissues pop out the top, like this : But I want to convert it to hide the aftermarket engine gauges, so I can hide them when I want a pick-up street race . So the work in progress so far is; I detached the face plate, have some small hinges, and I fabricated an aluminum plate I will drill for the 3 gauges. I wanted to add some detail, so I did this :

'Rubberization'? Don't know what that is; envisioning Plasti-Dip. The couple of pics I've seen of folk who wrapped their dashpad with some sort of vinyl material always looked like crap to me. Those heat-sunk lines are so characteristic, plus it has about a 1/2-in flat on the edge... I don't want to lose too much of the B-59 character.

I get the feeling it’s like the new “greased lightning”!

Nissan is also bringing out an Electric truck, so you will need more room in your junkyard, scooter. I really wish the Nikola were likely to see production and pure BEV. I kind of like the looks of it.

Given GM and the products of a lot of the 80 s and 90 s they have been throwing Cadillac away for decades. Why do you think Benz and BMW sell so many cars?