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Well...engineers and dreamers are the ones that drive his business. Engineers for his tear downs that pay him to reverse engineer the details of a certain vehicle in his primary business and dreamers for his Autoline Detroit, Youtube channel and various blogs and vlogs fans he has got. He will be doing a tear down on a Cybertruck just because he will be owning one. He is also being paid to do it. But his fans on his "internet/social media" exposure demanded the Rivian. Fans are dreamers and very much sooooo NOT the barometer of what WILL sell in the market place. But...it also could be a taste of what may BE popular in the market place. And it seems to me that there is NO HUMMER buzz amongst the peeps. 2 Months in and it seems that HUMMER is not being talked about anybody. Mention Tesla...and EVERYONE goes batshyte! The Cybertruck had the internets blazing as SOON as Elon mentioned it. GM mentioned the HUMMER and you could literally hear crickets over the internet. It wasnt like that for the Corvette C8 though... Speaking of Sandy Munro. Im watching this now...

Oh...I agree 100 and 10 percent! But as it is now...I am perhaps reading too much into the situation...BUT... When Sandy Munro was discussing on Autoline Afterhours that his next tear up vehicle for analysis would be the Rivian, he explained that he went to his viewers and followers on-line to ask what vehicle THEY want to see to be reviewed. HIS viewers made an almost unanimous decision to choose Rivian and hence his next subject. HUMMER, CYbertruck among others were choices...but as HE said, NOBODY chose the HUMMER. OK...the Cybertruck also had few votes...kinda proving your point about Tesla. BUT...also kinda proving MY point about HUMMER. Maybe my #1 point is not all that accurate as to say that Telsa is infallible. And my #2 point is also less than accurate about Tesla too...however, HUMMER may NOT be such a hot commodity JUST because its a GM product and its name IS HUMMER... GM marketing has to work crazy overtime hours to make this a hit BEFORE it hits the showrooms. Its BEHIND the 8 ball as we speak. PS: I am NOT doubting the capabilities of the HUMMER. Just the star power of it and the lack thereof.

yes What fault is it of the engineering of FoMoCo and its Mach E if the infrastructure is not well kept? It becomes a PROBLEM for EVs if the infrastructure sucks, but its NOT an inherent EV problem. I found out though, that EV haterz will use ANYTHING to detract the use of EVs ANY which way they can to SLUR EVs... PS: Tesla was smart to build its OWN infrastructure though as to NOT have ANY 3rd party phoque ups wrecking the image of EVs... such as this...

LOL I was thinking the SAME thing last night to post. I was just too tired (lazy) to do it. So I just posted the Corvette C8 video and went to bed. Enema and the next word would be: EMINEM (the only song I truly know and like from him...only because the sample of the song was a hit for me in da clubs back in the day)

That tidbit of news is bitter sweet. Backlogged with regular Stingray orders just shows how popular the C8 is and will continue to be. But...the Z06 halo car is eagerly awaited by most enthusiasts (even enthusiasts that are not Corvette people) JUST to see what the car can do. What is mental with the C8 is that with ONLY (less than) 500 horsepower, the performance times are those of vehicles that have 50-60-70% MORE power. Electric or gasoline... The track performances of the regular Z51 Stingray is so close to sports cars that are dedicated track cars. Patience is a virtue as they say.

Now...let's hope that the EV public will accept it. There are several things that are against it and it isnt even out yet. 1. Its NOT a Tesla 2. Because its a GM product and NOT a Tesla 3. Its name is HUMMER. 20 years ago, It quickly went from a stud to a dud BECAUSE green people shunned it for being a gas guzzling SUV. We do not know if GM/GMC and/or HUMMER shook that stigma off, even if it IS 20 years ago in the past... 4. We already know that there are some ICE people that will hate on EVs no matter what...so this EV HUMMER cant even rely on the macho-ness of the big, brutish V8 SUV crowd... Like you have implied with Cadillac going all in with EVs but Chevy will continue on selling V8s and ICEs... The big brutish SUV crowd will just ignore this and go on and buy Yukons, Tahoes and TRX's from Dodge...

