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Google provides the advertising here that helps pay the server and software bills. They don’t like their ads showing on pages containing certain content (guns, illegal drugs, naked people, and others). Their system can detect the content and if it finds something it doesn’t like it sends me an alert to remove their ads from that page. Since I’m unable to remove ads from specific pages, the content would have to go. This has happened here before. there was a long thread of girls on cars that really pushed the line but I allowed it until the Google monster tapped me on the shoulder then I had to take it down.

Anyone ever get to see a Cadillac Mirage?

It's not the regenerative breaking (though that does help). It's that at cruise, cars use so little power that the Model-S runs along with mostly just the smaller front motor actively providing propulsion and the rear motor just getting enough of a trickle of power to not cause drag. The car will adjust torque to the rear as needed for acceleration or aggressive cornering, but most of the time that $100k Model-S is just a FWD Jellybean Taurus. The ones where I'm not exactly sure how it's working are the tri-motor Plaid and Plaid+ models. The Plaid has a reduction in range from the Long Range, but the Plaid+ gets a significant increase in range. My guess is they're just throwing a lot more battery at it.

What is the google monster? 58 Chevy...

Well here is the latest from Jaguar Land Rover. Pretty much ICE is dead by the end of this decade for them. You can watch their video and read all the details, but this is the bullet list of what is happening: New global strategy – Reimagine – announced for the British company under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer, Thierry Bolloré A sustainability-rich reimagination of modern luxury, unique customer experiences, and positive societal impact Start of journey to become a net zero carbon business by 2039 Reimagination of Jaguar as an all-electric luxury brand from 2025 to ‘realize its unique potential’ In the next five years, Land Rover will welcome six pure electric variants as it continues to be the world leader of luxury SUVs All Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates to be available in pure electric form by end of the decade; first all-electric Land Rover model in 2024 Clean-hydrogen fuel-cell power being developed in preparation for future demand Streamlined structure to deliver greater agility and promote an efficiency of focus Global manufacturing and assembly footprint to be retained, rightsized, repurposed and reorganized Collaborations and knowledge-sharing with industry leaders, in particular from within the wider Tata Group will allow the company to explore potential synergies on clean energy, connected services, data and software development leadership On a path towards double-digit EBIT margin and positive cash flow, with an ambition to achieve positive cash net-of-debt by 2025 with a value creation approach delivering quality and profit-over-volume JAGUAR LAND ROVER REIMAGINES THE FUTURE OF MODERN LUXURY BY DESIGN | JLR Corporate Homepage International

Those new camo wraps you can get on cars these days are getting damn good!

A '61 Plymouth would have been good for 'Christine'...the front looked like some angry insectoid alien, much more evil looking than the '58 IMO...

I like it, but it's not pretty. It was a quick inversion; Plymouth was amazing / near perfect in '58, and was aesthetically near the bottom by '61. Ambassador was probably the bottom :

12, each with their own sleeping berth.

If we say the row over the rear axle is dead, that still has to be a 15-passenger job.

1939 Packard 12 passenger coach Torino... Buick Wildcat... Not a car but....

Got maybe 6-8 inches fresh snow overnight. More coming today.

Why are they still half-assing it? Don't they realize that It's Mercedes that MUST surpass Tesla, not the other way around.

EQC, but that was kind of half baked I think anyway. EQS and EQE are made on a Tesla like chassis while EQA EQB and EQC are batteries put in an ICE platform. They have an EQE SUV in the works but these Mercedes Electric vehicles better be good and have 1,000 hp AMG versions, otherwise Tesla will surpass them like they just surpassed Audi last year (in the USA).

Ooooo- what’s the ‘Google Monster’?

Topically : it was just announced that Daimler’s not going to sell the EQE in the US.

I don’t have a problem with the girls on cars, but just a warning that if I get a tap on the shoulder from the Google monster, I have to remove it. I won’t remove the whole post though

Jaguar might as well go all electric because the sales of the gas powered cars stink. Also it would be a waste of money to further develop their gas engines or to spend hundreds of millions on another XF or XJ or whatever. Better to put 100% of their money into EV's and I suspect the gas power Land Rovers still on sale in 2029 will look a lot like the ones they have now, and will be ancient by then. Also investors want to see EV's. Investors are seeing gas cars as a negative. Also why Tesla is worth more than the 7 largest car companies combined. If you don't do EV's you can't sell stock or get your stock price up, and that is what these CEO's care about.

Sound relationship advice... I asasume so. Unsound relationship advice...

80% of gay men are born that way. The other 20% are sucked into it.

^^^ I was JUST about to post that in the Alternate Fuel thread.

