G. David Felt

Tesla News Talk about being hit by every side possible. UK where Tesla was the best selling EV has now on the renewal of EV incentives finds itself left off the list compared to all other automakers especially UK based EV startups. Tesla takes hit in the UK as its best-selling Model 3 is excluded from EV incentive - Electrek In 2015 Tesla opened up a huge 840,000 square foot final assembly plant in Tilburg Netherlands for European delivery of Tesla S & X models. Now with the new models, all assembly will be finished in California leaving Tesla with no need for this plant and the indoor testing track. Tesla says they are looking to repurpose the building, but no clear plans yet. Tesla to shut down final assembly plant in Tilburg following Model S/X refresh - Electrek In Detroit a Tesla slammed under the trailer of a Semi Truck on the road and while this one did not end in death, only serious injury, it seems Tesla is under scrutiny again. Tesla is under scrutiny from feds again over crash with semi truck - Electrek Bit of Good news for Tesla, Tesla has secured a 100MW order for storage capacity for green energy production and they have finally opened orders for Isreal to purchase their auto's. Tesla scores over 100 MW order for batteries in Israel - Electrek

Reports are that Rivian is expecting to produce 40,000 EVs this year which will include R1T, R1S and the Amazon Delivery vans as they ramp up to an expected 300,000 auto's a year in the near future. Charged EVs | Rivian rushes to ramp production as it prepares to launch 3 EV models - Charged EVs

@Robert Hall @surreal1272 @oldshurst442 Seems Porsche has gotten the message as with a new battery design for all EV's going forward, they have also taken a page from Book of Tesla and have committed the money to build out their own high speed 800V charging network on all major roads across Europe. Oddly it seems UK is not on that list which makes me wonder if Brexit took it's toll here. High-performance batteries with silicon anodes and Porsche fast-charging stations Seems even more in support of this is that VW has committed to 18,000 800V high speed chargers across Europe by 2025 on top of new batteries for VW and Audi and expanded new VW gigafactories. Here are the biggest announcements from Volkswagen’s battery event - The Verge Not the couple, I am talking about the person who wrote the story.

Reminds me of how people buy wireless charging pads for their phones and yet cannot seem to understand the basics of EV ownership. If your so lazy about plugging in, then buy one of the wireless charging pads for auto's for home use. Clear slant by a bias ICE person and ignorance about the fact that they should have charged up to full before doing their road trip.

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Totally agree with your thinking, you know how the auto has been cared for and all the quirks if any, better to buy it out than buy an unknown used. Nice is that you can always if you so choose upgrade the head unit with a modern one if you want the latest Blue Tooth Android/Apple play system and anything else not currently in your auto. I love the Pioneer head unit I have in my SS, so nice to have my phone connected in the auto.

Wow, the images online are too funny! Who knew Spouse carrying competition was an official sport!

Late 2022 - 2023 ?

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Makes one rethink about getting rid of an old auto you are happy with and refreshing it with modern tech be it ICE or EV, just refreshing it is way cheaper than buying a new one. Crazy never thought I would see this happen this way. Pandemic is really hitting hard, I wonder if the 1918/1919 Influenza did the same thing? I bet so. ?

WOW ? Due to supply chain shortages, Honda has shutdown pretty much all Canada and US auto production for the next week and could be extended depending on when parts become available. Exclusive: Honda temporarily cutting production at all U.S., Canada plants | Reuters I would be very cautious about buying an auto built over the last couple weeks and the next few weeks.

Getting built out better and better every day. Locate a public EV charger | Electrify America We have the Top 5 current Charging networks currently and I think this will change dramatically this decade in the US. Much like the West coast has their electric highway covering Washington, Oregon, and California and now building out secondary highways / roads. West Coast Green Highway: West Coast Electric Highway Seems the South electrical providers have decided on building their own coalition for building a South / South East coast highway system. New Electric Highway Coalition plans to connect US Gulf Coast, Midwest and Atlantic State destinations via fast chargers - POWERGRID International (power-grid.com) Per this write up, 18 million EVs are expected to be on US roads by 2030 per the Edison Institute. With ICE having 150,000 gas stations with an average of 10 pumps per station, that is over 1 million pumps. EVs will finally be on par once the charging infrastructure for high speed recharging equal to ICE. 6 US Utility Companies Plan EV Charging Network In Southern States (cleantechnica.com)

We all know that those that adopt new tech will experience the latest issues that have not been ironed out yet. Sadly, the UK unlike the US choose to disperse the Money from the VW settlement to local gov's to deal with building local charging stations. The US made sure VW was on the hook for a proper network, so the build out is very different there compared to here. I expect the US to leap frog the UK in supporting higher charging standards of working stations.

