Again, the overwhelming majority of automobile owners will be more than happy to buy a cleaner, more fuel efficient, battery powered EV once the price and range are equal or better to an ICE vehicle.

Good point.

Tesla’s real business model, and the source of their net profit, is in selling credits, not cars, not pickups, not semis.

I know what you mean. It’s funny how people need something when they quite possibly have no such need. Cars, even old slow ones, usually could merge onto a highway. That’s kind of the point of merge lanes and on-ramps, to give you time and space to get to speed. If you can’t hit 60 by the time the on-ramp ends, then…

2nd Gear: Ferrari Still Searching For Its Next CEO

Funny, seems like the consumers demand those sequels and prequels and such, according to the studios. It seems that, due to a stupid quirk of human nature, we like the familiar and seek it out. So much so, that anything new and novel is treated with suspicion if not outright disdain.

So true. The funny thing is that Universal Orlando has a commercial running advertising their annual pass. In it, the guy talks about their new roller coaster going 70 mph, saying “that’s just crazy.” But consider, when you and your family pile into the Family Truckster for that visit to the theme park, you probably…

The fact that I do hold the bad guys to their massive part of the blame seems to be missed. Big oil, or big anything, is usually responsible for a lot of the ills of the world. Seems that the pursuit of greed is really a problem.

That’s the main difference. Foxconn only does assembly, no development. Hyundai does both development and assembly, so the “Apple” car would never really be anything but a nice Hyundai product with an Apple UX and logo on it, but not under Hyundai control.

Simple. Watch a really good movie, Trading Places.

The sad reality is that where they end up really depends on whether Mikey realizes his political career is over or not.

The problem with that idea is that GM seems to think that it is an EV startup. The chance of them buying an actual EV company is low. The higher chance is that an EV startup buys GM - probably as a ‘merger’ that effectively allows the old ICE focused GM to spin off assets and any associated R&D costs associated with…

Actually, the reason is because he is 73, but it has nothing to do with mercy.

Sad that the option is no longer there, but then, it was a meh version of real dirty rice. And “real” dirty rice requires ground up gizzards as the meat in it, not hamburger or other protein sources.

No, precisely because they are not competitive in China or the EU, GM should have never pulled this stunt. And it is, as far as I see, just a stunt. And if it is not a stunt, it is too little, too late. Either way, they should have never done this. They can go with EVs all they want, but to claim that they will no…

Uh, GM has abandoned the EU market. Pulled out. Stopped selling there. Which means any EU rules are of no concern.

Not going to disagree, a wasted dose is worse than no one getting the benefit of it.

Reverse: Challenger

Now that you have had your argument with a brick wall, do you feel better?

Never said they sucked, or would fail. All I mean is that they will become another company, not some vaunted company like they treat them now.