I’d like to see more coverage on how this affects/hurts Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. While this obviously is a bid to help UAW workers, there are ALOT of other people outside of the OEMs that are going to be affected negatively.

If everyone decides to say no, and won’t subscribe, and buys a competitors car that doesn’t require subscriptions, they’ll all be forced to abandon the idea.

On top of that, if you live in an urban area, unless you’re wealthy your parking situation is going to be very inconsistent. It’s not like apartments all come with dedicated parking.

Honestly, I dread Atlanta the most. Not sure I’ve ever been there without getting some kind of delay.

GM did profit share that $13B, by more than you indicated. That’s my whole point, the narrative makes it seem like they didn’t, or that they don’t, or that the UAW workers don’t get anything when GM does well. When was the last time you got a 22% bonus + 10% pay raise without a promotion?

The focus on CEO salaries is probably good for their PR, and definitely taps into the “eat the rich” mentality...but paying them $1 isn’t going to solve the problem.

Although it’s not really my type of car, if the Prius/Prius Prime don’t win this they’re being robbed.

I think GM are counting on the fact not many of these will see a lot of track time, and to be fair they’re probably right.

Main problem with these is the intercooler/charge air cooler is woefully inadequate.

I....don’t hate this. I need to visit a doctor.

A big problem here is the way we pay for all of this, it’d have to be a federal thing if we want to make the tracks capable.

an engine that has lower emissions at the test profile than an engine with higher emissions will also have lower emissions than the other engine at different rpm, etc.

Yep!

I think a lot of very early engines could be named here, but everyone was still figuring stuff out and it was difficult to manufacture stuff reliably then.

“It doesn’t matter that nobody drives exactly the way the tests are run, because lower emissions under the test conditions translate to lower emissions under user conditions.”

Hamilton’s NEW deal is more than Max’s. Also, some new driver isn’t going to just fall into your lap. They have to do the research and develop someone....you’re acting like there’s going to be someone in 2026 ready to rock that’ll just pop out of nowhere.

He’s the highest paid driver at ~$60M/yr on his new contract. He’s getting paid like 10% more than Max, which is nuts.

That pretty much answers the question of whether or not these are over priced.

I watched Verstappen in F3 and it was one of those deals where the dude clearly had the outright speed, but he was not what teams traditionally look for in a driver. Leclerc is the template, he’s well spoken and works the media, is a team player, etc. There were questions about him being a team player and his ability…

You’re completely misunderstanding me. I’m saying we need to make the test more representative of real world use. No one accelerates as slowly as the EPA/CARB tests, let alone the ridiculous EU test. No one transitions their throttle inputs that slow. No one drives that slow.