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Yeah this was an LG Chem problem that they accepted responsibility for and are covering the costs/paying GM. Those batteries are also on the old EV platform, everything moving forward is on Ultium which is largely GM-controlled and manufactured.
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10-18-2021, 07:40 AM | #44 | |
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It's not about returning to everything about 1960s automotive performance. I'm more than fine with things like EFI and chassis improvements. It was that a car's 'character' should be more about the way it drives (and what you have to put into that) than on today's over-emphasis on luxury and high-tech features that have little or nothing to do with the way the car drives. Let alone the matter of getting fun out of just the driving part of car ownership. And that's without getting into the matter of handing over active control of cars to technology so that the driver is isolated still further from the matter of driving. Norm
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FWIW, I personally don't even like loud exhaust systems. Hate Flowmasters. Just give me louder than a whisper and loud enough for my GoPro's built-in mic to pick up the sound at a track day. My '08 GT still has its OE mufflers, and while I'd be OK with a little more volume I'd rather gain the sound character of an X-pipe'd V8 at about the same volume. Quote:
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I've driven both, and while both kinds of karts are a lot of fun to drive up around their performance limits, they'd both be boring as hell to be putt-putting around in at 25% of that or less. Like where nearly all of your car driving lives . . . Norm
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It seems too many people can't equate fun to anything but the excitement of 'faster', which really ends up being more a matter of bragging rights for the car they bought than anything. But driving is still part driver and only partly about the car . . . Norm
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Today must be the day for making battery announcements. Toyota also announced an investment of $3.4B to build a battery plant in the US and to eventually build in the US some of the BEVs that they will soon start shipping from Japan.
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LG is also GM’s partner on development of Ultium, so there’s that.
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Ahh...I wasn't aware of that, haven't really been paying too much attention to it. Guess it's smarter for them to not point it out, then. I'll just show myself out of the thread until I learn more...
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No worries. I get paid for knowing things like that. Stay in the thread. Your input is valuable.
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I am curious to see how well each manufacturer does with their first BEVs. I own a Tesla Model 3 and while the fit and finish needs some work the powertrain, battery and tech features exceed expectations. I am curious to see what an enthusiast performance EV from GM and Dodge would be like. A Tesla Model 3 Performance simply has more power, bigger brakes with non track ready pads, 20" Michelin Pilot 4s tires and a carbon fiber rear lip spoiler. This is not enough IMO.
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