Interview with Mary Barra

[TomP]

Ha, my cousin is near you (Gabriola) and drives a gas powered car... no big deal except he worked at Ballard in the 80's and always drove electric cars and motorcycles since back then. If he hasn't embraced the technology i'm sure not going to be a guinea pig for it.

[70 copo]

The mighty 6.6 L8T Note the successor (NONE)

Everybody will be looking for this engine in the yards soon for swaps.

At least the van is going out in style because the 6.0 was uninspiring.

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Arrowsmith

Thats not the point.

Many of us here find satisfaction and enjoyment from actually working on cars. At least from my perspective, electric appliances clearly don't offer that.


Wayne

Croatian hot-rodder - worth sticking around for the chat circa 12:07 ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI0b...ature=youtu.be

[67since67]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

Wayne,

John Deere... has decided to take on the farmers. Like Harley Davidson John Deere has made a calculated decision to show the people who buy, use and depend on its products "who is the boss"

Quick Background on what this issue is:

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...repair-illegal

Now a farmer is taking Deer to the mat:

“The spirit of the right-to-repair is the birthright we all share as a hot-rodding nation,” he says, channeling his inner Thomas Jefferson and Big Daddy Don Garlits".

"Big Tractor says farmers have no right to access the copyrighted software that controls every facet of today’s equipment, even to repair their own machines".

The computer sees a problem and the entire tractor is bricked right then and there - often in the field until an authorized Deere Rep can arrive to fix it or haul it back to the dealer.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...00-000-tractor

SO...What do you want to bet that with the newest electric car technology - GM will likely go full tilt in the near future with the kinds of intellectual control (“an implied license") the enforcement tactic of choice that Deer has in place today BTW all conveniently wrapped in the need for "safety" of course.

I happen to live within ten miles of the Deere engine plant, Product Engineering Center where Deere tractor development happens, and the factory that builds the largest Deere tractors that are shipped world-wide.
I am also connected to the farming community. There is a push-back of sorts going on from the smaller farming operations (under 3,000 acres) against this technology, it's cost and related inconvenience. There is a surge in values and sales of older pre-computerized tractors and equipment. 40 year old tractors, Deere 4440 and such, are in high demand because of their dependability, relatively low cost and ease of maintenance. On the other hand, the new several hundred thousand dollar tractors continue to sell also.

Bill W

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Arrowsmith

Brand new 1.2 million dollar Rimac clectric hypercar and according to the Financial Times, it burned for five (5!) days after the crash....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18oAkxwYQh0

[70 copo]

Wayne,

Spot on well thought out analysis.

[BCreekDave]

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard

The new electric cars can go so fast already I'm not sure how much hotrodding will be needed anyway. :-)

I remember my Dad saying that about my Camaro.

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Arrowsmith

I'm not certain what the relevancy of a (now) 2+million dollar electric hypercar has to do with me not wanting to work on an electric car?

Mate's a hot-rodder who's found satisfaction and enjoyment working on electric motors for a while - dropping his first one into a small BMW, he said. So it's doable (if you want).

[Tenney]

Kinda cool three-banger ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsXRIEZ1qGE

[Lee Stewart]

Tesla Is Now The Most Valuable Industrial Company In America

It is still trading very highly, giving it a market capitalization of $107 billion as of this morning, or about $15 billion more than Boeing, which had been America’s most valuable industrial company.

And THAT is why GM MUST go after the electric cars/trucks market with a vengeance.