I think GM has been working on EV’s longer than you think. They’ve just been struggling to balance the books between making acceptable profits for shareholders and funneling money towards their EV programs. The best way to make profit are the ol’ trusty ICE vehicles. They’ve said they don’t want to do hybrids because…

I’m an engineer in the industry. There will still be awesome performance cars that will be coming out. Don’t let the fact that a lack of engine development is coming ruin your excitement. At the end of the day it’s all about getting power to the wheels and going fast, right? You could be pioneering the next generation…

But literally all the vehicles sold by those companies are compliant. They’re just being punished because they voiced their support for a Federal Standard. They still meet all of California’s standards.

Neutral:

I’m not sure it sets a good precedent to punish companies for simply having an opinion while still complying with all laws currently in place. I mean the only thing to correct themselves is to... change their opinions about which plan is better. 

2nd Gear:

Yes, and honestly building up Mexico’s economy is probably the best way defense for immigration and drug enforcement. Clearly, Mexico still has it’s issues, but providing better economic opportunities for its people will lead to more people staying in their own countries, getting legitimate jobs rather than going…

It’s all in the the sake of changing something for the sake of saying he changed something.

Neutral:

Manufacturers are increasing their average transaction price per vehicle for a couple reasons

The Space age is a a subcategory of time, not a subcategory of Physics.

A+ on the cover picture of the 4C on it’s slow drive to heaven.

I personally am a handling snob. However, I think in real world, every day driving, for the average buyer..... 0-60 and braking are the only valuable dynamic performance measures. How it goes around a corner doesn’t mean much at the 10 traffic lights I see every morning.

Manufacturers have been pushing up the average transaction prices of their vehicles for years now so that they can make a higher or equal profit while selling less cars (see their current slow down in sales). And not only that, the terrible lending practices of providing 7, 8, even 9 year loans is actually encouraging…

Tesla: Fast, sleek, sexy. Doesn’t look like a hippy would drive it.

2nd Gear: I’m sure this has absolutely nothing to do with the continual rise in average transaction prices across the industry.

Well I think this is the world we’re moving to, which the development on EV’s there will be much less differentiation between brands, given it’s a much simpler system.

If a tree falls in the woo.... err.... if a Land Rover breaks down but no one was there to buy it, did it really break down at all?

If F1 wants to keep perpetuating the idea that they’re at the forefront of automotive technology, they need to just rip off the bandaid and convert to EV powertrains.

Land Rover should be thriving. There has to be a underlying issue.