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  1. On 10/25/2023 at 7:54 AM, A Horse With No Name said:

    Camino and Baltazar might have different ideas. 

    I agree.

    BTW

    What is Baltazar doing these days?

    I know Ive read a post of yours not so long ago that you talk to Baltazar from time to time.  Not often I know.  

    But I do wanna know how he is dong and if he will evah come back?   I miss him.  

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  2. 6 hours ago, smk4565 said:

    They make gas powered cars now, they won’t be in 10 years.

     

    You dont get it.   

    EVs in the US are NOT selling right about now.  Tesla is trying to keep market share.  Tesla is slashing prices.  Tesla's market share will CONTINUE to erode.   Tesla if it continues to slash prices, Tesla's profits go down...   

    Tesla wont have enough cash to engineer  2nd gens of their S-3-X-Y   lineup and NOBODY will bankroll them any money. 

    Tesla NEEDS 2nd generations...when everybody else has NEWER EVs...   DESPITE people NOT buying EVs at an enourmous rate.   And keep that in mind, EVs are not selling.  Tesla's economies of scale falls even further not ONLY because of competition eroding their market share but ALSO, EVs are NOT selling in high demand.  Tesla or otherwise.   Right now.  At this 3rd quarter as I have read. 

    If THIS trend continues, GM has gasoline powered cars to help them ride the transition of havong cash flow.  If Americans REFUSE to buy EVs up UNTIL the 11th hour as they say, GM HAS ICE vehicles to HELP them with the CASH flow...

    Tesla's cash flow will be low...  Like I said, NOBODY will allow Tesla to lose BILLIONS like Tesla done the first decade of 12 or 13 year of their existence.   If this trend continues up until 2035,  Tesla WONT make it...  

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  3. 9 hours ago, ccap41 said:

    They're making money. I'm not sure why you think they're losing money on vehicles but they've been profitable for the last few years.

    Look over pages 4-6.

    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828023034847/tsla-20230930.htm#ib5ff2de9b5b0458894a3412674c85416_16

     

     

    Just going by whatever I see and hear. Picking and choosing  (you could call it cherry picking if you'de like)  the  information I hold regarding EV production not only for Tesla, but for everybody else as well.

    Mining for batteries is the SAME cost for EVERYBODY.

    Battery production costs might and DOES differ, but BIIIIIG manufacturers such as GM will always find a way to reduce costs since they have BIGGER connections and suppliers as compared to Tesla DESPITE Tesla having a jump on battery prodution factories.   GM's SUPERIOR know-how in manufacturing compared to Tesla offsets any monies that Tesla has an advantage over GM's battery production.  Tesla...despite what Munroe wants to sell us on...STILL wastes a lot of time and energy and useless production techniques for its EVs.   GM has refined theirs over their 120 years of history...

    https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-cybertruck-faces-enormous-production-challenges-tesla-2023-10

    "We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck," Musk said.

    It's "one of those special products that comes along only once in a long while. And special products that come along once in a long while are just incredibly difficult to bring to market to reach volume, to be prosperous," he added.

     

    Yeah...I know this is about the Cybertruck...

    But...its funny how Elon and Sandy Munroe talk a BIIIIIIIG GAME about scaleability from top to bottom, but...the Model S and Model X are on one platform.  The Model S had teething problems in the beginning, Im not so sure of those were fixed and the amount of Model S-esses being sold, the over-cost production run on the Model S simply doesnt show on how in-effecient it is to produce it.   THAT was WORSE on the Model X with the gullwing doors.  Im not so sure Elon fixed the over complicated production of them but with the small amounts they sell, the ineffeciencies simply dont show up.

    The MEAT of the losing mony comes with the Model 3 and Y.

    Again, on DIFFERENT platforms than the Model S and X.  NO scaleability from top to bottom as Sandy Munroe LOVED to wax poetic on how Tesla does manufacturing.   4 models but just a pair of platforms.  And the Model 3 and Model Y havent sold as much to offset ALL the shytty production faults that the Model 3 and Y had in the beginning.   I DO know that Elon fixed this issue with the Model 3 factory in China and he was supposed to fix the American plants. 

