G. David Felt

Bing

Most new Solid State Battery design takes into account quick charge and does not have the degrade that Li Ion batteries have. Fred Meyers here in the PNW have quick chargers and you can do with them like you can with gas. Discount charging, but in this case with the discount you get charging for free. Makes a solid reason to do your home / grocery shopping at Fred Meyers. Tesla Charging stations are also installed in the lots. So they all shop there while their auto gets charged. Always busy.

Just like these cities have decided to build bike lanes, the city is going to have to make decisions about how they support the next era of auto's. Both you and @balthazar bring up a valid point that for low middle income neighborhoods where politicians have made poor choices about building homes for tax dollars with no parking, they are going to have to decide how they continue to support the tax base of Low Middle Income to poor. No one here knows what the future will hold, but we can look at history to know that technology will continue to move forward and change is inevitable. Welcome to the 21st century of change.

Fart Can Mechanics!

Grill

Cities have MASS TRANSIT. As such, Driving has ALWAYS been a Privilege EARNED, NOT A Right! Poor / Low income people like anyone else has to make decisions and if they are living and working in the cities, then Mass transit is a better way to go especially with City subsidized passes than owning an old auto money pit. We all have choices to make and an auto much like a cell phone is not a right that everyone gets. There is no equality social system for all. As such, in your example of a low income / poor mother with kids, giving up her auto and taking the bus to work is a better way on an income subsidized buss pass in the city than owning an auto with those added costs of insurance, gas, oil, coolant, wipers, bulbs, repairs, etc.

Piper

First off Carlos is GONE and in hiding in a 3rd world country if he did not get blown up by the port explosion that killed so many innocent people. As far as name brands, you have way too much faith in people thinking positive here of Peugeot and DS. Yes they make some interesting products and have had positive reviews in Europe. That is Europe and they DO NOT have any marketing power here in the US like your Badge mobile Mercedes-Benz has. As such, Chrysler has more marketing creds with the van and 300 than trying to start from scratch and looking up the history of Peugeot and seeing how crappy they did. I would bet on Chrysler with rebadged Peugeot and DS auto's and an existing dealership than trying to close them down and rebuild new dealerships on P and DS.

Ya should be nicer when you talk about yourself! Did mommy not hug you enough growing up in Oregon around all those ? I give ya a Hug, after all ? are cute and deserve love too! ?

This auto is just Ugly to me. different in a bad sort of way. RIGHT........................................ You must have forgotten that America has a terrible impression of Peugeot. If you think he can make bank selling that label here in the US, I have Beach Front Property in Arizona to sell you next to the Grand Canyon!

@balthazar That woman you speak of, maybe a sister, or niece, could very well be in an auto powered by an NDB Battery and will never have to worry about recharging in her life time. Per my quote on page 50 Yet with this is others that believe NDB Battery tech is the future. This would be a safe recycled nuclear waste into a self charging battery pack. This would end up with a true lifetime battery pack that would outlast any other. Quote the tech from their web site: Diamond Nuclear Voltaic (DNV): NDB is one of the earliest adopters and developers of this technology backed up by recent publications. Typically, DNV as a device is a combination of a semiconductor , metal and ceramic which has two contact surfaces to facilitate charge collection. Several single units are attached together to create a stack arrangement, which is fabricated to create a positive and negative contact surface similar to a common battery system. Every layer of the DNV stack consists of a high energy output source. This kind of arrangement improves the overall efficiency of the system and provides a multi layer safety shield for the product. Rapid conversion from radiation to electricity: All radioisotopes are known to produce high amounts of heat. The strategic placement of the source between the DNV units facilitates inelastic scattering originated due to the presence of single crystalline diamond (SCD) in the DNV unit. This design prevents self-absorption of heat by the radioisotope and enables rapid conversion to usable electricity. Thin film structure: The thin-film profile exhibited by NDB allows radiation absorption in the single crystalline diamond with minimal self adsorption. Due to its flexible design structure, this technology can take any shape and form in accordance to the application. This makes NDB’s battery system market friendly. Nuclear recycle process: Utilization of radioactive waste as otherwise is a subject not many have looked into. At NDB, we aim to reuse the nuclear fuel by reprocessing and recycling to enable sustainability and promote a clean energy source in a safe and secure environment. Safety One of the key innovations of NDB is its highly sophisticated safety feature covering the three most important aspects of thermal, mechanical and radiation safety. The battery system uses several concepts to ensure maximum safety of the device: Diamond encapsulator: The DNV stacks along with the source are coated with a layer of poly-crystalline diamond, which is known for being the most thermally conductive material also has the ability to contain the radiation within the device and is the hardest material, twelve times tougher than stainless steel. This makes our product extremely tough and tamperproof. Built in thermal vents: The high energy source present in the battery system produces heat during operation. This leads to thermal conduction in the system. Thermal vents in the system help conduct this process with respect to the outer surface of the diamond to keep the interiors at an optimum level. Boron-doped SCD: Trying to utilise every aspect in the system, NDB in addition to alpha and beta also incorporates usage of neutron radiations by utilising a boron-10 doping. Doping helps to convert the extra neutron into alpha ray. Lock-in System: Using a nuclear power source for a battery system brings up the question of nuclear proliferation due to production of fissionable isotopes such as Pu- 238 and U-232. To tackle this issue, NDB uses an ion implantation mechanism called “lock-in system” which prevents usage other than power generation. This increases the usability, by meeting consumer safety requirements https://ndb.technology

Hell Boy

Sweet!

