Having owned a sanyo scp-5300, and having worked in Espoo at Nokia House, this thread makes me nostalgic and sad. I helped launch the last Lumia phone and numerous Series 40 phones.

I love my pajeros and all, but let’s be honest. This thing is dying because the underlying platform (v60-v80) is basically 20 years old. This is waaayy too ancient. I think that even the Pajero sports are way better (and after having driven one extensively for weeks, I would buy one if it was sold in the US)

What I want to know is what were they benchmarking their design against

Self driving will require V2V, but i think more importantly V2 Infrastructure more than anything else.

Did peter Horbury have a hand at this styling this? He should slap himself silly after putting out decent designs like the Emgrand GT

Well, Taiwan IS ranked higher in the Electoral process, Functioning government, and Civil Liberties than the US in the Democracy index. Go figure.

I’m not a Tesla apologist (in fact, I’m sort of a basher), but it’s still a piss poor effort, considering that the EQC (which isn’t much smaller) gets a better range with a smaller battery and AWD, and the Model X is still significantly better in range at about the same price point. 204 vs. 240 to ~300 is the…

Crazy thing is how perverse it is. The obvious reason for the lower tax bill is for stock buybacks, which drive up stock prices. That is typically tied to stock bonuses and executive compensation (so they have every incentive to pump and dump). Add this with legalized insider trading for congressional politicians, and…

That’s where I see Tesla ending up. Tesla’s patents are good, but that’s good for now (this generation). And also A123, LG Chem, AESC, and a bunch of others also are huge battery patent holders too in this field.

I have 2 MBs with the Distronic Plus, and the logos are obnoxiously large and plasticy looking. But, most folks are surprised to know that they have a sensor suite hidden underneath. The dead giveaway of some stripdown model is that it’s not a solid MB emblem up front (that and the lack of 2 cameras a-la Eyesight on…

The presumption is that those rolling stocks will be already engineered and being manufactured and then the carmakers just switch from a 3rd party supplier OEM mfgr to a partner ODM model like what Tesla is doing. the Gigafactory’s only unique aspect is that the scale is so big. But, the business structure and mfg…

Ultimately that’s just a cap equipment bottleneck that Tesla has an advantage on. Unless they have some how magically secured raw materials futures in perpetuity, they will have to compete on the spot market sooner or later.  Their competitive advantage ends the instant another company builds their own battery supply…

You can also get a good deal if you have a Daimler supplier discount (some companies have it) that allows you to get some cars at a good price. I got a GLC at a touch below invoice in the 1st year it came out. 

A 10k-15k new car can pass safety regs (think cheapest Nissan or a mitsu mirage) with a backup camera and 6 airbags.  I don’t think that’s the problem. 

 I think companies are approaching this problem the wrong way.   Self driving cars will need infrastructure improvements to fully work in all situations. These vehicles would never truly become successful until there are in road markers or beacons and a standardized form of v2v and v2i communication in place.

M’Bollard

 it looks like camouflaged panels with fake contours.  The light cluster looks circular underneath

It’s a big medical issue, esp for those with undiagnosed sleep apnea and other ailments

I worked at a well known publicly traded company that paid me only once a month.  It also might be monthly pay.

Did they rectify it?