     Did he?

    If he did, millions were spent.  Millions that were NOT spoken for...   If he didnt, the production costs must be through the phoquing roof with the amounts of Model 3s and Ys they sell...     The amounts they sell, if fixed, maybe just about NOW that the renovations are paying themsleves off... 

    The Cybertruck:

    Yet ANOTHER platform. And straigh from the horses mouth, that the Cybertruck is a production hell vehicle.  Meaning Elon's production gurus didnt learn a DAMNED thing on how to produce an EV to make profit with.  And dont forget, the Cybertruck is yet on another platform.  NO scaleability from top to bottom...   

    GM's Ulitium platform and ALL of their EVs are an offshoot of one another... 

    From the GARGATUAN Hummer.  Which the Cybertruck comes within with a few pounds of the Hummer.  To the 350 000 dollar Celestiq to the supposed 30 000 dollar Equinox to everything in between...

    If Mary Barra says that as of now, $30 000- $40 000 GM EVs are not profitable, but will be when more battery factories come online (Tesla produces MORE than GM now)  and when EV production ramps up and GM produces 1 million.   

    Well...Tesla produces 1 million EVs, but Tesla does NOT offer a 30 000 dollar EV and REFUSES to offer the Model 3 at that 30 000 dollar threshold and Tesla's slashed prices and profits from Tesla has plummeted quite a lot.   

    And THAT is how I cherry pick my opinion on why Tesla may ALSO lose money on EVs costing 30 000 dollars.  Maybe Tesla does not lose @ 40 thousand.    But Tesla DEFINETELY loses @ 30.  SAME as everybody else...   

     

     

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  4. 8 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

    The other companies can't do that, or afford to get into a price war with him.


    Yes they can.

    Especially the legacy OEMs.

    They make gas powered cars. Tesla doesnt.

    Tesla's vehicle prices arent profitable between 30 000 and 40 000 also.  EV sales are pointing to be stale.  Tesla wont make it to 2035...  

    Tesla does not have all that money...

     

    If they did have all that money and profit legit, without all the smoke and mirrors with polution credits and all that garbage, they'de slash more money off the 3 and Y to get to that 30 000 dollar threshold.   To stop the market erosion and to actually put a nail in the coffin of their competitors.  

    They dont do because Tesla LOSES money at those price points.  Investors wont support Tesla losing billions again... 

     

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  5. https://insideevs.com/news/692967/gm-ditches-goal-building-400000-evs-north-america-through-mid-2024/

     

    Stories about EVs not selling in the US market. 

    UAW strikes

    GM is truly re-adjusting their sales targets.

     

    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/25/gm-honda-scrap-plans-to-co-develop-affordable-sub-30000-evs.html

     

    GM and Honda partnership TO co-develop affordable EVs has dissolved.

     

    But...the EV sales thing from Tesla is also following GM's path.

     

    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-joins-gm-ford-slowing-ev-factory-ramp-demand-fears-spread-2023-10-19/

     

    https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tesla-s-slowing-growth-is-sending-a-warning-to-all-ev-makers-1.1987490

     

    The gossip in town is that Elon "lost" 28 billion dollars.   If he continues to make Tesla price cut because Tesla continues to lose markert share amd Elon will continue to "lose" billions.  But that doesnt matter.     It seems that all is not well in EV land.    Despite government laws forcing the bans of gas power, if now until then, Americans arent going to buy EVs,  it does not matter of Mary Barra saying that 30 000-40 000 dollars EVs are not profitable, GM will bleed too much money to stay afloat.  But with that broad stroke of reality, Tesla ALSO loses money on THAT price range EVs but at least GM SELLS gas powered cars to have cash flow.  Tesla does not have gas power on their roster.   Tesla bleeds money is what Im saying. THIS time around, I dont think ANYBODY will subsidize Tesla losing billions like they done for a decade 2 or 3 years prior... 

  6. Just now, surreal1272 said:

    I see why you had the summer you did. Because you won’t admit to anything that calls you out nor do accept a very simple explanation of why you were and are still wrong about me. You clearly read what you wanted to read because it’s easier for you to be confrontational than to just admit that you don’t know $h! about me. My sensationalism reference is about you, not about the article (which was, in fact, and opinion piece sprinkled with a few facts). Get that through your thick skull before making yet another ignorant assumption about me.
     

