G. David Felt

General Motors’ Future Electric Vehicles to Debut Industry’s First Wireless Battery Management System Technology developed in collaboration with Analog Devices, Inc. GM has released more information on their EV's and how they will get to market faster. GM in development with Analog Devices company have developed a wireless management system that will allow a complete management of the battery system for all EV's GM builds. The benefit here is that it reduces complexity and speeds up time to market by allowing a common set of components across multiple vehicles. Scalability and complexity reduction are the focus of the Ultium batteries and EV's. This same wireless system also allows a secondary use for the batteries later in life. https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2020/sep/0909-wbms.html

So recent reports are focusing on where EV class 8 and EV medium duty trucks can have the biggest affect in helping to clean air, reduce CO2 creation, etc. Northern & Southern California Texas Triangle Cascadia - PNW Rocky Mountain Front Range The Northeast https://chargedevs.com/newswire/new-report-identifies-high-priority-regions-for-electrifying-trucks/ VW has confirmed that the ID-4 CUV that the US will get will have a trailering option and that weight is 4,200 lbs. Equal to and in some cases exceeds CUV's in this size class. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/vws-id-4-electric-suv-will-have-towing-capability-elon-musk-drives-an-id-3-calls-it-pretty-good/

Agree no way it was ever worth $80,000 let alone I would not spend the $12,700 they have as current bid. Crazy who ever is trying to buy it. I do agree with you that this is far easier to fix and will still be stronger than a crashed Unibody auto that was stretched back into shape.

crackhead

VW is not trying to hid the ID-6 or what is called the RoomZZ which is based on the ID Buzz concept minivan. VW is pushing ahead very fast to get their EV's out to the public for sale. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/09/08/vw-id-6-roomzz-spy-photos/#slide-2262123 Maserati is showing off their new module platform that will support their new EV product line as they sell existing ICE auto's but move over to performance / Luxury EV auto's. Maserati has already stated their EV's will be far more powerful than any ICE auto they have built and sold. Maserati is very happy to state that this new modular platform was created to support both ICE and EV auto's. They will continue to sell the new auto's with their existing ICE power train line as they build out their EV portfolio. This allows Maserati to sell to everyone till the time comes in the next decade and folks focus just on EV's. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/09/10/maserati-mc20-electric-model-2023/

Lucid Air Reveal Video off You Tube. Some vary cool images showing their power train system and other details. Very cool stuff. They have truly stepped up from Tesla on what they are building. Some cool auto's coming and eventually the tech will trickle down to lower end models too I believe. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/09/10/lucid-air-three-motor-horsepower/#slide-2262821 Amazing that each of their motors can produce up to 670HP / 2950 lb-ft of torque and each motor only weights 161 lbs. No ICE can touch this. More details on the Lucid SUV and it clearly will have the same motors for HP/Torque that the Air sedan will have. Very cool tech. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/09/09/lucid-motors-suv-electric-teaser-photos/#slide-2262272

addiction

For now, but a year from now, I would not be surprised to see those that like a city life, stream back in. Right now it is all about saving one self.

Appreciate all the input and write ups on the auto Bill. I will say that while normally I would not use the Smart Park, I do see a valid use case for the feature. INNER CITY PARKING. The parking garages and lots have gotten so small that it makes sense to have a self parking feature to get the auto into and out of a tight parking spot. Other wise party trick is so true in the suburbs and rural areas.

head thump

If ya talking about me, I was working making money, so just now reading through this. Plus I am not the only one here that knows a thing or two about EV's. I clearly do not consider myself an expert, but thank you.

While California and the 29 states that have adopted the CARB standards for their states are pushing for a faster move to EV's, it seems the Delivery companies are wanting to move even faster to EV delivery vans. Good read on all the changes coming in 2021 to UPS, FedEx, Amazon, USPS, etc. I have to say it looks like these 4 companies could reshape the EV industry in a far faster way than any of us thought. I like this quote from the story: “For us, it’s not just about making the wheels turn with a zero-emission vehicle,” said Scott Phillippi, UPS’s senior director of fleet maintenance and engineering, who envisions “Tesla-like” vehicles in the company’s vast fleet. “It’s about an integrated-technology vehicle - and that’s really what we’re pushing for.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-electric-delivery-focus-idUSKBN2601H8 https://uk.reuters.com/article/autos-electric-delivery/focus-pandemic-e-commerce-surge-spurs-race-for-tesla-like-electric-delivery-vans-idUKL1N2FZ1AZ Dash of the new UPS Electric delivery Vans. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/focus-pandemic-e-commerce-surge-spurs-race-for-tesla-like-electric-delivery-vans-2020-09 https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/pandemic-e-commerce-electric-delivery

Dunkin Doughnuts

Wow, Surprised @ocnblu has not popped in to comment.