THAT seems HIGHLY inefficient... WHY? Well...Paris' (France)subway system, which Montreal and Athens, Greece use, IS an electric powered subway. Our newer Azure trains Athens Metro anyway... 1. the subway system does NOT need to be recharged as there is a continual stream of electricity flowing through the middle rail... And at least in Montreal...its hydro-electric power. Dont know about France and Greece. (Dont really care either right about now...) 2. even as back as the 1980s, the system was autonomous. Actually, I think even NYC's old school subway is autonomous...also back in the '80s... and the next one is where Elon's idea might be shyte... 3. THESE are TRAINS... HUNDREDS OF TOURISTS AND REGULAR CITIZENS USE THE SUBWAY AT ONE TIME...rather than a shytty taxi service... And dont kid yourself...these trains are fast. 4. Some other countries use MAG LEVS that are even faster than Elon's cars... 5. Montreal will also get an electric train ABOVE ground in 2023...to operate alongside taxis, ubers, public buses, metros and the shytty old school train system we got...

The thing is though, if we wanna praise horsepower...Bugatti has had 1000 horsepower for over a decade. Bugatti right now has 1500 HP. On good 'ole ICE. On good 'ole ICE, WW2 airplanes have had 1500-2000 HP. But we are on the same page here. I loved what you said about Tesla's performance numbers are on heavy, family hauling sedans and not super touchy, super expensive, space deficient exotic cars. THAT is incredible. And what Tesla could do with their motors, batteries, softwares and everything else Tesla is known for... @balthazar once said that, and I really believe in what he said, is that the next big frontier in the EV world WILL be weight. The next EV maker that could get weight down with batteries and the like, WILL win the next EV battle and thus win market share.

Hey @smk4565 Remember when I answered you with this? Well...it goes both ways, buddy! Mention Tesla...and some go bat shyte crazy! Gives TDS a new meaning, doesnt it? Tesla Derangement Syndrome Kinda ironic too if you think about it...

Ive read somewhere that emission regs will be so tight that NO internal combustion engine will be able to pass it. No need to ban ICE when they wont be able to pass the regs. But this way though, an ICEV could be driven to race tracks and the like. Its just that ICEVs wont be able to be driven in the urban environment. Big cities all over the world are seeing that to happen. An EV Corvette WILL be faster than a regular V8 Vette. Corvette engineers will see it through. The top of the line Zora is said to be a very powerful hybrid Vette. 1000 horsepower. 800 some odd V8 horsies and 200 some odd EV horsies powering the front wheels making the Vette AWD. Scheduled for 2025-2026. But...THAT could all change. The Grand Sport was supposed to be coming. The LT2 V8 with wide and aero of the Z06. Instead...Chevy will do the E-Ray. A hybrid with the same amount of the projected Grand Sport horsepower and torque... So...nothing says to me that in 2025 or 2026 maybe Chevy makes an all electric Zora with 1000 HP and AWD and just ditch the V8 all together... Or they keep the Zora as a hybrid and Chevy does an all EV Vette supplanting the Zora. Or...an all EV Vette becomes the C9. Which I ALSO read somewhere. Well...there IS a faster version coming as the Mustang Mach E GTis due in the coming weeks...if not out already. No tests have been done yet on either a long rang Mach E or the GT. But yeah...Cobra, Shelby and Super Snake versions are probably in the works right about NOW making even FASTER Mach Es... Dont forget that a long range Mach E is out due soon in the next couple of weeks.... The Savage Geese video featured the mid level Mach E. The Model Y was a higher level Model Y. The Mustang Mach E that was in the Savage Geese video was pretty spot on where a Model Y was. Take the lower ranged Model Y and the mid-level Mach E has a longer range. The long range Mach E might be able to equate the range of the Model Y...tests need to be done...and the GT might be as fast as the top Model Y. Any way you slice it...the Mach E EQUALS the Model Y. The only thing that lets the Mach E down is the charging system...but THAT is more on the push/pull politics of the USofA regarding EVs rather than the Mach E being an inferior product to the Tesla. And regarding EV charging infrastructure...depending on what reality you choose to believe, that infamous push/pull Im talking about is what is letting EVs down in the US. Anywhere else in the world, options seem to be the only obstacle. But as options are opening up, EV sales are going up. In Europe, ICEV sales were down last year. But BEVs were way way up. Despite a pandemic. And coincidentally, many European manufactures also offered many alternatives to Tesla this past year.

Duck Dodgers in the 24rth and a 1/2 Century

Seeing the pic (would you call that a thumbnail?) on the vid and then watching the video...all I kept on hearing in my mind was this lyric : "I think its so groovy now!"