    Since you want to make assumptions though, I have some for you. You talk constantly about being the way you are because being Greek, or being French Canadian, or being whatever other excuse you like to make for what you actually are, which is just being a grade A asshole. Has not one thing to do with your culture or where you live. You make the choice to be this way. Be an asshole on your own time but leave me and my name out of it and I will do the same because you are just not worth the time it took to even type this. 

     

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  7. 9 hours ago, surreal1272 said:

    And that is why you fail. I am not a “brand nut jobber”. That’s just you sensationalizing as always because of your clear bias AGAINST some brands. You confuse my explanations of Toyota with fandom and that’s why I am quite honestly tired of the endless horse$h! you keep peddling over it. Get over it already and don’t drop my name like that when you clearly have had no clue WTF you are about. It’s that simple. 
     

    (I wasn’t going to respond but that “brand nut jobber” BS was not going to stand when I know it’s a 100% lie)

     

    Quite frankly, this is where you stand with me and that’s the end of it.

     

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     LOL

    you proved the article right.  By you saying the article was sensationalist journalism you are proving their sensationalist view of what and how people ignore Toyota's problems.

    Thanx for the laugh.

    PS:

    Love that middle finger photo of the man in black.

    Ive used it a couple of times myself.   Thanx for the regifting. 

     

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  8. 1 minute ago, smk4565 said:

    All that over engineering to get a vehicle that is heavier, slower, more expensive and has less range than their closest rival.

    Compared to the Model Y?

    The Mach-E is very comparable to the Model Y is EVERY metric.

    The Model Y is Tesla's 5th attempt at an EV.

    1. Roadster 1.0

    2. Model S

    3. Model X

    4. Model 3 

    5. Model Y

     The Mach - E is Ford's 1st attempt.

    The Mach-E is quite the accomplishment and NOT how you want to present it.  

  9. 5 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

    Ford breaks out their EV financials, Ford themselves say their EV's will lose $4.5 billion dollars this year.   (or $1.125 billion per quarter)

    Ford has sold 46,671 EV's through Q3 at a loss of $3.375 Billion, which is actually $72,314 dollars lost per car sold.  

     

    Tesla meanwhile making billions in profits on EVs:

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    And yet Ford ALSO said that they would be profitable in selling EVs as soon as MORE models come to fruition...

    As of now, economies of scale aint kicking in...   

    And as it turns out...by the end of next year.

    https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ford-ceo-out-to-prove-wall-street-wrong-on-crazy-high-ev-goal-1.1922468#:~:text=Farley has promised its first,third of Ford's global production.

     

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    And if you think Farley is overselling...

    Dont tell me ANY of that UNLESS you acknowledge that Elon Musk ALSO oversells...

    Meaning... you BETTER believe that Tesla is NOT making all that money and that Tesla is NOT all that profitable and Tesla is NOT that huge juggernaut that Elon wants all of us to believe. So if Elon is allowed to oversell, so should Jim Farley be allowed. 

  10. 13 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

    The Mach-E is built on the GE1 platform which is a heavily reworked Ford C2 platform

    heavily modified MEANS that it is NOT the C2 platform and hence the NEW designation...

    In FACT...GE1 is an acronym for GLOBAL ELECTRIFIED 1.  

    The GE1 is still a bespoke platform. A DEDICATED EV platform.  Engineered at the same time as the C2 platform to save costs as probably, the GE1 platform FROM the CD2 platform could be reworked and rescaled to accomodate ALL the vehicles from the CD2 platform to become 100% BEVs.  GE2 and GE3 and someforth and so forth... 

    Meaning. When FoMoCo engineered the C2 platform and brought it out in 2018, FoMoCo had it in their engineering plans to heavily modify it to make the GE1 and THAT is how the Mach-E was introduced as fast as it was without ANYBODY knowing how and why Ford had a legit  100% battery electrical CUV to sell in 2020 when FoMoCo hadnt announced anything about a BEV EV...   

