My feeling is that procurement is broken on purpose. Congress wants fat contracts for their districts they they have a conflict of interest when it comes to reigning in these types of ambitions.

Also once you have money for something you need to use it. A lot of times it would make sense to start over from scratch but…

Ironically military procurement is probably 10x worse.

I’m with you on this. Police departments buy a lot of cars, and have very specific requirements as well but you rarely see police specific models Even the New Caprice was just a car not sold in the US.

I’ve seen tons of fedex and UPS sprinter vans, does the Postal Service really have vastly different requirements than…

I agree

no, but the privately owned charging infrastructure hasn’t worked very well up to now, it’s a big prob problem non-tesla EVs.

They’re sitting on their hands until the government builds it for them, like real capitalists

Aluminum / Carbon fiber panels for GT350
Special edition SVO 4cyl with lightweight parts (3200lbs)
Optional AWD on normal ecoboost, GT
Standard AWD GT500

Maybe it’s sacrilege, but at this point AWD would be a much bigger deal.
Also, has some historical precedent .

Also would be nice to compete with dodge in the snowbelt.

how does that work? You just stock hand haul around an extra tire that you’ll eventually use?

I’d make it a no cost option (MB would probably charge though) and just run that big carrier empty or or with some sort of filler stock. It’s not like you can see the wheel anyway with the cover on

Maybe I’m just a jerk, but if I were mercedes I’d save some more weight by making the full size spare inside that casing optional. That’s gotta be 50lbs that will NEVER be used.

“SVT Lightning” seems tailor made for this thing.

Possibly planning on leaving the country.

I wonder if we’ll see this motor in the Yukon as well

get a Bolt.

Or a used 2013-2014 Model S 60, They periodically pop up on CPO sub $40k and the powertrain is under warranty for 8 years Unlimited miles.  

My car has the port in the back and it is indeed a hassle. A lot of charging spots in malls have angled parking, so I have to either back in at an extreme angle beyond perpendicular or drive the wrong way down the row.

The best solution would be for goddamn blink to install longer cables but they can barely keep the…

Shell is doing this

TJis would be great in the expedition, but I bet they won’t do it except for maybe some sort of government vehicle

This is good news, but if GM can’t hit sales target’s on a car they’re taking a $9k loss on they should probably reconsider what they’re doing.

I wish this car had been a $50k cadillac crossover (or hell, badge it as a buick electra), Most of the complaints about it stem from the econobox interior and styling, not the…

yep 2nd gen

Wait. Are you say “fuel” which makes me think volt but you clearly say Bolt.