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Seems Honda and Kia are upping their sales forecast for EVs. Honda And Kia Up EV Production Goals As Segment Growth Booms (insideevs.com)

I have used Sherwin-Williams before, and it is solid quality paint. There are a few stores around me, but they seem to be more catered to the paint companies and builders. Last time I did the bedrooms, the wife and I went in and we were pretty much blown off. As such, they lost our money and future money. I have to say that Behr Premium Plus is awesome paint on par dollar for dollar with Sherwin-Williams. When my daughter bought her first home 2yrs ago, I smoker sealed the whole inside to seal in any smells, mustiness, etc. Then used Behr Premium Plus on the whole inside. The daughter choose off white also for the whole place. Well-sealed and will last a long time, smells like new. She loves her home. So for me, getting 5 gallon buckets of Behr Premium Paint from Home Depot is how I roll on painting. Got my own splatter gun too that hooks up to my air compressor, so just buy the mud, add water to get it to the proper slurry consistency and then I re-textured the whole inside. Medium splatter and it looks modern even though it was built in 1962.

Happy National Prime Rib Day!

@caddycruiser GM has joined the larger group of Software auto group. GM Ramps Up Effort to Bring Customers Seamless Software Experiences Through Unified Automotive Standards General Motors announced today that it is joining the Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations. It has also contributed “uProtocol” as a starting point for greater standardization, enabling increased software productivity across the automotive industry that can lead to easy-to-use, software-enabled customer experiences. This protocol aims to speed up software development by streamlining the creation of software that is distributed across multiple devices within vehicles as well as across the cloud and mobile.

Robert what colors are you going with on the inside? Whole house being repainted or just some rooms inside?

Hopefully the EV platforms will allow OEMs to build a car for those that want it.

That makes me want to

@ccap41 Here is the link he posted in Lifes Ups and Downs about his dogs passing away. 5875 Highland Rd, Highland Heights, OH 44143 | MLS# 4445017 | Trulia I understand the point your making, but even then from where you are they are cheaper than here. John Deer is $100 more here than where you live.

I love all the space I got back in my Shed when I got rid of the gas powered mower and tools. EGO just lets you stand it on end taking up little space and the electric tools hang close and tight so little space needed. In regards to the price of things, like Drew the costs are high for ICE parts and maintenance here in the PNW and I suspect it is on the average income of the area as the greater Seattle area has gotten crazy priced on everything. ICE zero turn mowers are almost as expensive as the EGO here. Just a sample of stuff from the local Orielly's auto parts store for lawn more sparkplugs. Double of your price almost. Here is Ace hardware with the basic Toro tune up kits. Here is just a sample from the lowes right up the street of the zero turn ICE mowers. Lowes prices on blades are on par with Home Depot here also so just pennies apart. I will say that after 9 years I still have the original blade on my EGO mower and all I do is sharpen it. No other costs from the original $500 plus I paid back then. For me, this is the cheapest mower I have ever owned. Same with my hedger, edger, trimmer and tree branch saw for the EGO multi-head motor unit and the attachements.

They say Electrical is the new Oil Barons.

Cool review/ watch

Personal preference in regards to the zero turn ICE versus Electric. To me the lack of maintenance on the EGO beats ICE. In regards to the 30" toro @ $2,399 or 21" EGO @ $599, I will take the few extra laps of moving as the price is as you stated, Toro Value is not there for that price.

GM and Samsung SDI have signed a contract to build and operate a 30 GwH battery cell plant in the US. This will be online by 2026 giving GM the leading battery cell in both pouch and cylindrical cell design. General Motors and Samsung SDI Plan to Invest More than $3 Billion to Expand U.S. Battery Cell Manufacturing (gm.com) Quote: The plant will have more than 30 GWh of capacity and will bring GM’s total U.S. battery cell capacity to about 160 GWh when it is at full production. The companies plan to jointly operate the facility, and it is projected to have production lines to build nickel-rich prismatic and cylindrical cells.