    13 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

     Probably also why it is a few hundred pounds heavier than the Model Y

     

    Probably because FoMoCo hasnt learned just yet where they can lose weight where it aint necessary.  It is the first try after all.    The Mach-E is OVER engineered and the Mach-E launch videos actually EXPLAIN that the Mach-E is overengineered because Ford doesnt want to phoque things up ESPECIALLY when they have named it a Mustang Mach-E...   

     

    But yeah...its nice to spin things negatively... 

     

  11. I was sent home early by my employer today.  

    Turns out that customers are shyte.  Shyttier than my former customers when I had my restaurant.  

    Turns out I cant tell them how I truly feel.  

    He got my back, my director that is.  But I need to learn that in the corporate world, Karens are not exactly frowned upon. We just ignore a Karen, smile and direct the Karen gently outside the premises.  And if that dont work, we let the director handle the situation and he will give a corporate smile and he will gently escort the Karen to where the Karen needs to go.   I cant tell a karen to go to hell.  My director cant either.  But he did tell me I need to manage my emotions better. I...as a manager, need to calm things down and not escalate further.   And hence why I was told to go home to relax. 

    Its funny as in my restaurant, myself, my former partner, RIP, or my manager,  never felt the need to gently deal with a Karen.  We dealt with Karens bang and boom.  But that was with a small family restaurant. 

    *SIGH*  

    Welcome to the corporate world...

    Oh well...

     

    PS

    The 25 plus years that I had the restaurant, only in the beginning did I have CONSTANT Karen problems.  Oh yeah...THAT phenomenon aint new.  But my partner and I chased ALL the bad in faith customers away and we CULTIVATED a clientele FREE from that kind of buklshytte!!! 

    This new job and Karens are...EVERYWHERE!!!

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  12. On 10/20/2023 at 9:42 PM, smk4565 said:

    And the Mach-E is bad product built on an ICE platform

     

    2 hours ago, ccap41 said:

    Explain this. This is literally the first time I've read this. 

     

    There is nothing to explain as he is lying through his teeth when he says that... 

    He knows that the Mach-E is built on a pure bespoke EV platform.  

    On 10/20/2023 at 9:42 PM, smk4565 said:

    especially since Ford loses $60,000 on each one they sell.

     

    This also a lie...

    However... Tesla's production efficiency is non-existent.  Elon lies a lot.  

    Therefore...

    Tesla's price cuts and Tesla is bleeding money meaning that the measley  $1 250 rebate of the Model 3 and the $2000 rebate of the Model Y are monies that interfere with the Model 3s and Model Ys profits meaning small rebates of vehicles that have sold as much as they have and produced as much as they have and the production lines of Tesla are not up to legacy automobile manufacturer's srandards. 

    Meaning if FoMoCo is losing $60 000 on each Mach-E sold, then Tesla ALSO is losing money on each Model 3 and Model Y sold. ESPECIALLY on rebate. 

    Meaning Tesla cannot sustain rebates...  

    The thing is...Elon started a price war Tesla cant afford.  His mouth is writing checks his ass cant cash...

    But its nice to find faults with GM or Ford or anybody else but hypocritically defend Tesla.

    Sounds like a Toyota argument come to think of it.

    @surreal1272

    Hope your hip surgery went well, buddy, even thought I would have NEVER have thought to paint you as a brand nut jobber! 

     But...it is Toyota you defend, so it makes sense. 

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  13. 52 minutes ago, David said:

    That is sexy, should have been built, I know folks that would have bought it then. Course now everyone wants raised SUVs and Trucks except for a minor portion of folks that still want cars.

    🤔

    Wonder if @oldshurst442 would buy it and drive it?

    Lets see.

    For:

    NOT a Toyota

     

     Against:

    Not a real production car

     

    For: 

    still a classic GM Pontiac from the '50s

     

    Against:

    still truckish in looks.

     

    Verdict

    Ill pass. 

     

     

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  14. Vincenzo Cotroni affiliated with the Bonanno family.  

    Nicolo Rizzuto took over afiliated with...the Bonanno family.  The Montreal mafia would be New York's 6th family.  

