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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #90 on: March 19, 2015, 09:24:10 am »
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« Reply #91 on: March 23, 2015, 08:14:53 am »
Self-Driving Car Makes Progress on Cross-Country Expedition



Very interesting to see play out. But given the type of personality that I am, I always tend to look at the worst in a situation to better inform my decision and all I can think regarding this is what happens when a computer hacker gains access to the car's mainframe and starts running people off the road? This sh*t isn't fantasy, it's a very real problem. I just don't like the idea of my life or anyone else's being in the hands of a complete stranger behind a computer screen.
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« Reply #92 on: March 23, 2015, 09:26:46 am »
that's funny... I sent my son this information too and he immediately replied with a frown and everything wrong with it. He sounded like an old man... like me.  ;D
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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #93 on: June 22, 2015, 09:38:08 am »
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What a cool innovative idea

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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #94 on: August 07, 2015, 09:02:03 am »
OHMYGAWD

Charger prototype finding its way to Model S

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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #95 on: March 26, 2016, 02:15:01 pm »
FOX Car Report - Return of the Trans Am



When I was in Elementary School, there were only 2 cars that I lusted after, the Corvette and the Trans Am. Sadly, I still don't own either one. I like this new design. It's modern but still retaining that classic look.
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« Reply #96 on: March 26, 2016, 02:53:30 pm »
I liked loved the Trans Am... for it's time.
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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #97 on: April 08, 2016, 10:14:34 am »
Is Tesla the Donald Trump of the automotive industry?

Very interesting article on the state of the auto sales, electric cars and the established industry of selling cars...

Tesla Model 3 depositors vs Chevy Bolt EV: sea change or double standard?

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More than 325,000 potential buyers have put down $1,000 apiece for a Tesla Model 3 electric car that they won't get for two years, if not considerably longer than that.

Which must frustrate the electrification team at General Motors deeply.

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV with more than 200 miles of range and a starting price of $37,500 is already in pre-production, and could go on sale late this year—fully a year before Tesla's announced delivery date for the Model 3.

Two recent articles from Detroit news outlets convey different reactions to this disparity.

"If you are an executive at a venerable automaker whose company is working on the same technology," writes reporter Richard Truett in industry trade journal Automotive News, "seeing crowds waiting in line to lay down a deposit for a Model 3 had to have been tough to watch."

The piece goes on to compare the crowd eagerness for Tesla not to anything else in the auto industry, but the enthusiasm for the latest consumer electronic devices from Apple.

Remember those lines for the first iPhone, or the first iPad?

Same thing, suggests Truett—who calls himself "an Apple devotee"—ending his piece this way: "If Tesla is the automotive equivalent of Apple, the industry will be forever changed."

But why aren't the crowds just as eager for the Bolt EV, you might ask?

One answer is that they could well be, but General Motors didn't choose to crowd-source its development funding and reap the associated marketing benefits of such high numbers.

But another is that GM itself can't take deposits for the car. It's not legally allowed to sell you a Chevy Bolt EV.

Instead, you must purchase the car from an independently-owned third party known as a car dealer, under state franchise laws, after haggling for the vehicle

Both GM and Tesla have many hurdles to cross before electric cars become a sustainable, profitable, and preferred choice for significant volumes of car buyers.

But if buyers are viewing an electric car more like a very expensive piece of consumer electronics, and willing to put down $1,000 for two or more years to get in line for one, the auto-industry standard practices that prevent GM from acting more like Tesla may be seen as confounding and inexplicable.

Savvy industry observer and commentator Daniel Howes explores this "double standard" in comparing the Bolt EV to the Model 3 in a Detroit News opinion piece this morning.

"The disruption of Detroit has a name," he opens, "and it’s Tesla Motors Inc."

Howes goes on to note that he asked a ranking GM executive about the two companies and disparity in their public receptions. (The executive chose to stay anonymous.)

"He sighed, mumbled something about Tesla being a tech company dabbling in autos instead of an auto company dabbling in tech," Howes writes, "and added that there’s 'no justifiable reason' for Tesla’s valuation.

Then comes the punchline:

Musk gets the benefit of the doubt from investors, customers, even a skeptical media.

GM? Not so much, which should be not at all surprising given its long history of mediocrity, of false promises, of playing a more conservative game than it talks.

In other words, Tesla gets the benefit of the doubt for the desirable cars it's launched and the remarkable things it's done (Supercharger networ, cough)  in a very short time.

GM is still atoning for past sins of product design, sins of assembly quality, sins of financial mismanagement and lack of board oversight, and many more.

he auto-industry truism in the end is that it's all about the product.

Which should make the Bolt EV versus Tesla Model 3 battle a fascinating one indeed. (And then there's the next Nissan Leaf too.)

Lay in some popcorn, folks. This promises to be fun to watch.
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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #98 on: December 18, 2016, 09:23:43 am »
You guys might like this...

Nissan Rogue Limited Edition Star Wars

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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #99 on: January 22, 2017, 08:46:46 pm »
Finally going through my inspiration subscriptions for the first time in ages and oh my god look at this bike!


That's a dang sweet lookin' ride.

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« Reply #100 on: January 23, 2017, 03:40:10 am »
That will turn everybody's head
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Re: New Automobiles
« Reply #101 on: February 10, 2018, 09:59:15 am »

I've always loved the London Cab, tons of warm memories from my early childhood of taking them about, I always had to sit in the fold-out seat even if it wasn't the safest thing for a kid to be in.  The "current" ones were a bit of a disappointment, of course they'll feel cramped as an adult, but no suicide doors?  Ick.  But these new designs?  Gorgeous, spacious, and way more environmentally friendly.

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« Reply #102 on: February 10, 2018, 10:05:18 am »
Yeah, the design shape is slick.
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