G. David Felt

So Toyota got old bones selling as an overpriced new car. Got it, Kinda like MB did to chrysler. lol

I wonder when the Rivian pickup comes out how it will match up to the Ram Power Wagon,

My Note 8 is crappy? ?

Such an overrated rebadge of the BMW Z4 and Toyota was wrong to connect with BMW as you now have your $2,500 Stereo system upgrade required and only Apple Play no Android available. Other option packages are standard on so many auto's. There is no reason to waste money on this car. Pass

Yea that is the problem with all DOHC engines is the fact that you have to rev them to make that stated torque and go even higher to get it. Too many solid long life pushrod engines that make a ton of torque low without having to be rev'd so hard.

According to the Road Show on CNET, pricing is now available on the Supra and I have to say it SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS. Who the hell pays $2,490 for the required upgraded stereo / nav system to just get apple play, No Android is available. Sorry Toyota but you guys really messed this one up. I agree with the write up that for a base car starting at $50k dollars, there are far better auto's out there that include all the expensive features listed in the story as upgrade options: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2020-toyota-supra-pricing-detroit-auto-show/ the base 3.0 model starting at $49,990 before options. The Premium version goes up to 53,990, and the Launch Edition will set you back a cool $55,250.

IMHO DOHC engines suck big time and they never unless turbo'd have more torque than HP. This engine is another example, Peak HP 310 HP, Torque while not stated in Drew's story, Autoweek states 271 lb-ft of torque. (https://autoweek.com/article/detroit-auto-show/2020-cadillac-xt6-fills-out-luxury-lineup-detroit-auto-show) Found GM's chart on this motor, keeping it the same as what is in the XT5: People seem to love it, but why not give it the 335HP / 285 lb-ft config for a bigger CUV over the XT5 just makes no sense to me. Still hate the DOHC weak ass Torque design. I will say as I missed this the first time I read it "CUE will now allow drivers to store their profile in the cloud for customization across compatible vehicles." This is smart for GM to have this in their auto family that has this feature in their new auto's. Config in the cloud and moved around between auto's. Course how many people can afford multiple new cars in the same year. ?‍♂️ Still cool feature.

That would also have quieted down the Critics pointing to the Aviator. I honestly say Lincoln won this round of CUVs. Sad

Would love the looks of the ST in Hybrid form, any idea if it can be ordered that way?

Sorry, I was sleeping what did they do to make it more aggressive? ?

You are right on, I am very surprised to not see this as the base engine and a turbo version in the 400HP / 400 lb-ft of torque department.

I really want to like this, but the Mustang just does not do anything for me. meh ?‍♂️

Such an ugly car!

Explorer ST is very sharp looking, Like what I see coming from Ford. Clearly looking to compete with Jeep.

Damn DOHC crap engines focused on producing HP but no real torque to move them. Not a fan of these types of motors. Looking forward to the EV versions of Cadillac. This motor makes me ?

I hope they take this chance to go with NAMES on the new EV products. This would be a good time for Cadillac to embrace their Heritage and bring names to the EVs and leave Johann mess of Cadillac to die off on the ICE world.

Happy B-Day Yoda!

So I was very right in my comment on the Cadillac Instagram thread that this looks like a rebadge of the Chevrolet Blazer. This is clearly a stop gap measure as the real focus is on the Electric versions of CUVs.

Socialist Europe is going to feel pain as you cannot promise work for ever, does not work that way in a global marketplace, there will always be winners and losers. I expect some companies to close and new EV companies to replace them.

