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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    OK I might be a bit slow on this comic, but what does drug use have to do with Tesla?
  2. G. David Felt
    If you all review the following links, Green Car did a sit down with the GM / LG folks about the Bolt. Some pretty informative info about how the BOLT was built from scratch and LG won the contract to build and test to engineering spec specific parts. Best part is the quote "We intend to do [better electric vehicles] better, more efficiently, and more cost effectively than anybody else can," Reuss said. This story is the most recent released on Feb 3rd 2016. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1102176_bolt-ev-powertrain-how-did-gm-and-lg-collaborate-on-design-production Here is the Official Release of info on the car in Jan 2016 at CES. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101679_2017-chevrolet-bolt-ev-production-electric-car-unveiled-at-ces This story was done in Oct 2015. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100562_2017-chevy-bolt-ev-development-gm-lg-chem-reveal-deep-partnership I have yet to find anything that says this is built on the Cruze platform. They make references to using the compact car expertise at the Korean Bought Daewoo company and having tested around the world mules built there. My personal feeling is that the BOLT will be every bit as competitive as the Model 3 from Tesla. In fact, I think this will force Tesla to rush their Model 3 to market as GM is going to do well with this auto. I also think this is what forced all other auto companies to finally commit to building a 200 mile range more or less EV for the world market. I tip my hat to Tesla for pushing the EV agenda and I think they have a 50/50 chance of staying independent, but GM will push this to the next level and then some other company will push it again. Not sure if the Luxury makers like BMW or MB will end up doing it or someone else, but who ever becomes #2 to market with a 4-5 passenger 200 Mile range EV will benefit from GM blazing the $30K EV auto.
  3. G. David Felt
    I for one have never blew off Tesla and I do not thing the VOLT or BOLT is a Half-Ass EV or Hybrid. Even Porsche's EV will not be Half-Ass. That being said yes some here are blowing EVs off and many others see the future changing faster than most expect. Embrace the future change, after all change is the only constant that will continue in the auto world.
  4. G. David Felt
    Ocn, Where Is The Love?
  5. G. David Felt
    OK, so this type of work we have seen from in-house OEMs so why does BMW need to use a 3rd party to do this? The dash is clearly dated from the late 70's to early 80's I feel. The exterior is not much better. Very conservative and does not scream performance.
  6. G. David Felt
    Wow, Thanks for sharing, those are some big changes, This was from the Factory that way? If so I would make them pay for the alignment as that totally sucks.
  7. G. David Felt
    You OK there? Did someone smack you hard in the head? Did you missing something in your diet recently? Come on, the Prius in person is still freakin ugly and terrible. They used their Hydrogen body style on the Prius to try and make it look good. Totally failure. Back away from the coolaid and take a deep breath you will be OK. Deep Breath, Deep Breath!
  8. G. David Felt
    We'll yes you get quad tail lights and a dated look inside and out. Nothing really new here. This is why I wonder when they will go the EV route to truly offer something new.
  9. G. David Felt
    I expect a considerable variety of EV power trains over the next 12-18 months as everyone looks to do a Tesla Competitor. This will only help push EV into more options. GM will start with the Bolt and go up. BMW, MB and Audi I expect to push from the top down. Going to be very interesting to watch the next couple years as to what comes out from the industry.
  10. G. David Felt
    Gotta love this how to buy a Tesla Video.
  11. G. David Felt
    Wonder if they ever will have a boat auction like they do for cars?
  12. G. David Felt
    No matter how they try to market it, it is a FAILURE to me. Ugly, tight, no passion and clearly only understanding to their ultimate tree huger.
  13. G. David Felt
    Still gonna hurt VW, no matter how you look at it.
  14. G. David Felt
    Interesting, wonder how long before they join Tesla in building an electric Prancing pony that has these spec's. After all Tesla does on their P90D.
  15. G. David Felt
    Head 2 Head Tesla versus HellCat
  16. G. David Felt
    i was curious of that as well. it cant be the posting thing, i was essentially MIA in posts for nearly a year here. Where are you guys seeing this quitters?
