G. David Felt

Porsche

Just something about Candy Apple Green cars! ? This is freak'in sweet too!

Edge of Seventeen

Toys

You can call me Al Rock Lobster ?

That is OK, I responded to you in the proper word channel!

Butter Pancakes

Love Shack Baby!

Today is freezing, snow being called for tonight and all week. Loving it, but it took me in this direction for music.

Brown Eye Girl

While the author put in gm when it should be GE in the title as the story does identify that this is about GE turbines, the amount of power these new versions can create can clearly add a ton of power to the grid. Vestas takes GM’s ‘world’s largest offshore wind turbine’ title (electrek.co)

Could the existing way of buying auto's in the US be on it's death bed? Earlier this year, I posted about how Lexus was re-defining what luxury buying was about and how you could use online ways to make the buying experience more pleasurable. Toyota has now also kicked off their all new re-image of the New Car buying experience and it starts with being online, NOT at a dealership. Toyota's own research according to them is that 2 out of 3 buyers would rather pay a set price and buy via online than go into a dealership and negotiate a price. Toyota Reimagines the New Car Buying Experience with Complete Online Retail Solution - Toyota USA Newsroom Quote: Toyota’s SmartPath technology puts the car buying process in the hands of the customer, providing an integrated user experience across Toyota.com, buyatoyota.com, the dealership website and the physical dealership store. Customers can choose the path that works best for them by starting their journey online, saving their progress in the “digital garage” and picking up where they left off at the dealer, or completing their purchase with their SmartPath dealer entirely online.

Toyota built it's 30 millionth auto on their on their Princeton, Indiana assembly line. The honor of this auto was the all new 2021 Toyota Sienna Hybrid Minivan. Very cool video to watch of the assembly at the press release below. Who knew they had a multi-lug torque wrench that quickly puts all nuts on at once to the right torque. Very cool to see the assembly line in action. 30 Million and Counting! - Toyota USA Newsroom Kenworth Truck makes history at Pikes Peak with help from Toyota in the form of a Fuel Cell Class 8 Semi truck that is wicked fast! The video below shows this truck demolishing the 150 turns and elevation run to 14,115 foot summit. This is one bad ass T680 Class 8 Semi! Kenworth Truck Makes History at Pikes Peak With Help From Toyota - Toyota USA Newsroom

Exciting news on the EV front. Effenco is offering their Heavy Duty EV Powertrain at the same price as the Diesel version. The truck technology is used in over 400 different trucks in 10 countries and has over 3 million miles driven now. Their Supercapacitor battery system allows a much faster recharge time over traditional Li-Ion battery packs and will allow companies especially in the shipping container yards to change over to EV faster since the cost is the same with better performance from higher torque and power. Charged EVs | Effenco offers its heavy-duty EV powertrain at the same purchase price as diesel alternatives - Charged EVs TOYOTA has announced today that they will introduce two electric auto's and a new plug-in Hybrid in 2021 to their portfolio. Electrification began 25 years ago with the Prius and continues today with their newest BEV and PHEV auto's to come to market in 2021. Per the press release, Toyota has announced that 40% of the New U.S. auto sales will be in the form of Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrids and EVs with a 70% sales rate by 2030. Toyota has their new e-TNGA EV platform that is also being shared with Subaru and will be what Subaru builds their EVs on that will come out in the near future too. This third Plug-in hybrid will join the highly successful Prius Prime and RAV4 Prime. Toyota to Debut Three New Electrified Vehicles for U.S. Market - Toyota USA Newsroom Toyota confirms US arrival for two electric vehicle models in 2021 (greencarreports.com)

Some of you might cry over what the UK police did to this auto due to no insurance and a flimsy excuse that it was not road worthy. Ferrari 458 Spider Crushed By Police (msn.com) Another tragedy of a barn find, Shelby GT500 cubed for art. Barn Find Hunter Locates A Cubed Shelby GT500 (motorious.com)

Your bringing back the year and half I lived out of a hotel in Princeton for a job and your right, the drivers there are scary stuff!

@ccap41 Thank you for posting, great looking little dogs.

Thin Mints

Agree that he makes some very valid points. Investments in our basic infrastructure has to happen and a change in mind set about how we manage our power grid no different than water, land, etc. We honestly need to reduce spending money on our military in terms of buying more ships, tanks, guns when we have such a surplus already and invest those dollars in modern clean water delivery, redundant electrical with computer software managed monitoring, etc. So many things we need to do more than out spend the world on ships that go into mothball or tanks or surplus military guns sold to local police. The point is NOT POLITICAL, Just basic needs of society where our tax dollars can be better spent. This investment will then support the needed change over to better means of transportation.

@Robert Hall Thank you for sharing Robert, Awesome family!!!

I see that Chevrolet will have a Pace auto Trilogy for the Feb 14th Daytona 500 as they show off 1,370 HP of V8 power. Corvette LT2 Camaro SS Silverado RTS More details here: Chevrolet Will Set the Pace at Daytona with 1370 Total Horsepower (gm.com) gm is also doing some really cool stuff with moving to 3D printed parts. Additive-Industrialization-Center---facility-footage-and-3D-printed-parts.mp4

This would be a cool Professional Grade option for the GMC trucks with that cool new tail gate that is on everything.