Eh, I think it might be more akin to https://developers.google.com/cars/design/automotive-os that might be built specifically for GM. This article from Ars earlier this year looks to imply the same. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/android-automotive-goes-mainstream-a-review-of-gms-new-infotainment-system/

Agreed - 100% this is about monetization.

Hey GM, you’re full of crap.

God there is so much stupid flying around here.

No it’s completely because they want the subscription for updates. Otherwise they’d have an app that you can download map updates from your phone through bluetooth.

How do the kids have access to the vehicle if they don’t have keys?

As I have long said - no insurance company makes a profit paying claims. READ YOUR POLICY. Understand the rules and requirements, and abide by them. Your insurance company is not your friend, they are just an unfortunate necessity of life.

I can’t understand how it would be economical to not just build them all that way, so I imagine we’ll get the updates, too.

Can we please remind everyone that the woman he attacked is a bona fide badass, grizzly bear mom who was protecting her kids.

Not just pandering. It’s a clear threat that he would act on in a heartbeat if he had any support. 

Scott likes to present himself as the “moderate” and “positive” alternative; but then he says something like this and reveals that he’s just like all the other robber barons in the GOP. 

Yeah but the way you phrased gave off the whole; it worked for me so it’s fine for everyone vibes, so I called that out.

This is a relatively low threat reminder that if enough people say it, it doesn’t matter if it was true, it becomes reality. Didulo is a crackpot and her followers are completely delusional but she could easily become a real threat if she was charismatic enough, convincing enough, etc. Its a reminder to people to bulk…

I’d generally agree with you. However, another way to look at is to look at how complex and expensive cars are getting to repair already. Intergrated systems, calibrations, parts costs, and other complexity. And if you get in an accident that deploys airbags that raises the costs dramatically more - often to the point…

Reading this 4 hours before getting on an airplane wasn’t the best. So, I checked what plane I’ll be on.

No Cadillac CTS-V wagon?

A bit surprised the 3-row 90s Mercury Sable / Ford Taurus didn’t make the list

Seems that way, but strangely it’s really not.

Don’t believe anything Stellantis management says when it comes to labor costs. They will use every tactic they can to diminish and discredit workers’ demands and try to sway public opinion against the union.

I came here to say just this. My understanding is that most cow leather is a food production byproduct. So unless people abandon beef as a protein source, it doesn’t seem inhumane or counter to environmental concerns to not use the hides for practical purposes.

Purely from a position of aesthetics and function, I…