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Ford is filling in executive positions for Ford Blue. Kiersten Robinson Selected for Ford Blue Operating Position; Jennifer Waldo, Christopher Smith Join as New Ford Leaders | Ford Media Center Robinson, Ford’s top HR executive, tapped for key global role leading Ford Blue’s Family Vehicles division, as well as the company’s businesses in Mexico and Canada Waldo joining from Apple as chief people and employee experiences officer to foster high-performance culture, scale talent and organizational capability in technology, innovation Smith to lead Government Affairs team, drawing on vast public-, private-sector expertise in energy policy to help Ford’s transition to electric vehicles and net-zero carbon footprint Seems Ford is setting themselves up for some major long-term growth. Very excited for them. They have a respectable CEO finally that knows how to build teams and empower the employees to go the distance. Good time to invest and watch Ford IMHO.

Up at Stevens today, always cool to see them hang old gear from way back in the day. Always awesome to be up there early and watch the clouds roll by. Last week I took off the 3 inches or so of Hay that was covering my 400 plus cloves of Garlic. They have started to come up, this is when you do the mid growth fertilizing to get maximum size Garlic. Used Organic Blood Meal Fertilizer which is high in Nitrogen that they crave to grow big. All looking good, starting to get the garden going again too.

Been working some long days to get things done for our upcoming tradeshow, so decided to take the day and go skiing. Amazing seeing this as it was only sold in Japan but is like double the size of a Smart Car, but so tiny still and right hand drive.

Totally agree, was not wanting to take it political either, as I do have admiration for what has been accomplished by all types of airplanes including military. Today's news does take a toll on one and I was only thinking what you stated so well in your post above that by now, in this 21st century we would have thought humans would have learned by now that war is not the answer, but sadly even here in the U.S. we have narcissistic individuals that can only think of control and their own ego over humanity. Thanks for the well worded posting!

I get that war has helped develop commercial level items, but we have also had things that were developed out of Nasa that were not War Time related and those technologies have helped humanity. I still believe we could move humanity forward without having to go to war, but I do understand that some humans are crazy power hungry and war and death mean nothing to them as long as they get the attention and what they aim to achieve.

Press Release of the LYRIQ production start. Cadillac Celebrates Launch of LYRIQ at Spring Hill, Tennessee, Assembly Plant (gm.com) Cadillac-LYRIQ-Launch-Celebration.mp4 LYRIQ-B-ROLL-032122.mp4 GM showed the following: Production has begun with LYRIQ rolling off the assembly line today alongside other cadillac and GMC SUVs.

F-150 Lighting customers will have some benefiting from an increase in range for the spring launch showing Ford's continuous efforts to improve over time. Fleet customers have the option of purchasing the extended range battery on the Lighting Pro which now has an EPA-estimated range of 320 miles. Quote Ford: “We are laser focused on continually improving our energy consumption efficiency for Lightning and the team is really happy to deliver these results for our customers,” said Linda Zhang, chief program engineer, F-150 Lightning. F-150-Lightning-EPA-estimated-range.mp4 Ford Confirms F-150 Lightning Final EPA-Estimated Range for All Models Ahead of Customer Deliveries in the Spring | Ford Media Center View full article

WAR WAR WAR machines, sad that we cannot learn to live together, get along and focus on the future and space. Too many damn narcissistic dictators and dictator wannabes.

Tesla is a shell game that I feel is backed by shady money and the public that has been paying crazy prices for their stock will take the brunt of it if they cannot truly get to being profitable as the manipulation of the books while he expands across the world does not support his "We are profitable" social media statements and they have failed to deliver on low cost solutions focusing on high priced only. Totally agree, What Tesla has said in the past and what they are doing does not match. A shell game that could very much implode.

@oldshurst442 @ccap41 I hope you both have a good year, but I cannot stress enough to still be careful. WHY? Easy, this Virus pandemic is far from over. Putin War is causing Covid infections to jump big time in Europe. Spain, Netherlands, Belgium Germany Italy and Sweden have all had large increases in infections and hospitalization over the last month. North America tends to trend behind Europe and as we open up and people stop wearing masks, I expect increases with a fourth wave in late spring/early summer here. Animated Maps - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (jhu.edu) COVID-19 Map - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (jhu.edu) We sadly are seeing an increase in infections and right now I would not recommend attending any indoor large gather without a face mask. Yes we are slowly getting the world vaccinated, but even then this virus hurts the body in ways that we are not totally understanding yet. Long term Covid symptoms needs to be studied better as we are seeing with the long term covid that some have, comes long term memory loss. More than 50 Long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PMC (nih.gov) Study explores prevalence and symptom trajectory of long COVID (news-medical.net) Post-COVID Conditions | CDC COVID-19 has long-term cardiovascular effects, ‘stunning’ study results reveal - Clinical Daily News - McKnight's Long-Term Care News (mcknights.com) COVID-19 (coronavirus): Long-term effects - Mayo Clinic While we need more study work done, Type A blood people have the worst long-term effects by Covid. Type O seems to be the most resilient against the virus. COVID ‘Long Haulers’: Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 | Johns Hopkins Medicine Serious COVID-19 linked to higher risk of long-term adverse mental health effects (news-medical.net) ‘Long COVID’ may lead to lingering airways disease, study finds - NewsBreak Plenty more links are available, but the end result, we are no where ready to say we can go back to normal life and be carefree with this virus. Live your life, but please be careful as especially for the unvaccinated, this virus tends to really mess up the body.

