G. David Felt

Some very INTERESTING news for ya all: https://media.subaru.com/pressrelease/2165/117/subaru-announces-legacy-production-end-2025#:~:text=Production will end spring 2025,for the legendary Subaru Outback https://pressroom.cadillac.com/gmbx/us/en/cadillac/pressroom/news.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2024/sep/0912-escaladeiq.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/gm-to-white-collar-workers-get-with-the-ev-program-or-you-re-out/ar-AA1qkOzy?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=b2fe627e132e4bc6fd65ca1797013a7c&ei=16 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lucid-ceo-new-midsize-cars-ev-tech-make-lucid-a-long-term-play-like-tesla-and-amazon-164104412.html Cool Tech on 1 pedal driving https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/how-the-kia-ev3-reimagines-one-pedal-driving/ar-AA1qozR4?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=bcebf3729c414e03870ae37c7e3281b9&ei=22 1200 plus HP Corvette testing, the return of a ZR2?????? Chevrolet Corvette Zora Spied Testing, Could Have 1200-Plus HP (caranddriver.com) Hyundai / GM teaming up for collaboration on Auto's, Supply Chain and Clean Energy Technologies. Hyundai and GM Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Explore Collaboration on Vehicles, Supply Chain and Clean-Energy Technologies Digging these EV Go / GM charging stations they are opening EVgo and GM Take Charging to the Next Level with New Flagship Destinations Set to Optimize the Charging Experience Driving a Tesla, Kia will give you a big discount to change over to a Kia EV. https://insideevs.com/news/733183/kia-ev6-ev9-price-cut-from-tesla/ Excited for this to come to the updated EV9, 600 Miles of range, Perfect!!! https://www.fastcompany.com/91177650/ev-600-miles-range-samsung-solid-state-battery Mercedes is moving to Solid State Batteries https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/mercedes-solid-sta Kia EV3 is going to be a smash hit for them and people I suspect will love it. 2025 Kia EV3 First Drive: An Affordable Electric Breakthrough (insideevs.com)

Like all companies, greed at the executive level along with a careless attitude of if no one notices, no one is complaining loud enough, who cares as long as I get my big bonus. America is going to have a massive shock in regards to companies that used to be the best failing. It is a sad state of affairs and narcissistic CEOs are not helping the situation.

Ran some errands this morning and saw a mint condition CT6 Blackwing in glossy black burbling along the road, sounded really good compared to the crack high pitch noise of the mustangs and other luxury brands. Cadillac nailed the defined muscle sound of the exhaust. Noticeable, but not annoying.

WOW reminds me of today's SUV line up, so little differentiation. IMHO a very Blah lineup.

I do want to point out that it is just not the torque but the RPM range of how Torque and HP are applied. I have tested this in two ways, wanted to verify the faster 0 to 60 mph time and sure enough it is bloody fast, faster than they post as I clocked it at 3.9 seconds. Second test was at 60 and stepping on it and I am very happy to say getting up to 100mph was far faster than my SS ever could do. Considering that Tesla Charges $2K for the boost option of Torque (58lb-ft) and longer RPM range (increases by 1K rpm) giving a reduction of 0 to 60 mph by half a second. I consider what Tesla Charges to be overpriced in comparison to what I paid for.

Ccap41 and @Robert Hall per the 2022, all Hybrids and EVs have to make a noise via Default setting by OEM or customer selectable sound, but must at 25mph and below create a noise that the disabled can hear. Federal Register :: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Great Read, and an interesting note of Info:EVs are involved in approximately 25 fires for every 100,000 vehicles sold, according to National Transportation Safety Board data compiled by AutoinsuranceEZ. That's compared to 1,530 gasoline-powered vehicles and 3,475 hybrid vehicles for every 100,000 sold.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-blaze-in-rivian-parking-lot-local-fire-dep[…]=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=b29a4735336a43968cdb81253bca41c1&ei=54 Gas vs. Electric Car Fires [2024 Findings] | AutoinsuranceEZ.com

