I mean if Porsche did it, it only seems natural that the Corvette brand can pull it off too. The only limiting factor being GM’s business decisions.

4th Gear: I mean if Porsche could make this move and be successful, I can definitely see the Corvette brand being a viable competitor.

It is silly, but lets not forget these laws are what are currently driving the push towards EV’s and are still necessary. It’s only when EV costs are less than ICE vehicles (maybe 7 years?), that it will be consumers driving the obsolescence. At which point, emissions will be greatly consolidated to sources such as…

Two standards increases both costs and complexity. Not only do companies have to pay more people to meet, document, and verify each individual standard, but often companies will have different parts between the states (catalytic converters) which increases complexities at the assembly plants.

One conspiracy theory leads to the next.

Let’s be real. This UX300e was never meant to be a full fledged EV. It was never supposed to be a “real effort” at an EV platform. This was just made to offer a small customer base an EV option and for Toyota to learn any durability issues they may see in the field for future EVs. This was the equivalent of gluing in…

I can guarantee the OEMs are chasing the money and basing their product strategy around crossovers due to the increased sales around them. The data is there. Crossovers are exploding, sedans are declining. Crossovers also command higher transaction prices. These are all market driven decisions, and the ever increasing…

Indeed, it’s hot garbage. But I don’t blame the manufacturers wanting to reduce cost and complexity. But I also don’t blame states for wanting to control pollution into their air.

I agree with your first paragraph completely. However, we’re a dynamic economy and in the past, jobs have shifted to other developing products and technology. But who knows where the displaced people will find refuge?

You guys are really pushing the “Morning” concept of Morning Shift.

I feel like this trio has a much better chance of producing a show with the wit and snark between hosts that the original had.

It’s forunate/unfortunate. It was made this way due to the Smoot Hawley tariff act. Back when Congress had power over tariffs. Unfortunately this ended up being one of the worst acts ever passed and really soured everyone in the United States from using Tariffs ever again. Basically, every single congressman wanted a…

Let’s back up here. All of our trade policies with China were broken. Everyone agrees we should call out China. But I don’t think doing through tariffs was a smart way of doing it. International support is what is needed and the only way of crippling China in a way to bring actual change. Many countries could shoulder…

a) Not passing the USMCA is petty. It’s a palatable proposal, not without flaws. It’s basically NAFTA with a few tweaks, but represents a Trump “win”

The performance of the tires is 100% dependent on the weight on the tires themselves. If you’re familiar with a colder climate, you know the salting trucks have no issue with traction given how heavy they are. Same concept here (although not as extreme). Long story short, we honestly can’t say what would be better…

Right, they’re saying the initial capital required to map out and get the AV’s the learn a new city/region is so immense that they are having a hard time justifying a return on investment. And they can’t just learn one city and plop it into another without problems. They have to deploy enormous capital into each…

Any AV that puts responsibility on the driver for paying attention and any resulting accidents shouldn’t be counted in my opinion. I mean where would you draw the line? In that sense, I could just flip on my basic cruise control can call my vehicle an AV.

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Not disagreeing here. I’m assuming you’re speaking in lbf though. I’m actually curious if Tesla chose a hill to “even” the playing field in order to have a relatively even fight in terms of weight. With the F150 towing a “lighter” Tesla, and the Tesla towing a “heavier” F150. I still don’t necessarily trust it due to…