They DID do that. The ‘17 and ‘18 models were fine.

That’s a cheap shot, especially when you consider that the battery fires didn’t become an issue until the 2019 model year, when LG relocated production. Almost all of the fires are among ‘19 models, with only a few among ‘17-’18s and none at all in ‘20 models and up.

“Cadillac-badged Volt” is a bit of a dismissal. They shared a platform and batteries but the ELR had a completely different body and interior. Even the drivetrain was moderately upgraded for the ELR.

A big part of the Bolt’s appeal has been its relative affordability. A larger EV would have been more expensive.

Reports of the Bolt’s demise are likely somewhat exaggerated.

Speaking of “Tundra”, I think you’re on to something that might explain why the LC was discontinued in the US: doubtless we’re going to see a new Sequoia soon.

This is objectively an NP if only to part out.

My pick out of these would be that Sube, which will probably outlive cockroaches even with a twin-turbo. One might get into a bit of mischief with that one, and it would be an awesome winter runner.

Some of the expectations are out of whack here. You go back to the 50s Popular Mechanics articles and the notion was that you’d keep this thing in your garage, take off at will, pilot yourself to your destination, and there would be ample storage opportunities. That clearly is not going to happen.

You missed it somehow

Even in that space I wouldn’t be too worried about competition. Demand is going to exceed supply for a LOOOOONG time, so anyone with a viable product (and Bollinger looks better than many) will do okay.

Nicola is actually delivering Class 8 trucks now, so...

Retail is inherently trickier than fleet. More customers, more use cases. 

I liked Don’t Look Up, but I’ll be the first to admit that it’s not in the same league as Strangelove or Network (maybe the most prescient movie ever, and Ned Beatty’s scene is an all-time classic)

I’ll first admit that I’ve never been to Detroit and am obviously not familiar with the site, but this seems like a good analysis. The streetside office building looks attractive and since it was in operation as recently as ‘09 there may be some hope to rehab it. But the rest of the plant would seem to be a total loss.

I find these so goddamn irritating. Capable, comfortable off-road luxury? Okay, but this crosses the border into outright pretentiousness. It seems to almost exhibit a colonial mentality, as in “I’ll put this museum whereever the hell I want it and who cares who actually belongs there?”

To be fair, the Cruise Zero and Zoox both look to eliminate that B-pillar, and their everyone-face-in designs will be even easier for wheelchairs.

Assuming Tesla can even come close to their pricing target, the CT will be a hit. There will be the Tesla fans, sure, but they’ll get conquests from buyers who see it as cool and different. Let’s face it, the CT looks like something out of a video game (albeit an 8-bit one).

There are some customers who are so hyped about having the latest toy to show off that they’re happy to pay the markup.

That’s way too dismissive. The Lightning perfectly fits the use-case of many, many drivers. Even if they never tow/haul, it’s spacious, comfortable, performs decently, and the V2L capability alone is going to sell a lot of people. And let’s face it, there’s a lot of truck owners who NEVER tow/haul.