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Sad Panda on the 3 banger, not a luxury engine or experience one would want in an auto.

The EV Semi's have also been stated that they are focused on inner city delivery where quiet and delivery strength is a short but all day route which makes much more sense than on long haul where either electric semi with generator of say LNG or Diesel would make greater sense. I do wish Tesla would release more detail proof of their semi hauling the 80K pound loads up and down hills and the actual range they got. With that said, the lack of details has not stopped UPS, FedEx, Amazon and others from placing orders for the trucks and they all have pretty much said it would be used for inner city deliveries to inner warehouse moving around of trailers where cleaner and less maintenance is desired. Gonna be interesting to see what comes of it. Thank you, yup that is the basic default battery pack. It would be interesting to get the top of the line battery pack and see how it does the same trip.

True, did they state the size of battery pack? I wonder if it was the default small battery pack as the miles stated seems to imply that and if you had the P100D battery pack, that would make a difference over the default basic pack I would think.

Sorry CCAP41, we have new hire training this week so I have been busy indoctrinating the new herd into the fold of Unstructured Data Storage, AKA Isilon File Storage and ECS Container storage or S3. Took a quick click click click through the video so have not watched the whole thing, but they hit on valid points about Electric auto's and for hauling the current generation of battery packs is not there for long haul battery packs. I would like to point out that they CHOSE to not recharge at the halfway point of taking the trailer, common sense hauling is even in an ICE, you would top off your tank to ensure you had range to get to your destination. I get that they wanted to see how the whole battery pack would handle a drive from point A to B and back, but they also ignore what every other Diesel or gas truck would have done and the would be to top off and ensure you had a full tank to get from point B back to A. On top of this as I have posted recently is the newer Solid state battery packs that are capable of putting the same kW hold such as the Chevy Bolt in 1/3 the space the currently battery pack takes or you can triple the range. We are nearing the next evolution of battery packs, currently you have 238 miles in an 800 pound battery pack as I am using the Chevrolet Bolt as my example here. With the new solid state battery packs such as the that designed by we can have a 266.7lb battery pack good for 238 miles or 800 lb battery pack good for 714 miles of range. Today electrics fall short much like ICE did in the early 1900's with limited gas stations, roads, etc. Yet today we have much better electrical infastructure, better tech and faster changing evolution of the batteries. Just a matter of time and over the next 10 years I expect many of the objections various folks here have thrown at EVs to disappear. @ocnblu Go ahead, I expect you to down vote this as usual. Yet this is the beginning of the next revolution in auto transportation and you can enjoy for your last 30-40 years or so your ICE auto. I will move forward with exciting technology on both new auto's and rebuilding of old auto's with EV powertrains.

@balthazar Saw this, this morning and thought of you as the videos of all the lovely old auto's is awesome. Sad the Farmer is dead, but his collection is on auction today and tomorrow. I would love to have a few of these auto's. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/classic-cars/a-minnesota-farmer-spent-his-life-collecting-cars-and-now-his-gigantic-fleet-is-up-for-auction/ar-AAFxbIe

Congratulations, I hope all falls in place so you can unload the rental property, sell your existing house and end up in a new house with that CT6 Sport you want!

A while back, he posted about it here. Will have to search his posts, but I know he posted about getting ride of the CRV.

Mini, Dead and in the history books by 2028.

True, but they are failing to sell due to the butt ugly face on them and the less impressive interiors. After all they dropped to #3, clearly the public is not impressed either.

FYI my friend, this was my sarcastic response. I do agree with the points you are making.

Wonder if MEB will play a part in the Golf R coming back. ?

My cadillac dealership is a stand alone now, though in the past they also covered Oldsmobile and Buick. The place shows it's age and smells old. They need to do a massive remodel.

Only way I see this reopening under GM is if they truly can deliver on the right product with the right power train and have it demand 3 shifts a day production to full fill. Right now I do not see that happening.

No surprise here, the two base cab designs will keep things going but I could see them just kill this in 2 to 3 years depending on their contract obligations.

This is what Cadillac needs to push out STAT across all North America. The Return to the Stand Alone LUXURY Cadillac Dealership. First one to open brand new from scratch in Canada. The dealership is awesome, the focus on luxury experience first rate based on the read. @balthazar will love the old Cadillac's they have there. Kudos to this franchise seeing and taking the chance on doing this right as a Luxury brand. http://cadillacsociety.com/2019/08/06/how-standalone-cadillac-dealers-are-shifting-sales-strategies/

@regfootball Maybe they are testing a truck suspension on that mazda.

Awesome Parallel parking mode. Just pull up next to the space, hit the parallel parking button and have the auto slide into a tight spot on the street of your favorite downtown place.

I would think a turbo 4 banger tweaked to maximum performance in balance with long life would be a better solution for a GS over a buttery smooth V6. I expect this auto to be gone by 2021.

Very cool, pictures please, would love to see it.

Here is some current crazy updates, the bike from Dumb and Dumber just sold for $50,000 https://www.rideapart.com/articles/245219/update-mini-bike-from-dumb-and-dumber-sells-for-50k/ John Lennons Honda Z50 mini bike just sold for $80,000 https://www.rideapart.com/articles/246247/update-john-lennons-mini-bike-sells-for-record-breaking-80k/ Much more for those that like bikes to review on what is up for auction. https://www.rideapart.com/tag/auction/ The T2 bike finally sold to a private buyer with only 362 miles on the bike for a crazy $480,000 dollars. https://motorbikewriter.com/arnie-terminator-fat-boy-auction/

Very cool write up on the VW MEB platform. https://chargedevs.com/features/a-look-at-volkswagens-meb-architecture/

That really sucks, this is the one time with the AT4 that GM should be making a noticeable difference and at least be a couple inches of more ground clearance. Thanks for keeping us informed, that is good to know and also shows why people will continue to go with the Trailhawk over the AT4. Stupid penny pinching mgmt.

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I give them 24 months for either becoming black due to the Model Y, Pickup truck and Semi if they actually get them all to market. My gut tells me that Tesla could end up having a major Chinese owner with a large share of the company for some serious coin to stay afloat.