Happy Spring Equinox everyone, first official day of spring and we are still getting lovely snow in the moutains. Ski season is till May 1st, hopefully longer if there is enough snow which seems to be.

I agree that the low end of the market will need to have a portfolio. Not totally sure that an American or German/European will do it. I also as @oldshurst442 agree that Tesla will not do it. I expect South Korea and China with Japan maybe doing something later.

Seems that Tesla 4680 cells are finally going into production April 2023 and Panasonic says these cells should help achieve the $25,000 EV. New Tesla (TSLA) Battery Key to $25,000 Electric Cars Prepared by Panasonic - Bloomberg

GM is a global company focused on advancing an all-electric future that is inclusive and accessible to all. The heart of their strategy is their Ultium Battery Platform, powering everything from mass-market to high-performance and Luxury vehicles. GM is rolling out EVs under its various subsidiaries of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Baojun and Wuling brands. Yet the focus here is Cadillac. GM President Mark Reuss, Cadillac Vice President Rory Harvey, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, UAW representatives, plant employees and other officials will hold a live stream event on Monday March 21st 2022 at 11am CT available: HERE As expected, March 21st is the start of the Cadillac LYRIQ production at Spring Hill, Tennesse. GM CEO Mary Barra had stated in the past that Cadillac would originally only produce 3,200 for 2022 of the Cadillac LYRIQ. Since then Cadillac has announced that due to demand, Cadillac will now build 25,000 LYRIQ for calendar year 2022. Cadillac has confirmed that they have received 216,000 customer inquires while not confirming how many confirmed pre-orders. Cadillac will open for regular customer orders on May 19th for regular, series production versions of the battery-electric crossover. The 25,000 LYRIQ to be built in 2022 will feature a single motor, rear-wheel-drive powertrain, rated at 340 horsepower and 324 pound-feet of torque with a 100.4 kWh Ultium Battery Pack rated for an estimated 300 miles of range on a full charge. All-wheel-drive versions will enter production starting in 2023 The live stream is expected to cover this production start and a more detailed plan on the commitment to Cadillac's all-electric future. GM has invested $2 billion in the Spring Hill Assembly plant to support production of Cadillac EVs. The facility is also expected to build under contract for Honda Motor Corporation their first luxury Electric Acura Crossover also on the Ultium platform. Cadillac to Celebrate Major Milestone at Spring Hill, Tennessee, Assembly Plant (gm.com) Honda and General Motors Sign MoU Toward Establishing a Strategic Alliance in North America (gm.com) Q1 2021 Letter to Shareholders (gm.com) View full article

Yes a little pug doggie that needs some refresh work. Yes I know you like this rusted look, but I would love to have it like new in a repaint.

Great that it has such good gas mileage, but one still has to wonder about the offset due to the particulate matter and Nitrogen Oxide emission that is produced by diesel at the tailpipe that has been contributed to lung issues. ?

Agree, Stellantis needs to ditch some of the dead weight models that clearly will never be profitable Global Models.

? Maybe a new addition to your Posse?

Seems Volvo is tying up with Starbucks to have Volvo branded DC fast chargers installed at Starbuck locations on specific routes across the U.S. First is the road from Denver, Colorado to Seattle Washington. Chargers will be installed every 100 miles to ensure that all EVs can get a charge anywhere. Volvo Cars explores electric vehicle charging network at U.S. Starbucks stores - Volvo Car USA Newsroom

Seems that Photoshoppers are already building a Truck version of the ID.Buzz and many are liking what they see. This Volkswagen ID Buzz Pickup Rendering Is Strangely Appealing (insideevs.com)

@Robert Hall Very cool pics of the auto's on your farm, look forward to seeing more. Guess you have your own Barn Finds! Amazing how good your dads 69 Mustang looks, was it also in the barn covered like your GT?

Yes you did and I think they were posted in the Random channel if memory serves me correct as Roberts brother died and he is cleaning up the family farm. @Robert Hall can better update you. I want to get my posse of auto's but with the constant rain and they need a bath, they are sitting in the Garage.

Fiat in particular was a mistake to bring back to the US, a very niche product that I do not see ever really taking off here even with the big surge in gas prices. Alfa was a personal live in the past project of the late CEO and the brand should have been left dead as it robbed billions from the US brands just to resurrect that POS of a product line. Those billions should have gone into the US brands from which they were generated, and they would be better today. Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler and Ram due to part shortages, I think this will slowly work itself out unless what is sitting there is just not desirable by the buyers and then they need to throw cash on the hood to get them moved. I think Stellantis will have a bigger issue with the Fiat/Alfa mess as the few niche buyers they had I feel are people that wish they lived in Europe or living in their past travels to Europe. Again, the quality and size of those auto's does not fit here in America. My take on it.