This was the plan right? China forced foreign auto makers into joint ventures to produce vehicles in the country, and of course China will soak up all the knowledge and IP to do it themselves.

Yup, agree. 

Yes, I meant their mild hybrid, the 3.6L Pentastar with E-Torque, which is one of the engines the Hurricane is going to replace over time in a myriad of products. That is a wheezy rubber band hybrid.

Even then you can’t really compare performance times, the FIA actively work to slow down the cars, while the teams work to get those times back. 

Stellantis “hybrid” V6 is essentially a wheezy old school NA V6 with a rubber band. It’s about as “light” a hybrid as you can get. Pretty low powered even compared to most modern NA motors, while offering little efficiency.

Stellantis is basing their immediate and near future to the Hurricane I6TT that will have the capability of future hybridation.

Honda and GM have worked with each other for years, though it’s usually Isuzu Diesels going into Hondas and Honda V6 going into Saturns, but in this case, GM may actually have the technical advantage over Honda, which is why Honda needs their help.

Max and Red Bull was going to win the championship this year either way, the last half of the season has essentially been a 7 race coronation to their championship.

An Explorer, which is the main SUV in police departments is hardly much taller than a regular sedan.  It’s not a lifted truck or Tahoe. 

They don’t really have a choice. In regards to payload capacity required by many departments, the only vehicle with a unibody that works is the Explorer.   

Sure, but you aren’t really changing equivalents, as you said incrementally, each time you add oil it mixes with the existing oil. So you aren’t really changing it even if you add say 5 quarts at 5,000 miles.

Absolutely absurd, but you will find many examples of manufacturers using it when a customer brings up oil consumption. 

Except they will likely have some sort of requirement that the owner checks the oil at every gas fill up in their owners manual. 

Plenty of manufacturers actually accept 1 quart for 1000 miles before they will do something, and this includes Japanese makers.

Hello, Hummer EV wants a word with you.

I think it states in the article that she didn’t receive those notices, may not have even been sent.  

When you need to tow 15,000 or more, exactly what do you recommend it’s done with?

Well, big trucks aren’t really for hauling, they are for towing. Hauling is a secondary thing they can do, they aren’t typically used as dump trucks.

California currently has record 100 billion budget surplus at the moment. I wonder what they could do with that to help?

They have been selling classic (4th Gen) RAMs as their midsized competitor, at least in terms of price.