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Seems Mexico will get a New Captiva from China GM. Seems this will be a 2022 model as it goes into production and sales summer 2021. GM is selling it in china right now. https://jalopnik.com/mexico-is-getting-a-chevy-crossover-thats-so-much-bette-1845654509 I so can relate to this post by The Rock who is too big to fit in a Porsche EV. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlusgsFrZ4/ Tough problem to have when you cannot fit in any sports car that movie producers want to use for you.
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According to the latest interview with Jeep leadership, Jeep wants to be the Greenest SUV company in the world. As such the plans to go hybrid and EV are being put into place. Yet with that said, Jeep is also moving forward with giving Jeep Lovers of all things ICE another monster to desire and enjoy. Jeep Wrangler 392 which is a 6.4L V8 Monster motor. To quote the story: Jeep EPA combined figures are better than you probably thought. For the 2021 Cherokee, depending on engine type and size, 21 to 26. The 2021 Compass, 25. The 2021 Gladiator, 16-24. The 2021 Grand Cherokee, 15-21, with the 5.7-liter V-8 being 17, the 6.4-liter V-8 coming in at 15. The 2021 Renegade, 24-27. And for the 2021 Wrangler, 19-25, the top number being the 3.0-liter EcoDiesel. https://www.thedrive.com/news/37645/jeep-wants-to-become-the-greenest-suv-brand-in-the-world
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Ford showed off their latest update of the EV family with the Mach E, Transit E van and F-150 E that is showing aggressive tires, front skid plate and other tid bits that has the media asking if the F-150 E truck will have an FX-4 package for off road? More details at the link below. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/11/12/ford-electric-f150-teased/
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Anyone play this game? Did not know video game playing was becoming a seasonal thing. Season 2 is here and online chatter is excited about all the new trucks.
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Mercedes-Benz has announced that their EQA EV will be pushed to late 2021 for production and delivery while showing more of what the actual CUV will look like along side a heavily camo'd S-class EV car. https://electrek.co/2020/11/16/mercedes-benz-eqa-less-camouflaged-electric-crossover-delays-launch-2021/
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bmw ix BMW News: BMW iX - New Era, New EV Flagship
G. David Felt replied to G. David Felt's topic in BMW
For someone who has not driven or experienced the excitement of what electric power train brings to driving, you are sure cocky of them being failures. What are you so scared of about EV's? Your so sure they are uninviting to the driving dynamic that you hate it even before you have driven it. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.- 65 replies
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GM has instituted a voluntary recall of the nearly 70,000 Chevrolet Bolts built to date due to a potential fire issue. To date, 5 Chevrolet Bolts have burned down. This affects all battery packs built in Korea by LG Chem. The 2019 Models which started mid year and the 2020 model Bolt uses battery packs built in Michigan and do not exhibit this issue. They can continue to charge to 100%, but the rest will have a cap put in at 90%. Tesla did this with their early model S & X according to the story when they hit issues that would cause over heating and fire. What you need to know if you are a 2017-2019 Bolt Owner: There have only been 5 fires out of almost 70,000 cars on the road over 3.5 years GM recommends that you don’t park your car in a garage at full state of charge GM recommends that 2017-2018 Bolt owners set “Hilltop” state of charge or 2019 owners manually set to 90% when charging. Instructions are below. Some 2019 Bolts were made from LG Cells manufactured in Holland MI and those aren’t affected by this recall. Chevy Dealerships will put a 90% top limit on the amount of charge (There is no OTA) until there is a long term solution found https://electrek.co/2020/11/13/gm-recall-chevy-bolt-evs-potential-fire-risk/ https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1130299_fire-concern-prompts-2017-2019-chevy-bolt-ev-recall-owners-asked-to-charge-to-90-for-now In support of moving forward with eventual long range Semi Class 8 trucks where they refuel during required driver down time. An initiative is being done to bring about MegaWatt fast charging that would in the same time frame for Diesel refueling allow EV Semi's to recharge. Quote: The ultimate goal of the MCS task force is to develop a system that could charge a truck’s massive battery pack in half an hour. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/task-force-to-develop-megawatt-charging-system-for-heavy-duty-evs/
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Yup, should be suit only, but I loved playing the games. I see they brought it to XBOX 360. History for the Young Pups here who might not know the game series. "Leisure Suit Larry is an adult-themed video game series created by Al Lowe. It was published by Sierra from 1987 to 2009, then by Codemasters starting in 2009. The first six Leisure Suit Larry titles, along with Magna Cum Laude and Love for Sail Mobile, were distributed by Vivendi Games, while Box Office Bust and Reloaded were distributed by Codemasters. Currently the games are being published and distributed by Assemble Entertainment." REBOOT
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bmw ix BMW News: BMW iX - New Era, New EV Flagship
G. David Felt replied to G. David Felt's topic in BMW
If this iX has 500HP and the EV power Train is to be used across the family of products, I do wonder how much more they can get from it. It also makes me wonder how long, not IF but when someone will crack the access code and be able to flash less powerful Controllers to allow more power in lower end versions. Interesting times for EV power Trains is coming.- 65 replies
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Will be interesting to see how this auto does as the Power Train seems overly complex to me.
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Leisure Suite Larry
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bmw ix BMW News: BMW iX - New Era, New EV Flagship
G. David Felt replied to G. David Felt's topic in BMW
I disagree with you as the 2-series has NO SOUL, They lost the soul of a driving machine decades ago. X7 is a decent butt Ugly SUV, not a tarnish, just a sad excuse for external styling. Keep the Gov Talk about of the channel please. Lets not end up having it locked as last time. @oldshurst442 Focus on the Auto only and do not give any place for others to run into politics. EV haters will have their day and go the way of past extinct animals.- 65 replies
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bmw ix BMW News: BMW iX - New Era, New EV Flagship
G. David Felt replied to G. David Felt's topic in BMW
I would take this ugly BMW over the monstrous waste of design time Chevrolet calls their full size pickup trucks. That WHIMSICAL and FAILING MISERABLY! The HD series is even worse than this BMW.- 65 replies
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I can totally agree with that. I know in the early days Tesla had some mall locations but I thought they had given them all up for independent locations that had charging and demo models. At least here in the PNW that is all they have.
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The Tesla stores I have been in have all had demo drive units and never heard or seen a place that did not. Seems weird that they would not have them for when a person asks to take one for a test drive. Thanks for letting us know. Rivian is not opening up Boutique stores yet focusing on manufacturing, then they are supposed to open in limited locations stores. Gonna be interesting.
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It is weird as the same money in my wallet from January of this year is still there as I only use plastic now for the once a week shopping trip to Costco. Tesla and Lucid Boutique stores have functional demo models. I expect the Rivian stores to also have demo models you can take for a test drive.