The Bolt would not qualify for the tax credit due to GM crossing the 200k sales threshold but the tax credit itself was not restricted to just leases. It was for all purchases of qualifying EVs. https://www.google.com/amp/s/electrek.co/2021/02/03/which-electric-vehicles-still-qualify-for-us-federal-tax-credit/amp/

Bolt EV and EUV 65 KW/H battery Bolt EV 259 mile range starting at $31 995 Bolt EUV 250 mile range starting at $33 995 Launch Edition Bolt EUV that includes Supercruise is $43 000. But GM will offer Supercruise on other models but GM did NOT price the option... Biden admin will probably extend EV credits. $7500. GM could benefit by it. If the Biden admin does do that, then the Bolt EV will cost the consumer $24 995 and the EUV $26 495. One does NOT have to option the EUV with Supercruise... The Bolt EV and EUV only have a 65 KW/H battery with no other battery option. No long range version. No faster version. The Bolt EV and EUV are NOT one of those 'enthusiastic' type vehicles like Teslas are or the MUSTANG Mach E. The Bolt EV and EUV are on the low man on the car totem pole world of vehicles. The Chevrolet Spark in the Chevrolet world. But in EV form. The Bolt EV and EUV are NOT Mustang Mach E natural competitors. I dont know how much Ford's Supercruise tech will cost as an option for the Mach E, but Im assuming that at the Mach E's BASE price of $41 000 does NOT include this (not really necessary) option. I would SAFELY say that if at Tesla Autopilot is a $10 000 option and over at GM is just about the same, then at Ford it would be roughly equal to that. The Bolt EV and EUV still look clumsy. Just like EVERY small shytty CUV available since the dawn of time. The Mustang Mach E actually looks good as a sporty CUV. Still a shytty CUV if you ask me. Between the two, Id rather the Mach E. But Id rather the looooong in the tooth Tesla Model S over both of them. Or the Hummer EV. But at $100 000 for either, that is a HARD pass. Not because of the EV factor. But for the $100 000 factor. if I were to choose an EV car right NOW, I think the Mustang Mach E would get my money. ONLY because I could actually afford it. But Ill tell ya one thing...$26 495 after guvment subsidies for an excellent EV to get me off of gasoline would be enticing... Very...VERY enticing indeed.

I agree. I would add the the downsized B Bodies of 1977-1990 as well. Actually, all full-sized RWD GM platforms up until 1990.

Staying warm in my office w/ Beardsley under my desk

Seems redundant and not different enough from the regular Bolt. Longer wheelbase = more rear legroom, but it has the same, or LESS cargo space than the regular model, plus it still has that uneven load floor... and NO AWD. What is the point?

Yes, Mr Negativity, they are renders. But presumably they are renders of future product...sounds like Alpha Motor Corporation (AMC--heh heh) has investors and a business plan to bring product to market...time will tell if they can realize that vision.

Is that the new electric Escalade

Instrumental - See you again

Royals

You guys know its a parody, right? A satire if you will. Its sarcasm just as much as how CERTAIN snobbish EV owners act righteously (Prius owners as well) as how CERTAIN EV haters WANT to view EV adopters... I saw this vid a year ago. The guy does FANTASTIC parodies of politics whether left leaning or right leaning, vegetarians, health advocates, exercise freaks, free speech and cancel culture, and all walks of life, really. Tezzla is just HIS way of poking fun at pompous Tesla owners AND EV haterz at the same time... But when one has an agenda AGAINST EVs...that one person took this parody as gospel... THAT is what is REALLY funny here. And the ONLY way I saw his post is when I log out, the IGNORE feature is not active... I would have NOT replied had it NOT been for Balthy's post... I replied to make sure Balthy understood that this guy speaks a certain way in his videos to accentuate the satire.

This is my newest Golden she's almost 3 and if you know Golden's she's still a puppy for maybe 6months yet.

This was Gracie I was blessed with her for 12 of her 13yrs, I still miss her dearly.

Interesting song, catchy rhythm and funny song name. TWIT This is one interesting video to watch.

Aliee doing a great rendition of "I will always love you" I am sure many here can relate to this song!

I would have loved had Plymouth still been kept around, that the Fury would be 1a) another platform mate to the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 1b) a definite candidate for the Hellcat engine. Fury and Hell(cat) go very well together 2. Cop cars would return to be Plymouth Furys (I miss Plymouth Furys as cop cars. More so than I do Caprices and Crown Vics)

Again, you make no sense with your statements. Yes, Cadillac CT5 and Mercedes E Class compete directly because they are both LUXURY makes and are nearly identical in size and that's a fact, that doesn't change, no matter what your opinion is and it makes them exactly that...COMPETITORS.

That's still not Rolls or Maybach. I never said WHY you brought it up, just that you brought it up before smk.