@trinacriabob We aim to please. Top 10 places by CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/us-news-world-report-best-places-to-live-in-the-us-in-2019.html#:~:text=1 Austin%2C Texas 2 Denver%2C Colorado 3 Colorado,Washington D.C.) did not make this year’s list. Top 125 places by US News https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/best-places-to-live Top 10 places to live by Bankrate where they factor in Affordability, Culture, Safety, Job Market and Education. https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/best-places-to-live/us/

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Disco

I know you see auto's that belch smoke, drip oil and are anything but running the way they were engineered especially old 15 year old auto's, nothing fake about that. I do support both, but I am all for the health of everyone and moving to EVs.

As long as he attacks me for supporting EVs, he gets the same in return. I know I drive big ICE SUV's and I refuse to buy any new ICE till full size EV truck / SUV happens. I know how much CO2 my auto's produce and I will continue my friendly banter with Ocnblu. No Hypocrisy from me only facts of pointing out his roll in global warming and refusal to look at facts and create fake EV info. Looking in the mirror is hard for those that want to only look through rose colored glasses.

I have to say that the Nikola Badger Super truck is a nice looking truck and solid competitor to the RAM which I have felt is one of the best looking trucks out there. What do you all think of the Badger EV fuel cell Truck? Nikola has now stated there will be two versions. 455 HP / 980 lb-ft of torque AWD 910 hp / 1,960 lb-ft of torque AWD 300 miles on battery pack and 300 miles on Fuel cell generator. @Robert Hall @ccap41 @Drew Dowdell @balthazar @A Horse With No Name @surreal1272 @trinacriabob @riviera74 @oldshurst442 So what do you guys think of their concept above now that they have an updated actual truck? Do you think it will make it as is to when they reveal their fleet of Mules in December? Thoughts of GM investment in Nikola and the manufacturing plant that Nikola is getting to build the Badger Truck along with using GM's platform? Sounds off please.

EV News of the Day! Elon Musk met with VW CEO and test drove the ID3 and found it to be a solid electric car. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/herbertdiess_we-are-ready-for-take-off-activity-6708652868141907968-QIIh https://www.linkedin.com/embed/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6708652585454190592 https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-elon-musk-met-volkswagen-chairman-diess-test-drive-id3-2020-9 https://electrek.co/2020/09/07/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-test-drive-vw-id3-video/ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-volkswagen-id3-test-drive-video/#:~:text=Fortunately%2C a video of Elon Musk’s Volkswagen ID.3,while the former was test driving the ID.3. GM is investing in other EV Auto Companies as they bought an 11% stake in Nikola the Semi Truck maker and new Consumer Truck Maker. GM is also getting into Manufacturing with Nikola as they will help Nikola build their 900 HP Super Truck. GM will be their supplier for batteries, architecture, fuel cell systems and one of GM's mothballed factories will go to Nikola for use in the production of the Super Truck and Fuel Cell Semi Trucks. The first working prototypes will be shown this December 2020 and the Badger Super Truck will go on sale 2022. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/general-motors-acquires-11-stake-in-electric-truck-maker-nikola-2020-09-08 https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2020-09-08/general-motors-acquires-11-stake-in-electric-truck-maker-nikola https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/8/21427009/gm-nikola-acquisition-electric-hydrogen-truck https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nikola-and-gm-team-up-to-make-this-900-horsepower-super-electric-truck-113011979.html

Mixed Drinks

Nice you just created .162 Metric Tons of Green House Gas, warming the world, melting the polar caps and polluting the local air. Thank you, https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator

That is so weird as Spam is everywhere even in high end places. I will say, cut the spam into little cubes, cook it up crunchy, then let it drain on paper towels. Make home made creamy mac n cheese, stir in Crunch Spam bits and enjoy. Awesome Mac n Cheese.

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