This just makes the EGO an even better deal as it is the best I believe. Amazon.com: EGO Power+ Amazon.com : EGO Power+ LM2142SP 21-Inch 56-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Electric Dual-Port Walk Behind Self Propelled Lawn Mower with Two 5.0 Ah Batteries & Charger Included : Patio, Lawn & Garden Amazon.com: EGO Power+: MOWERS Course with Roberts Yard I would go with this from EGO. Ego lawn mower at Lowes.com: Search Results

The realtor posting would imply half an acre of grass to mow. I have a third of an acre and I enjoy mowing it with my ego mower. But I totally understand others that yard work is not their desire to do. I would want a small tractor with a plow on it to handle the driveway during winter. Like you, I enjoy the yard work.

Interesting review, what do others think?

Bobo I could say the same thing about living in California. How do you deal with that Cancer causing sun all the time, the crazy state taxes and the density of the people. I can survive a few days to visit my relatives but not much more. It is just crazy to me from Bakerfield down to Huntington beach and out to Suncity. just dense sprawl. I will stick to my rain and snow of the PNW thank you.

Take a look for your self, while Toyota sales over all are not doing well, cars are in the dumpster. I totally see why they are looking at the Crown and Camry as the only cars to keep and dumping everything else. Here are Toyota's Electric sales Toyota Motor North America Reports March, First Quarter 2023 U.S. Sales - Toyota USA Newsroom

Interesting take on using the base Camaro to build a modern-day Buick GNX. https://www.hotcars.com/modern-buick-gnx-steal-ford-mustang-thunder/

I say Phoque Apple to use your term. I have had nothing but hell with them and refuse to give them any of my money. They do not follow the laws or rules that they agree too and I have had it with Apple and their Communist Dictator approach to the industry and access to their products and services. They say they are part of the Movies Anywhere group and yet they do not allow their digital copies to go into that eco system forcing you to have to use their Apple TV/Movie system. I am tired of the Apple Crap attitude of use our stuff or screw you. Apple can rot in hell. @oldshurst442 @trinacriabob @ccap41 Seems Toyota is going to throw in the towel on cars and focus on trucks and SUVs. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/only-38-of-this-toyota-car-model-have-sold-in-2023-so-far/ar-AA1ahWPI?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=b008facac0af4076993d571f7b19d6dd&ei=36 Toyota has pulled the Avalon and will stop producing it as well as other cars as they move to focus on Trucks/SUVs this year. Be interesting to see, but I suspect the Camry will continue on as their lone car.

Interesting that all the companies on this list are currently struggling with declining revenue. The Companies Mandating Employees Return to the Office (businessinsider.com)

This is cool. States running out of money due to folks going EV faster then was expected. Surging EV demand causing states to pause incentives (electrek.co) BYD is coming out with their first Electric full size Pickup and to say it is a rip off of Ford is an understatement. BYD electric pickup spotted during final stages of development (electrek.co) Great news for everyone from home to commercial as Siemens opens a full production site in Texas. Siemens just opened an EV charger factory in Texas | Electrek This is their second site as they ramp up to be able to produce 1 million chargers of all levels to help blanket North America and export. Rivian reveals big towing update coming along with new features (electrek.co) Rivian is adding dash cam and expanded towing capabilities.

Congratulations on this Robert. Very excited for you and your sister and the new chapter of life with this house. Wishing you all the best.

As with this story, South Korea to Invest $15 Billion in New EV Battery Technology - Bloomberg Solid-State is where we are going and with a 4X common density improvement, that would mean that you could reduce battery size to a quarter current sizes and still have the same battery range. Example is the GMC Hummer EV Truck battery is 2,000lbs. With Solid-State that can be cut to 500 lbs with the same range. Korea not wanting to let China lead here is investing heavily to be the first with Mass market production of solid-state batteries. This will be the next generation of EVs for some and first for others. It will be interesting to see how fast OEMs change over.

Very cool that the V4 Superchargers are finally getting installed. 615 kW of charging power can reduce the average charge time to 11 minutes if the EV supports that faster charging rate. Right now the fastest is the Kia/Hyundai/Genesis EVs. The Tesla 615kW Supercharger could be a game-changer for EVs | T3