@oldshurst442 You got my curiosity and in looking, WOW, lots of concepts but also plenty of actual ELECTRIC TRACTORS for sale. Seems the push is to also clean up the air and reduce noise pollution and maintenance cost by going electric in the Tractor market too. https://www.kubota.com/news/2020/20200115_2.html https://www.deere.com/en/engines-and-drivetrain/vehicle-electrification/ https://www.farmshow.com/view_articles.php?a_id=139 John Deere shows off their electric Tractor for commercial use. https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/1/This-is-the-Fendt-e100-Vario-electric-tractor-4419WP/ https://www.solectrac.com/

@oldshurst442 Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, LA and San Diego are all looking at 2030 dates for banning ICE auto's from inner city use. This is for Noise as well as Health reasons. On top of this, with 27 states now having signed onto the California CARB agreement. If California does this for inner city driving, I suspect it would get pushed out via the CARB agreement meaning 27 states would all follow that in banning ICE auto's from the inner city. On top of the push by delivery companies to go EV to reduce maintenance costs and fuel costs, I think we will hit a tipping point in the next 3 to 5 years and will see the flip. I also suspect that noisy motorcycles will get banned at one point too from the inner city. Already, multiple west coast cities including Seattle have banned the open header Harley Davidson bikes due to the noise they create bouncing off the city buildings.

I would be interested in learning if those Bridgestone tires are sipped down to the 10% mark. That is where Michelin has a superiority over Bridgestone is how far down they sipe the tire. If it is still only to the 50% tread life area, then the price is not worth it over the Michelin's. Update: Looking at the pictures, they look good but they do not show the 10% mark so you cannot tell how deep the actual sipes go. Be interesting to see in person. Will have to see if Costco has them. https://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire/turanza-quiettrack/

I think 50 years from this year, so by 2070 there will be no more ICE new auto sales, only EV and PHEV maybe. ICE in older auto's will be around, but rare as a change will happen with gas stations to charging stations.

@Robert Hall Love the color of your Charger, but since they are a tight fit for me compared to the Durango, will take it in a Durango R/T package. summary.pdf

Disagree, with the dislike that has been fostered by certain people in this country towards certain countries / name plates, I honestly cannot see Peugeot coming into the US right now. As such, I would expect rebadge of Peugeot as Chrysler.

Jeep

Multiple news releases now that folks around the world are getting back to work and especially now that auto companies are getting their employees setup to work remotely. First up is the new 2021 Rolls-Royce Ghost in the new design with V12 6.8L power. Possibly the last for them. Starts at $332,500 with a 563 HP / 627 lb-ft of torque motor rated at 12 mpg city, 19 mpg highway, 14 mpg combined EPA certified. 0 to 60 in 4.5 seconds for a 5,628 lb auto. https://www.motor1.com/news/441836/2021-rolls-royce-ghost-v12/ Next up, Nissan Z Proto is the next release that will happen in 2 weeks. This is a surprise as it was not expected till 2022 for the 370Z replacement. Be very interesting to see what they have come up with in this Prototype for consideration. Hopefully something better than the ugly Supra that was released by Toyota. https://www.motor1.com/news/441906/2021-nissan-z-proto-teaser/ Last story I found was that the next Ford F-150 Raptor will have two engines. Guess the RAM TRX Hellcat has kicked off the next round of Power War's being the Supercharged V8 versus Twin Turbo V6. Not for long as Ford it would seem has decided to bring back their own Supercharged V8 to battle with Ram. Interesting is the big metal things hanging down right in front of the rear wheels. Any thoughts on that? Engine one seems to be a PowerBoost HO V6 Hybrid for the base engine. Possible engine from the Aviator Hybrid for the Raptor. Engine two would be a Supercharged 5.2L V8 over 700 HP in a Limited release of the truck. This could be the Supercharged 5.2L V8 from the GT500 Mustang. This would push this limited Raptor to over $100,000 dollars. https://www.motor1.com/news/441835/ford-f150-raptor-engine-rumor/

Watching the Video again, I just picked up that UPS has signed an order for 10,000 of the Arrival van for the European market. Death to the noise and smell of Diesel delivery vans. Love that they say there is NO FOCUS on autonomous delivery van as a person will need to be there to deliver the actual package, so right now is moving to a proper quiet delivery van for inner city to suburban use.

@A Horse With No Name emailed me this video. THANK YOU Have to say, excited to watch the TV show about the Journey from South America back to North America. 0 to 80 mph in 4 seconds, Eat that Tesla as we have seen nothing of their truck. Very excited to see these get into production and delivered next year in Q1 2021. More EXCITEMENT as the EV auto Company Arrival has delivered their 1st electric delivery van Prototype to UPS in the UK. Have to say the future of quiet delivery vans is EXCITING!!! Testing of a fleet of 20 of these vans will start this fall in the UK.

Seems Jeep has released details of what is coming in the 2021 Gladiators and while new features is hitting every trim line, there is a New Willey package you can order your Gladiator with along with an 80th Anniversary package. It also seems that the Ford Bronco has Forced Jeeps Hand. Before you had to always purchase more expensive packages to get certain features. Example is that if you wanted the rear and Forward Trail cam feature on a base model. No Can Do unless you buy the Rubicon package. Now it seems from the Base model to the Rubicon you can get many different features at all levels individually without purchasing the whole upper level package and this includes that the 2021 Gladiator will have a Diesel option that the Grand Cherokee and RAM have had. https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-jeep-gladiator-changes-willys-anniversary-first-look-review/

Willey