IROC (International Race Of Champions)

Episodes 6 and 7 on Sandy Munro's road trip are not worthy of a posting. Episode 7 is both funny and cringe. BUT...Episode 5 on his tear down of the Model 3 is a must to be viewed. What I got from this small window: Tesla is learning to engineering cars and to manufacture them, but they are improving at a snail's pace. The Model Y is an example of how Tesla could be all across the board, yet on the 2021 Model 3, they havent fully embraced the improvements. The production of the 2021 Model 3 is an improvement over the 2018 version, but not enough. The Model Y which shares many components with the Model 3 is an improvement over the Model 3 including the 2021 version. But it baffles me (with Sandy's opinions in mind) as to why they wont go to the extra lengths to improve the Model 3 the way they might have with the Model Y.

Yeah...I see that! When I was younger, I had constant nose bleeds. (When the climate be too dry). My mom took me to the doctor and he shove this tall match like thing up my nose to lessen the nose bleeds. I had done that 3 or 4 times. So the feeling of having a test swab shoved up my nose was not a new thing for me. The pleasant surprise was there was no burning sensation as it was with a nose bleed. But yeah...doing THAT daily would definitely not be a thing Id like to do! PS: Thanx to your wife for staying tough and helping us all out! Health workers have ALWAYS been important to our society. NOW more than ever!

^^^ I never you knew that. cool! Daytona International Speedway

Emissions standards all over the world after 2030 or 2035 say otherwise for ANY internal combustion engine. Im all for the Corvette to retain its V8 engine as long as its possible. Until its V8 cant pass emissions any longer. If by any chance, ICE engineers can somehow engineer a V8 (not JUST any ICE like a 4 banger, but a V8... Corvette, right?) to pass the inevitable highly impossible emissions, then Ill be ecstatic about a V8 Corvette in a EV world. But lets not kid ourselves here.... Pie in the sky scenarios aside, I hope we all understand that the world no longer wants the ICE. I hope we could understand that BEVs are what is next in our future for our personal transportational needs. Be it in 2035 or 2055....its coming... Especially when GM has said to have stopped working on new generation internal combustion engines. Oh...they will updated this new LT2 in the coming decade, but as is, this engine will never pass the impossibly high emissions to come in 2030 or 2035. And seeing that development money is zero for a next gen Chevy small block, this would be the last gen V8 GM will produce.

Despite what was said... yeah...I think you are right about being" in an untrusted car with randos (like an Uber ride, taxi ride, ride in the back of a police car, etc) or you are in your own car with randos or other resource units not in your immediate household."

There is hardly any snow around... Climate change hasnt happened yet in the Great White North just yet...

Thinking about the good 'ole times...I guess.

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/opening-car-windows-could-reduce-165700273.html But Gary Numan said that Here in my car, I can feel safest of all. I can lock all my doors... Its the only way to live...in cars. What is this bulllshyte talk about opening up windows, now? You know...Ive started to think If I open my windows, the image breaks down I dont really want you...visiting me Stay 6 phoquing feet away from me, in cars. Im leaving tonight Before the image breaks down....in cars.

Its freakin' cold here today. No snow fall since the last time we chit chatted, but the temps sure did dip. We just came back from our Covid testing. Not as bad as people make it out to be. We'll get our results in 24 hours about.

I forgot to mention: My daughter did not hang around that boy because she thinks he is stupid. All of his friends too. She also said that he had missed the last 2 school days. There are several good news to this: 1. Is that she hasnt had any symptoms for at least that many days and even longer... Could be that she is asymptomatic, but if she has it and now I and the other members of our family have it, well, we havent showed signs of Covid either. 2. Is that she thinks that boys are stupid. She is 15 and quite smart and quite cute. I also know that she thinks that most boys are stupid! 3. She still finds boys stupid at 15! I dont have to worry about stupid boys for a tad longer!

So...a little bit of backstory. Senior high school kids in Quebec go to school every 2nd day. Their off day they do they do the zoom thing. They are also separated by bubbles. (Cue in Seinfeld's Bubble Boy episode RIGHT HERE) I got a call from my daughter yesterday that a kid from her class/bubble got tested positive for Covid. So I had to pick her up from school because she (and all of her classmates that are in the same bubble) wasnt allowed on the school bus (and my boy although he was able to take the bus home) Anyway...long story short. I got an e-mail letter from le Gouvernement du Québec health département that my daughter and anybody and everybody living in the same house as her gots to get tested for Covid-19. So...yippee!!! I get to get tested for Covidness tomorrow!