G. David Felt

Toyota EVs are crap and they know it as to why they have a new EV platform coming and will not really have much of anything before 2025 to 2027 per their own press releases.

Hyundai/Kia/Genesis back in 2018 decided to go almost 100% Chinese for the Chinese market, due to the changes in the US, they started to change sourcing of components to Europe, Wide Asian, not China and the U.S. Now for the full rebate, their EVs will be assembled here in the U.S. of North American Parts totally.

What is not to love about off-road rally races? Speed, dirt, crazy driving, spectacular occasional crashes, lots to love if you love the planet being outside. Now Ford has decided to go green with the latest rally auto to help the planet and that is the: As per Ford's press release, for the first time in six decades of Mustang history, the Mustang is leaving the tarmac and hitting the dirt road. Welcome to the road rally Mach-E. At this year's rally, Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023, enthusiasts and onlookers will get a look at the first rally-inspired electric SUV from Ford. The Ford Mach-E rally will be available to order starting fall 2023 in the U.S. and Europe, then later for other markets. Professional off-road rally driver Ott Tanak will drive this Mach-E rally edition at the Festival. Darren Palmer, VP for Electrical Vehicle Programs had this to say: “Mustang Mach-E took the freedom and fun of Mustang and made it free from emissions. Now with Mustang Mach-E Rally, we’re providing our customers the freedom to venture off the asphalt and beyond the beaten path,” Ford is ensuring right from the start that the Mach-E Rally will be ready to go from the factory to handle anything that comes your way. For those that want to stay up on the first-ever rally-inspired, five passenger Ford Mach-R, monitor the following link: MACH-E Rally From the inside to the outside, the MACH-E Rally is ready to tackle anything thrown at it. Rally your world in the Mach-E Rally Mustang-Mach-E-Rally-B-Roll.mp4 View full article

Folks that might like this are @oldshurst442 @NINETY EIGHT REGENCY @trinacriabob @ccap41 @regfootball Sure I am missing some car fans over SUV or truck fans, but Hyundai has released their performance Ioniq 5 N performance edition. Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5 N Debuts at Goodwood Festival of Speed, Setting New Benchmark for High-Performance EVs and Driving Fun 600 HP / 650 with short term boost.

Sean Yoon, president and CEO, Kia North America and Kia America made the following statement: “Like Telluride, EV9 has the potential to be another ‘game changer’ for Kia, this will be the most sophisticated vehicle that we have ever built and will be a standout in the EV market and on the road. Best of all, it will be assembled in West Point, Georgia.” Kia has announced a $200 million expansion of their West Point, Georgia assembly plant allowing production of the 2024 EV9 three-row SUV in the second quarter of 2024. Kia has stated that this will create 200 additional jobs and will be the fifth model assembled at Kia Georgia joining the Telluride, Sorento, Sportage and K5 EV. Kia first manufacturing site in N.A. will have a annual capacity of 340,000 vehicles for their 2,200 acre campus located in West Point, GA. Kia Georgia began U.S. production on November 16th, 2009 and currently produces the Telluride, Sorento and Sportage models. They also produce the K5 mid-size EV sedan at the Georgia site with the expansion of adding the EV9 and others yet to come for U.S. production. All Kia models are assembled from locally and globally sourced parts including the EV product line. As required by the IRA act, as production comes online in the U.S. components will be changed from global suppliers to local suppliers. View full article

Totally agree with this advice. Suze Orman Warns About These 5 Financial Blunders | Moneywise

Ya mean blacker pastures of the Carbon type? LOL Totally agree on this one, I just do not get it how people do not realize the ease of the toilet paper being over than under. It just does not look good on top of the ease of pulling the bloody paper to use.

Crazy the way some people get hung up on body part names.

Seems Ford has a new Pony coming to the Mach-e stable.

NO, NO, NO, Mercedes like GM and Ford has stated they will have multiple chargers at their dealerships. There is NOTHING in the press release about buying plots of land and building a stand alone charging station network. Let me help you with the simple math. At your fictional 300 dealerships, that is 8 chargers per dealer. Now if we go by their actual website, Mercedes-Benz has 383 authorized dealerships located across the United States of America1. Mercedes-Benz USA is headquartered in Montvale, NJ and has 11 office locations located throughout the US2 That means they will have 6.5 Chargers per dealership.

Yet you still like a horse with blinders ignore the fact that they will not be open producing 3 to 5 million autos by next year or the next few years after that. Your whole point of them making millions and millions of autos in the next few years is VAPORWARE!

