G. David Felt

They also showed off the new Flag ship phones Galaxy S20 Phones. WOW, so you have a choice 64 mega pixel on the small and medium phone, 108 mega pixel on the Ultra.

Get ready for smaller smartphones. Samsung showed off their new foldable smartphone the Galaxy Z Flip. Small square screen on the outside, big foldable screen on the inside.

@dwightlooi has clearly pointed out here, this whole mess of Turbo everything is a joke as you can get a NA V8 with that power or go with a less weight supercharged V8. Twin Turbo and Turbo engines are just over complicated messes. I agree with @balthazar as I also am reading on other sites that insiders are saying an Escalade V is still coming and that has the room to hold this engine. Read this the other day, seems the TT V6 from the AST-V edition will show up in the new CT4 V Blackwing edition. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/2021-cadillac-ct4-v-blackwing-expected-with-twin-turbo-v6-engine-from-ats-v-140638.html

I was also thinking the same thing, are they looking to transition to EV versions of what they do on Diesel's? As they say, We live in interesting times!

Will be interesting to see if the Diesel brothers can get the drive-able prototypes built in time for their fall show.

Seems Jeep Gladiator could be in trouble. According to the web site The Truth about Cars, they reviewed the first year sales and said on average, Jeep moved 5000 Gladiators a month. Yet now in 2020, Jeep is putting $9,000 on the hood of a discount with some dealers going even higher to move Gladiators. https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/02/big-discounts-could-mean-big-trouble-for-midsize-jeep-gladiator/ The biggest problem seems to be that mid size truck segments have all the competition starting at $10,000 less than the base bare bones Gladiator truck starting at $35,040. Could Jeep have over estimated their brawny Gladiator is better than the competition and was worth $10,000 more for a base bare bones 2wd truck?

@oldshurst442 I understand your POV and totally agree with relaxing at the beach!

When Tesla showed off their Pickup Truck that was excessively polarizing, Nikola Semi Truck showed off a concept truck they had already worked on and offered it to Tesla as the real truck to go with. Tesla as usual thumbed their nose at Nikola who is focused on Electric semi's that use Hydrogen generators to achieve a 1200 mile range. With Billions on the books and with them moving from Prototype to manufacturing stage, Nikola came back out today and announced they have have teamed up with Heavy D from the TV Show Diesel Brothers. Nikola specs is AWD with 906 HP, 980 lb-ft of Torque and a 300 mile battery pack with Hydrogen generator for a total range of 600 miles. Prototypes for test driving by media and potential customers who have put down a deposit will have their chance later this year at Nikola World 2020 event. To help them make this: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/nikola-badger-electric-truck-tesla-hummer-rivian-ev/

I actually HATE the city. Too noisy, too many people, stench of Urine, Dirty, decay smelling. Hate the waste of tax dollars on Billionaire sports teams. I honestly see very little value in the City. Love the woods, the peace, natural sounds. I do not get how my son and daughter can have music blasting or a movie while trying to work or study. Very weird to me. I go into the city enough as my job is there at least 3 days a week and work from home 2 days in the quiet of my home office. As I have posted before, if I could do my job from a river front home in the woods of Alaska, I would.

Did ya like the Ciel better?

The more I look at the Elmiraj, the more I am confident that Cadillac FUCKED UP! Elmiraj should have been the face of the XT6 and the new Escalade as well as the CT line. Wish I had the Photoshop skills to put this nose on the 2021 Escalade. I feel it has the proper presence and elegance that an Uber Luxury SUV should have.