Coming up on our 8,000-mile service checkup that is covered by Kia. Having bought this on April 27th, 2024, 8,000 miles in 4 months. All is good, loving the auto, the cheap charging at home overnight and I took advantage of Kia's Labor Day sale to add one thing to the EV9, Boost mode. As such, this feature which turns the Land edition into a GT edition for the power train. Wanted to point out one thing that some folks here have stated that EVs have no power when at speed and you need to step on it like to pass another auto or to go from 60 to 80 mph. EVs, are Torque monsters compared to ICE and yet they still have the HP at high end RPMs to give you that passing mode at ease. Example as stated above is the Land had HP from 7,000 to 7,800 rpm for the front motor and from 4,000 to 7,800 on the rear motor. with boost added, I now get all my HP from 4,000 to 7,800 rpm on both front and rear motors. I also gained more torque on the front motor with more RPM range. As such, my land is now a GT with HP and TORQUE across a more than sufficient range of RPM from 0 to 7,800 rpm. Be interesting when Kia releases their N edition of the EV9 what the HP and Torque numbers will be and if it becomes an upgrade option on my EV9.

Yes Drivability in ICE versus EV was based on this starting point. A traditional Pushrod V8, V6 all had better drivability due to the flat torque curve than the torque curve of Turbos and they are all beaten by EVs that give superior Torque from zero.

Love the GMC Semi Truck!!! I have the whole series, great movies even the latest one.

Some interesting news: EV charger network doubles under Biden-Harris, $521M in new grants fuel expansion | Electrek Tesla squeezes victory in court, exposes collusion to keep direct sales out of Louisiana | Electrek Nissan's Electric GT-R will use solid-state batteries for 1 MW power (electrek.co) If ya cannot make it work in a tunnel, I doubt any day soon FSD by Tesla will work on our roads. Tesla's self-driving is still not working in Boring Company's one-way tunnels | Electrek Totally agree with this that there is no need for fake shifts in an EV. Porsche says no to fake EV shifting as electric engines are better (electrek.co)

@A Horse With No Name Here is a lovely custom ride!

Munro and Associates say the EV9 is one of the best battery packs around. Kia EV9 Battery Pack Teardown: ’A Wonderful Design’ (insideevs.com) So impressed with what Kia has done with the battery pack.

Amazing watching the young musicians who can make a oldie but goodie song awesome. Love the guitar dual at the end.

Seems the last Nissan Infinity car is dead after this year. Nissan-owned brand discontinues its very last car model after only 10 years - but gas version could be replaced by an EV | The US Sun (the-sun.com) Q50 car is dead, if you want one, you have this year or till stock is all sold to get this car.

The interior makes me think boy racer.

My 2008 Trailblazer SS made a ton of torque at 1000 rpm, about 350 ft-lbs before hitting it's max @ 4000rpm. That is allot of torque for a pushrod V8. It had no problem getting off the line.

Have a great PTO Robert!

@ccap41 Here is the chart from the link I posted above. You can clearly see that HP is made at the higher RPMs which would allow for even the Light model to move right along. As @Drew Dowdell points out and we have had this discussion about GM V8's that produce a ton of torque between 1,000 and 1,500 rpm, That Torque is what motivates the auto at first, HP later on comes into play to allow at speed to move fast and continue and that is very clear in an EV.

Having gone to college in Japan, I drove my host families' sons R33 Skyline all the time. I was surprised how easy it is to shift with the left hand, the pedals are still in the same place even though you're on the right side of the auto to drive it. Was not a big deal to me, but then change I have always embraced and so if you have a hard time with change, then you might have a really hard time driving a right side auto.

I will say that in having played with the various modes on my EV9, the pedal response from eco to normal to sport to the various off-road modes are very noticeable.

Hopefully reviewers will figure out how to test and verify the numbers from the OEM. Yet looking at the specification page, the light and long range light are both faster than my past SS ownership in 0 to 60 and at higher RPMs seem to sustain the HP/Torque better than the SS V8 I had. 2024 Kia EV9 Specifications (kiamedia.com)

Some very interesting reading: Biden administration announces $50 million to support electric vehicle manufacturing in 6 states - CBS Detroit (cbsnews.com) J.D. Power Finds Public-Charging Infrastructure Improving | Cars.com

Very cool cleaning of a rare 4wd XT Turbo from Subaru.

Have to agree that Genesis is nailing it in the Tech department with Luxury! GENESIS RANKS HIGHEST OVERALL IN J.D. POWER TECH INNOVATION STUDY FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR - Genesis Newsroom (genesisnewsusa.com) For the price, I feel you get allot from Genesis. GENESIS REVEALS U.S. PRICING FOR NEWLY REDESIGNED 2025 G80 EXECUTIVE SEDAN - Genesis Newsroom (genesisnewsusa.com)