    There is Montreal style pizza.    The crust is puffy. Baked until the crust is golden brown.  The tomato sauce would be a slight variation of the original tomato sauce of the original pizza. All kinds of toppings but the stereotypical toppings would be all dressed.  Thin sliced pepperonin, thinly sliced green bell peppers, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese.  

    And Montreal's Little Italy, original pizza is also a part of the scenery.  

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    Montreal Style Pizza - For The Record - Note blanket of pepperoni : r/Pizza

     

    The best places in Montreal to grab pizza by the slice | Dished

     

    If somebody visits Montreal...I BEG them to stop by Pizzeria Napoletana.   Best pizza in North America.   Many celebrities stop by.  It is a Montreal landmark.  It is part of pizza history too.  

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    The Godfather asks the lawyer, “What did he say?”
    The lawyer replies, “He says you don’t have the balls to pull the trigger.”

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  15. 53 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

    If we had only self driving cars on the road, and no human drivers, and self driving cars led to 30,000 traffic fatalities per year, that would be an improvement over humans.  There are on average 6 million car accidents per year in the USA.  Zero chance in hell that self driving cars crash 6 million times per year.

     

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    Zero chance in hell that self driving cars crash 6 million times per year.

    LOL

     

    Computers and sensors and all kinds of electronic dood dads break down.  Even moreso in shytty climates.  And shytty when it comes to computers and electronics INCLUDE hot climates as well as cold.   

    YOU are asking simple minded folk to upkeep expensive computers and sensors?

    YOU have that faith in people?

    The average age of cars in the US in 2022 was 12.2 years.   The average in 2023 went up to 12.5.  

    A vehicle that is 6 or 7 or 8 years old, YOU think that its in good working order?  Let alone 10 or 12?

    Autonomous driving to happen means that ALL systems NEED to be not just functional...these systems, software, sensors, lidars, brakes, steering, tires... ALL need to be working 100% FLAWLESSLY. 

    YOU have that faith in people?

    When we have ABS sensors that tell people that their tires are low on air because they are lazy to check for themselves and the tech we have today even tells us WHICH tire is low on air and we STILL dont fill it up...

    How many idiot lights are on a 6 year old BMW, Mercedes, Audi?

    Are the brakes and steering on a 12 year old Chevy pristine?

    YOU have that faith in people?

    LOL

    And that is one  aspect of when talking about OLDER cars on the road.   

     

    WHO will be responsible to FORCE people to MAINTAIN their vehicles SO these super sensitive, super improntant parts are working properly?

    In the aviation industry, every country in the 1st world have agencies like the FAA and keep a close check-up on airlines.  When an airline has an accident, NTSB makes an investigation and it it finds that an airline cut corners in maintenance...huuuuuge problems for that airline...  

    The FAA ENSURES that airlines's airplanes are safe.   

    Is thsi gonna happen in the automotive industry too?  

    LOL

    With all the dubious, nefarious, questionable, shady, corrupt people in automotive garages, used car salesmen, rednecked folk that redneck repairs...  

    LOL

    The automotive industry WORLDWIDE is NOT a friendly place to follow rules and regulations for safety.  

    LOL

    And THAT is when the vehicles are old.

     

    The tech itself is untrustworthy. 

    In the air, the planes fly nicely in a vector.   Not that planes fly straight.  Winds and turbulence knock the flight path out of whack, but its easy to course correct. 

    On the gprund...there are far too many obstacles for that to happen non-chalantly.    

    Our softtware is waaaaaay to buggy to have a consistant safe automation let alone to course correct smoothly.

    In aviation, many accidents have occured and will continue to occur to add to comptuer strategy and knowledge.   Meaning many peopel have died in airplane crashes for that data to have been collected. 

    In automotive, there isnt enough data and there never WILL be enough EVEN for AI to account for everything.  Besides, humanity will NEVER tolerate THAT many computer accidents to happen so data could be collected for autonomous driving to be safe. 

    I could write more things about why autonomous driving will never be a thing.  But what I DID write SHOULD be enough for ANYBODY to understand that autonomous driving is but a pipe dream... 

     

  16. I think nobody even gets to level 3...

    Autonomous driving is a pipe dream.