Excited for the EV9 to get here. 2024 Kia EV9 First Drive Review: Lightning Strikes Thrice (cnet.com)

This is so freakin Funny! Don Wilson review of DT. Donald Trump's 'Lifetime Of Lies' Exposed in Don Winslow's New Video: "Stop Supporting This Liar" (msn.com)

That is just it, Ford, GM and VW have all committed to having multiple charging stations at their dealerships, but are depending on EA, EGgo, Chargepoint, etc. this is no different than Mercedes also depending on these 3rd party companies including Tesla Supercharging stations. At best Mercedes will be like all the others, have charging stations at their dealerships but nothing else.

Evidence has already been supplied by me that NO CONSTRUCTION has started yet in Mexico, it is now at the earliest 2026. This on top of the fact that global economist are now looking to 2024 to be a recession year. This is 'the end of the beginning' of the battle against inflation, economist says (msn.com) Things are slowing down and with the new Tesla 3 supposed to be shown later this year, people will hold off on buying the current version to wait for the new version just as a recession hits. China is slowing down, Europe is the only place where between 2 to 3% growth is happening but is expected to level off. Tesla is not going to dodge the recession and still grow, they will have to slow down justl like everyone else.

NO Regrets, Live your life to the fullest my friend. We all might miss out on a specific auto that we would have loved to own and drive, but no regrets on the life we have as there are always those with a worse life than us. I would have loved to own a mid 80's Monte Carlo SS Aero in Burgundy, but not meant to be. Now I will move forward with EVs.

Looked up the VIN and yes, the auto was flooded and cleaned, at this point it is NOT worth $78K or even the minimum bid of $26K. Garbage unless you want a project to rip out all electrical and put in new on top of the motor, trans, diff needing to be gone through. Report 1GKS2DKL3MR470885 GMC YUKON 2021 WHITE GAS - price and damage history (bidhistory.org)

Nothing now by Benz and 2,500 at some point in the future is a joke compared to other networks not including the massive Tesla Supercharger network. If Benz truly cared about the experience, then why not commit to 10's of thousands of charging points?

I like the idea of a modern luxury touring version of the Thunderbird as an EV. https://www.carscoops.com/2023/07/2028-ford-thunderbird-should-the-iconic-t-bird-rise-from-the-ashes-as-an-ev/

The first of the German auto companies has fallen inline with the Tesla NACS charge port, Mercedes-Benz made this Announcement late Friday night. This is a major change as news had been reporting that VW was in talks with Tesla and the expected first German auto company to support NACS ports, now we know that Mercedes-Benz will be that first company moving from CCS to NACS. Mercedes made the following points in their press release: Mercedes-Benz to integrate North American Charging Standard (NACS) in its electric vehicle line-up – introduction in North America starting 2025 Mercedes-Benz drivers gain access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across North America beginning in 2024 Mercedes-Benz to simultaneously expand new Mercedes-Benz Charging Network with more than 2,500 high-power chargers in North America to provide a best-in-class charging experience First Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging sites to open in Q4 2023 for both Mercedes-Benz and non-Mercedes-Benz drivers Starting in January 2024 all Mercedes-Benz will come with a CCS to NACS adapter to allow existing EV customers to get a superior charging experience at Tesla Supercharger stations according to the press release. Starting in January 2025 all EVs will then be built with NACS ports and the following quote was made by the Chairman of the Board of Management Mercedes-Benz Group AG. "Our strategic priority is clear: Building the world’s most desirable cars. To accelerate the shift to electric vehicles, we are dedicated to elevating the entire EV-experience for our customers - including fast, convenient, and reliable charging solutions wherever their Mercedes-Benz takes them. That’s why we are committed to building our global Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging Network, with the first sites opening this year. In parallel, we are also implementing NACS in our vehicles, allowing drivers to access an expansive network of high-quality charging offerings in North America." Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management Mercedes-Benz Group AG Andre Cornelia, CEO of Mercedes-Benz HPC North America had the following to say: “With the development of Mercedes-Benz’s new North American High-Power Charging Network, we are ready to redefine the electric vehicle charging experience. We’re building on our strong brand promise here by leveraging the renowned quality, reputation, and customer focus for which Mercedes-Benz has been known for well over a century. With its own charging network, Mercedes-Benz will set a new standard for EV infrastructure, enabling a convenient charging experience in terms of fast, safe and green charging of electric vehicles.” It will be interesting to see how this works out for the German auto companies and who will be next, will it be BMW or VW/Audi/Porsche to join the NACS port club. Press Release View full article

I so agree with the various stories on Toyota battery break through should be taken with a grain of salt when they have been pushing Hydrogen and then all of a sudden have a major solid-state battery breakthrough! BS on Toyota. Toyota's battery tech needs to be taken with a grain of salt (qz.com) Gotta have the Alpha side of every relationship. Here is a good one!