Dude, the IP theft thing is a 20 years ago problem.

Lane splitting: that thing the rest of the world does everyday without batting an eye, but you even whisper it in the US people lose their shit.

Maybe some Dachshund in there for length.  

Well. Considering the Bolt is based on an existing platform, it could be all future platform upgrades have to have provisions for a 60-80 kWh pack. Basically just make it a powertrain option that can roll down the same assembly line as the ICE models.

+1'd because I spent ages 3-10 in the jump seats of an 82 S-10. 

You know that and I know that, but the Toxic Masculinity crowd has FICO scores in the 700 range.

That’s the truth of Amaricn culture in general.

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Right, quick acceleration as a byproduct of being able to tow a brick shit house is great.

You’re right, thats not good way to describe what I was thinking.

Yes and no.

because down with innovation and progress.

I do know that for years people said you couldn’t build EVs and that no one would buy them,

Right, becoming Amazon’s internal vehicle supplier / brand* is one of the ways it goes gang busters.

Yeah, that’s what I was getting at.

Has Amazon committed  to funding it through production? Or did they just throw some pocket change at the project in the hope in might yield some results?

That $700 million will get them to a production ready design, maybe.

There is going to be a strong market for this, if they execute it well.

$500 is the stated rule.

So they were copying the Germans?