     

    Wait until any system of anybody goes haywire, and this whole experiment gets shut down for good. 

    LOL

    Waymo has all kinds of problems and California keeps on limiting their testing boundaries...

    LOL

    Its criminal that ANY goverment allows Tesla or anybody else with this shyte.  But judgement day for autonomous driving is just around the corner...   Just a question of time when a real disaster will occur involving Tesla, GM, Mercedes or anybody else...  

    POINT BEING... Aircraft after all these decades dont allow for level 3.  Automatic pilot for airplanes is the equivalent of level 2 in the automotive world. 

    Drones are a completely different animal as there are NO humans on board...  So I do NOT want anybody mentioning drones to me. 

    Although with airplanes, in the air, its a CLOSED circuit, and aircraft CAN fly autonomously, without ANY incidences, the systems in place are STILL not trusted enough.  The flight IS done 100% autonomously, but the pilots are ALWAYS looking at what the airplane is doing.   The airplanes are in fact landed by humans DESPITE the airplane being capab;e

    Although  the article does claim that for airplanes...fully pilotless airplanes and flights carrying people is closer than it looks.  But keep in mind, with airplanes, the circuit for flight paths are closed.  Meaning, airplanes are programmed to fly in a specific flight path and it is predetermined.  There are NO variations.   Humans when driving do NOT at ANYTIME drive form point A to B.  They drive to Point Z and them to point G and then they decide to drive to Point X before they want to arrive at their original final destination of point B.

    And all that is nice and dandy when the road conditions are perfect.  

    And dont forget, airplane systems and controls are checked with EACH flight and maintenance overhauls are not only mandated but actually done at very strict and frequent intervals.

    We are supposedly even today, to check are tires EACH and every time we get into the car and drive off.  

    LOL

    There aint NOT ONE son of a bitch that does that, let alone keep their car at optimal upkeep...  

    Ive stated this multiple times.  And Ill state it a million times more. 

     

    https://canadianaam.com/2022/06/07/aam-aircraft-levels-of-autonomous-flying/

     

    Today’s level of autonomy

    It’s well known that airplanes have autopilot. Even the 1980 movie Airplane! jokes about it, but in which level modern-day commercial airplanes are?

    On a commercial airliner, nearly the entire flight is flown on autopilot. The pilots continuously monitor the computer to ensure that it follows the correct programmed course and make sure that all of the programming is in order. 

    Autopilot systems cannot takeoff, so taxi, takeoff, and other ground operations are done manually. The autopilot is usually engaged a few hundred feet off of the runway after departure. 

    When arriving at an airport, the autopilot is usually used until the very last segment of the approach. When the runway is in sight, the pilot flies the plane to the landing. 

    Some planes do have autoland systems, but these are generally only used in poor visibility when they must be used. With a certified autopilot, some airplanes can land after an instrument approach in zero-visibility conditions.

     

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    This theme reminds me of some sort of covert detective and/or vigilante.  A cross between a James Bond character and  Inspector Clouseau without the clumsiness.     But no military or government technology or help.   Maybe like Batman but grounded in reality.  

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  18. 2 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

    Food for thought: At $65k for the AWD model, it's exactly the same price as a Tahoe LT 4x4 with no options.

    I have being saying this for a couple of years now.  Yeah. 2 years. 

    That EVs have almost achieved price parity with their ICE counterparts.   Obviously 2 yeaers ago it wasnt that obvious, but as the years go by, and more and more EV models come to market from different manufacturers, the more choices and price brackets open up.  Economies of scale being acheived. Slowly but surely.  

    That does not mean that battery mining is getting cheaper.  But the cost of battery manufacturing is inching downward slowly slowly.  

    The holy grail of that 30 000 dollar EV is just about to be offered.  But...price of ICE-Vs are going up in price too.  So...maybe a 30 000 dollar EV might not be that holy grail price point that manufacturers NEED...   Whether ICE-Vs are going up artificially or not, is not the argument.  The point is, EVs are offered at the SAME price points as their ICE counterparts and are optioned out the same or better.   And these EVs are not small EVs either.  They are as functional for folk as ICE-Vs are. 

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