And the ramp up of Battery Cell Production is hurting the ability to make EVs. Jaguar i-Pace production is being suspended as they have not received their shipments of batteries from LG due to LG not able to ramp fast enough after signing contracts with Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. All 3 companies have had to shut down production due to battery shortages and while all 3 have also signed contracts with Samsung to get additional battery cells, the ramp up has not happened fast enough to keep productions going. This is very hard for Jaguar which sold 18,000 i-Pace's last year making up 16% of their auto sales. I find this quote from the article very interesting: Some of these automakers are finally making big investments into their own battery production. But even VW, the most serious of the incumbent automakers, still predicts to sell only 20 million EVs over the next 10 years – and their annual sales are 10 million. So that makes ~80% gassers through 2030 when ICE car bans start going into effect in Europe. And yet these sluggish EV plans are still ahead of most of the incumbents. https://electrek.co/2020/02/10/jaguar-pauses-i-pace-production-due-to-battery-shortages/

I grew up in a little town called Darrington, Washington. I can totally understand how you feel, even today, dial up modem is the only way, no radio other than the local church. In between multiple mountain ranges so even getting greater seattle TV over the air is next to impossible. Here is a current picture of the town now. Winter wonderland. Love it there, as my parents had us in a log cabin on 5 acres on the outskirt of this town. As you can see lovely sun sets and a weird triangle intersection is the core of the town. Great fishing and hunting. One can easily get off the grid here.

Seems Electric auto sales have surpassed Manual ICE auto sales. 2019 only 1.1% of auto's sold were a Manual Transmission. Electric auto's were 1.6% of sales in 2019. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127027_confirmed-electric-cars-outsold-manuals-for-the-first-time-in-2019

Rivian was originally following Tesla as it started work on an electric car before switching to trucks and SUVs due to the market demand. They still have a rally car concept being worked on so it could still come out later as a much reduced sales niche model. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127035_get-a-glimpse-inside-rivian-and-what-it-was-developing-before-electric-trucks

Very cool article on the pro's and con's of a Frunk. They ask if it is really a good use of the space or should the last few things like HVAC be pushed into the nose of the auto giving even more space in the cabin for other uses. What does everyone here think about the Frunk? Good use, bad use..... If no Frunk, what could the extra space inside be used for? https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127040_electric-car-frunks-bonus-space-or-wasted-opportunity I will say that Ford does make some interesting ideas on the use such as Tailgating. Very cool latest video about Rivian and where it started and where it is today. RJ Started the company when he was 26. ?

Dial up modem.

Suburbia is a requirement for me. Wife wants to be close to shopping malls, our kids, etc. No rural even though I could enjoy living rural but my job does require gigabit Ethernet connectivity. So Suburbia is it. Lucky for me, 1hr to 1 1/2 hrs to the mountain passes to ski, camp etc. Love everything being so close.

True, all good points, I wonder how many auto's they moved when Ford was invested in them? I know they built many an auto for Ford. I know my 1993 Escort GT was a pocket rocket that would have lasted long time if not for the semi that totaled it and hurt my wife. These were great little cars. I had the stick and could actually fit in this even as big as I am.

Might be a good move considering how little Mazda produces and the cash flow issues they seem to be having. I suspect in the next 10 years they either get bought or go away.

So this is what happens in Ohio when the kids move away for tech jobs rather than farming? ? ?

Looks like a horror movie prop set.

Sadly while most auto companies will kill off their cars, I suspect that Toyota Lemmings will keep their cars going and we will have the blah ugly Toyo cars for ever. I will give Hyundai credit for taking a risk and making this car. Lots of reasons to just kill them off, but they went ahead and built it still.

Dropped my son off after a day of skiing at his townhouse and his neighbor had taken out of his garage a very cherry Mustang.

You can do it my friend, I believe everyone can. Not sure if you have them there local, but there is a company here that is called Orange Theory fitness. My daughter has never been one to like working out and there she has stuck with it now for 1 1/2 years and likes the group workouts and social and has lost noticeable weight. https://www.orangetheoryfitness.com/ Highly recommend this kind of program for those that are not inclined to push themselves to a gym. Good luck my friend with your physical fitness challenge. Looks like they have multiple in your area according to their location search for Cleveland Ohio.