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The Ultimate double Standard org out of Italy!

Breaking News Back in November 2020 BMW released a detailed info about their first main stream EV the BMW iX CUV. The first ever BMW iX – Design World Premiere. (bmwgroup.com) Green Car reports has stated that while BMW North America was not willing to release actual pricing, they did say that this EV will compete head to head with Tesla X and Audi E-Tron as well as the upcoming Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV. BMW North America said to expect this EV to start in the mid 80K. Pre-ordering is expected to start in June 2021 with first deliveries scheduled for early 2022. This EV will start then at around $85,000 and go up from there with 500 HP, awd, 0-62mph in 5 seconds and top speed of 124 mph 2022 BMW iX: 300-mile electric SUV will rival Model X and E-Tron, start around $85,000 (greencarreports.com)

Sadly I have very limited motorcycle knowledge so even using google and bing, I have not found any thing except about the merlin motorcycle company that is dead. Merlin Motorcycles (cybermotorcycle.com) Found this on Wiki and yes I am admitting defeat and seeing what sticks to the wall! France[edit] Midual Peugeot Scooters Scorpa Sherco Solex Voxan Germany[edit] BMW Motorrad Sachs (parts and accessories only) Italy[edit] Aprilia Beta Motor Benelli Bimota Cagiva (innactive under MV Agusta) Ducati Energica Fantic Motor Ghezzi & Brian Magni Malaguti Minarelli (engines only) FB Mondial Moto Guzzi Moto Morini MV Agusta Paton Piaggio SWM Terra Modena Vespa Vyrus Poland[edit] Junak SFM Junak Zipp Portugal[edit] AJP Casal Russia[edit] IMZ-Ural IZh Velomotors ZiD as the Voskhod Slovenia[edit] Tomos Spain[edit] Bultaco Derbi Gas Gas Montesa Ossa Rieju Sanglas Ukraine[edit] KMZ United Kingdom[edit] AJS Ariel Motor Company Cheney Racing Clews Competition Motorcycles Hesketh Métisse Norton Scomadi Info from the following wiki page. List of motorcycle manufacturers - Wikipedia

According to this story, the Honda will be built by GM at the Mexico plant and the Acura version will be built at Spring Hills. Future Honda, Acura EVs To Utilize GM Ultium Batteries, Ultium Motors (gmauthority.com) Seems to be more proof that GM will build the first EVs for Honda and Acura. Honda Reveals Plans for Two New EVs in U.S. for MY2024 - The Detroit Bureau

Moto2 is an unconventional motor for a bike. Moto2™ Engine | For the Ride (triumphmotorcycles.com) OLD,

So if Drew got a 2019 Hayabusa I wonder if he might start to glow from the Iridium spark plugs? ?? Suzuki Cycles - 2019 Hayabusa - GSX1300R Course Merlin Bike Gear would imply Triumph Motorcycle. Merlin Motorcycle Clothing - Online Shop (merlinbikegear.shop)

Meh for me to Merlin and Packard, but your right! The Most Powerful Cruisers In 2019 | Motorcycle Cruiser Triumph and Yamaha are number 2, 1 in 2019 for cruisers.

Triumph surly has a very interesting air intake compared to the Yamaha, but I would still take a Yamaha over the Triumph IMHO. Interesting comparison though from 2010 of their engines. Triumph Rocket III Roadster vs. Yamaha Star VMax Comparision Test Review | Cycle World

Good comparison of the two for 2020 Spec Showdown: Triumph Rocket 3 Vs. Yamaha VMax (rideapart.com)

Drew always wanted a bike to carry on the Avalanche when he road trips, so either a Triumph bike or a Japanese bike. I would take the Yamaha bike over a Triumph IMHO.