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Tesla definitely needs to make a CyberSUV The X7 and GLS are selling at a higher rate than the Escalade. The Navigator was outsold by the ancient Infiniti QX80 last year which is embarrassing.

That VW is an Atlas which is built on the Golf platform.

The new 3.8 liter V6 is less powerful than the Nissan 3.7 liter V6 that made 328 hp 10 years ago.

Cadillac SUVs are same sausage, different lengths. If the Germans do it, Cadillac will surely copy it.

Good technology on the new Escalade, it has the stuff you need to offer in this segment. Styling wise it looks too much like a Tahoe. I don't know why Cadillac is going to horizontal headlights on all their vehicles when that is a Chevrolet styling cue, and Cadillac has used vertical headlamps for about 20 years. Unless GM cost cutting is getting so bad they figure it is easier to put the same shape headlights in Chevy and Cadillac.

We knew this was coming. Need to push money towards EV’s anyway.

The marketing seems good so far. The torque thing is a bit of freedom with how torque is calculated. In actual torque it will probably be more like 900 or 1,000, which is still insane but it doesn’t make 11,500 lb-ft comparative to a gas engine.

Wikipedia said 203 inches. If it was only 189 it didn't seem it since it was 6,600 lbs and the H3 was 188 inches long which seemed much smaller. But I think 190 inches long is a good spot for a new GMC Hummer.

H2 is much wider and taller, and the H2 was 203.5 inches long because it is a Tahoe. Individual pickups sell more because there are fewer of them. Add up the pickups then compare it to SUV's, there were 8.27 million SUV's sold in the USA in 2019 vs 3.11 million pickups. And pickups have a much higher fleet rate than SUV's in general. And there were zero light duty pickups sold in the USA over $100,000 last year, while SUV's do sell for over $100k. I think the GMC Hummer is going to be expensive given their specs, so their best chance at sales success is SUV.

The G550 is a mid-size SUV. It is smaller than a GLE. The GMC Hummer should be a mid-size SUV, which hits the sweet spot of the market, also makes it better off road. If it is a pickup I think it will fall flat. SUV is a bigger market segment, and the Cybertruck is going to be out and steal the thunder from the market. Also luxury pickups have failed in the past, the Escalade EXT, the 2 Lincoln attempts, the Hummer truck, Mercedes didn't even try here and is pulling the plug elsewhere, etc. The $100k+ luxury pickup market is non-existent, Sure they can try to create it, but that is tough sledding.

Hopefully this is a Wrangler/Bronco type vehicle in EV form. I think making it a huge full size SUV that is H2 size will be a miss. I don't see it doing well as a pick up truck either. A Jeep Grand Cherokee sized SUV is the way to go, with that off road ability and nicer interior than you'd get in a Ford or Jeep, more like a GMC Denali level interior.

Now we are talking, let’s just see when GM gets it to production and how true they stay to the numbers. I suspect they will but the 1,000 hp version could be $150,000 and I think that is fine, there will be less powerful, lower priced options than the 1,000 hp model. Once this gets affordable this is why gas engines are also on death row. The C9 Corvette should have this powertrain.

New 2.5 and 3.0 liter turbo engines in this vehicle, seems pretty promising.

Every car should have over the air updates, even for stuff like the infotainment system. Tesla was on this years ago, phones and other electronics update over the air. Automakers are mostly behind the 8-ball.

So this is just for the 2021 models right? The huge advantage Tesla has is they over the air update all this stuff. So their old cars get the new tech and keep them from seeming old.

Small crossover is the biggest segment of the American auto industry. That is where you want EV’s.

If it drops to $3 billion that is still more than Tesla makes and stockholders love Tesla. What matters is how much is going into EV's and autonomous driving tech, especially for Daimler who makes so many semi-trucks, self driving is going to be huge for long haul trucks.

Mercedes needs their own battery factories to open. Those are under construction now, but their issue is they can’t get enough batteries from suppliers like LG. And they have to sell more EV’s in Europe to get their CO2 numbers down or they face up to a billion dollars in fines. And it isn’t just them it is everyone. So these car companies are going to push EV’s to avoid fines. They still made over $6 billion in profit last year. They’ll be fine. And there will be some lean years because they have to pour money into EV development. But once it is all EG and gas/diesel is gone they will be more profitable because vehicle design and manufacturing will be easier.

I don't see Ford offering free gas, so I don't know why people expect Tesla to offer free electricity.

I always assumed automatic, same way a phone can wireless charge.

Subaru might be an appliance, but Tesla's aren't. The Model S can win a drag race against an Aventador. And we are in the infancy stages of electric cars and 125 years into evolution of gas cars. I think when the next gen battery tech gets here, EV's will smash gas cars. Take the Cybertruck for example, it is faster than a Porsche 911, and it tows more than an F150. And that is their first effort, they will improve upon that.

But it will have all wheel drive.

EV's can wireless charge in a garage.

It also takes time to drive to the gas station, and exit the gas station. And in winter you stand in the cold pumping gas.

Maybe 5 minutes just to fill a tank, but you still have to pull in, park, pay inside if you don't at the pump, maybe that gas station is not on your exact route that day so you to go a bit out of the way to get to the gas station. I just figured 10 minutes is a good average amount of time out of the day if you had to go to a gas station.