So let's look at what you posted: 114,533 gas stations and you state 24-32 pumps, 43,011 public charge Points, each one on average has 8 to 12 charge connections, So using your interesting math, we have 114,533 at 24 pumps = 2,748,792 pumps and 43,011 Charge Points with 8 charge connections = 344,088 electric public charge connections. Now this does not take into account home charging which is not public and as you stated with 24-32 pumps per gas station, I am taking the average for public charge Points, yet Tesla tends to average 24 plus charge connections at their superstations so the electric charging connections would be considerably more. Now if you ever choose to fill out your profile to share with us where you live and a bit more about who you are rather than just a name we can check and see what the EV adoption rate is in your area. Since you say you never see anyone at the charge points one would have to make the assumption you live in an area with low EV adoption unlike the west coast where EVs are accepted and you see auto's at the Charge points all the time. As @Drew Dowdell and @oldshurst442 have stated, EVs is also a change in habits as one would plug it in so that you always start your day out with a full battery pack, so for most people needing to stop and charge during the day is very uncommon. Plus many places at work have charging connections so employees can charge up if needed. My building has 12 charge connections always filled with auto's and they systems notify you when done so you can move your auto for the next person to use it. XFC or Extreme Fast Charging is your 800V 5 to 15 min full charge based on battery size. 15 min for a 500 mile battery pack is no different than a large SUV or Truck gas tank. As far as your over priced estimate of paying to rewire a house, ALL HOUSES are already wired, you have your 110 which is more than enough to charge overnight while you sleep. If you want a 220 to cut it down to a few hours, again houses already have the circuits and mostly it is the $500 charger unit and connection where ever you want it and even then I have not seen that electrical cost go more than $1,000 to $1,500 cost on the high end. VW Diesel Gate is what is paying for your XFC chargers being installed around North America and this year they will double the Charge Points with an average 8 to 12 connections per location, so that will bring to about 86,000 charge points by the end of 2019 and there will still be 2 more years left on the VW Billion dollar installation of charge points so year 2020 should be around 129,000 charge points and 2021 about 172,000 charge points with 8 charge connections would mean in 2021 the plan is to have 1,376,000 more charge connections and that does not take into account businesses who install charge connections or private owned charge connections or the growth of Tesla and the OEM auto companies such as GM who is requiring ALL Dealerships to install the XFC 800V fast chargers or Porsche who is also doing the same thing as is Ford, VW, BMW and MB plus I bet the rest of the auto companies. In short, we will easily see a couple million charge connections in just a few short years, far faster and easier to install charge connections than gas stations and pumps. Like Olds, I expect a much faster change over to the very cool and quick EVs.

You can clearly see the BMW DNA of the car and BMW version.

Interesting design of the Headlight assembly. I wonder if those 4 Quad LED lights are the daytime or high beam? ?

To Quote: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 114,533 gas stations in the U.S. at the end of 2012, the last year for which data is available. Pretty much the West Coast Electric Highway has become the role model for what VW is doing in installing chargers all across America. http://westcoastgreenhighway.com/electrichighway.htm Then you also have the national map of charging stations and there are far more than most people think. https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity_locations.html#/find/nearest?fuel=ELEC I posted in another thread that we have over 43,000 charge points across the US. 114,533 gas stations versus 43,011 public charge points and charge points will be growing massively.

Both of the two core subscription services have signed agreements with VW for all that VW is installing. I wonder how much the VW installation of chargers across america is also affecting the charge points as we stood at just over 17,000 at the start of January 2018 and now at the start of January 2019 we have 31,000 public charge points across america and that does not include the Tesla ones which now have an adapter to allow use of the Tesla charge points. https://shop.tesla.com/us/en/product/vehicle-accessories/model-s_x_3-sae-j1772-charging-adapter.html So if we add the 12,011 Tesla Supercharger charge points to the list (https://www.tesla.com/supercharger ) we now have 43,011 charge points in the US alone from 17,000 in January 2018. Big change and proof that EV charging everywhere will happen as habits change on how you fuel your EV compared to an ICE auto.

Tesla Superchargers are not compatible with existing SAE charging systems that all other OEM Auto companies have agreed too. GM has signed on along with Ford to support the SAE J1772 standard which will allow up to 800V charging which gives us our 400 mile battery pack recharge in 15 minutes once the chargers are in place. GM has announced that they will have these fast chargers installed at their dealerships for use by the dealer and customers. As a stop gap measure till the faster chargers are installed, GM has made the following News which covers the current 31,000 charge points in the US for their customers: https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2019/jan/0109-charging.html I also just learned that we missed the announcement in October that GM is offering true bumper to bumper full warranty offers to go from 3/36 to 5yrs / 60K miles or 6yrs / 70k miles from their 3/36k warranty depending on brand. https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2018/oct/1015-cca.html