  17. G. David Felt
    On top of this is the incentive gov gives to businesses. Unlike Petro, it is very easy to get permits and install for Charge, Charging stations at companies everywhere. My work building just installed 4 charging stations and even though the cost of electrical is 6 cents per kilowatt of power in Washington state, the building owner charges $3.75 per KiloWatt and I see plenty of people who are willing to pay $10-$20 per session to charge their auto. There is a max charge rate governed by the state here and that is $20.00 So I see plenty of people offering to install charging stations and let people charge up their auto. Washington state also made it mandatory with building new homes, condo's and apartments, all living spaces must come with a 220V charger now. So electrification will take off fast I believe. Faster and Safer than a Petro Station.
  18. G. David Felt
    Here you are wrong, the west coast has a massive charging infrastructure now especially with the electric highway initiative. You can now drive all over British Columbia and down to Baha California and charge all the way. http://westcoastgreenhighway.com/ I also wrote about this back in April 2015 http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/84688-electric-highway-west-coast-style/ The electrification of the US will happen faster than you think and not 20 years from now. Tesla sells a butt load of auto's in Washington state and we are northern state so you fail in your assessment that this is a Southern state car only.
  19. G. David Felt
    All Companies will face this and even Apple has hit this with their iPhone. They have to have a core foundation that can lengthen and shorten depending on the platform it is to be used for, as such, one needs to look at a global base that can be used to build everything off of. I actually can see two such bases, 1 for the auto / CUV world and one for the Truck / SUV world. This makes sense as long as they keep the design updated to be fresh along with electronics and power train. Most customers can care less about the frame and the core structure or what is the foundation for the auto.
  20. G. David Felt
    Hopefully they deliver on the option of a modern Turbo 4 and Turbo V6 that would really move this car.
  21. G. David Felt
    Yet Tesla Does NOT make batteries yet, Panasonic does for them and is the one who is investing with them in the giga factory that will make them for Tesla. LG is making the GM batteries for them in America to the Spec that GM designed them already what Panasonic will be doing for Tesla.
  22. G. David Felt
    Both are great interiors but the Buick wins hands down for me, just a bit nicer. Love it in fact.
  23. G. David Felt
    I would pass on both as neither overs real value for the dollar. The best bang for buck Luxury SUV out there is the Escalade! WHAT? The Wine Was Not Merlot? I'd rather have a pinot noir or malbec.. +1 for two awesome Wines, can I get some Dark Chocolate with that please!
  24. G. David Felt
    WHAT? The Wine Was Not Merlot?
  25. G. David Felt
    The problem with your counter examples is that they precisely prove my point. Chrysler DID own the minivan segment for nearly a decade, and Ford didn't relinquish its ponycar sales dominance for a long time either. GM will get to market first, with way more experience building cars and a dealer network more than up to the task of moving cars in the required numbers. The Tesla? Debut delays and troubled launch of current product are both very troubling signs. Their insistence on fighting legal battles to sell cars in Michigan will just wear them down even more. They're in huge trouble. No you're just heavily cheering for GM. The new market is heavily competitive. There's no protection for domestic makes from the foreign competition. GM will not gain any advantage, especially if gas prices fail to cooperate. I can for sure give GM a pity point for head a start of a few hundred to a couple thousand in sales. Pony cars sold in the hundreds of thousands, in the millions in the first few years they came out. That isn't going to happen for electric vehicles. The Volt was meant to transform GM's alternative vehicle footprint. It did in a sense, but now it's in dire threat by another Chevy, and by making a conventional Malibu hybrid - the Volt will be in even more scrutiny. Even the famed Prius is no longer going to be the top-seller Toyota as the company predicted. GM isn't going to win here. No one will, not at first. And because of inertia and bounded rationality, I can easily bet ham over fist that people will definitely wait just a few months more to get the Model 3. So anyways, go see my new thread on the subject and discover why I believe what I believe. Because Elon Musk admitted it himself. Uh, even incumbent automakers make some pretty stupid mistakes (read : ELR), but except here the problem is that Tesla's Model X is still sold-out. And yeah, they had an engineering gaffle. But then again, it's the only production SUV ever made that has Gullwing doors and a panoramic windshield as STANDARD equipment. Have they started to really produce yet and deliver to customers? I have not heard of any production yet or deliveries.
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