Electric Vehicles

[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by Evergreen6

I'm hoping NG = New Generation and not Natural Gas?

Someone in a position to know told me they saw two clay models. One had tailpipes.

[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by Evergreen6

Tesla stock price jumped almost 10% this morning after beating analysts expectations for Q2.

They did almost 15% better than Q1 but are still off compared to last year for Q2, about 5% less.

Tesla still did strongly despite a lot of bearish news, which is a big boost for the EV market overall.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/02/tesl...n-numbers.html

Closed up $21.40 today. That’s 10.2%

[Evergreen6]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

Someone in a position to know told me they saw two clay models. One had tailpipes.

Ok....EV was a stretch, but clay?! GM's making cars out of clay now? Ms. Barra has gone truly, earth-muffin bonkers.

I kid.

Consider me interested!

[olrocker]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

Someone in a position to know told me they saw two clay models. One had tailpipes.

[ZED SLED]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

Someone in a position to know told me they saw two clay models. One had tailpipes.

the participation trophy vehicles NACSAR races has tailpipes....stickers!

[Evergreen6]

Originally Posted by olrocker

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Don't get too excited, those could be fake pipes designed to emanate fake engine sounds, or for the 1.2L 3-cylinder generator/range extender.

[detamble13]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

Someone in a position to know told me they saw two clay models. One had tailpipes.

Did they mention how many doors it had? And how high off the ground it sits?

[ChevyRules]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

Someone in a position to know told me they saw two clay models. One had tailpipes.

With the CT4/CT5 seemingly getting a new lease on life sort of speak, I imagine an Alpha II Camaro can still make sense to do and could be done in relative quick manner.

[olrocker]

Originally Posted by Evergreen6

Don't get too excited, those could be fake pipes designed to emanate fake engine sounds, or for the 1.2L 3-cylinder generator/range extender.

I’m reminded of the words of wisdom from the great Fbodfather:

“Keep the faith”

[RLHMARINES]

I’m waiting to see if the Cadillac Lyriq kept its title as the best selling luxury EV crossover for the 2nd quarter.

[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

Someone in a position to know told me they saw two clay models. One had tailpipes.

Originally Posted by detamble13

Did they mention how many doors it had? And how high off the ground it sits?

I have said all that I can say without getting people in trouble. Trouble is spelled f-i-r-e-d.

[detamble13]

Originally Posted by Martinjlm

I have said all that I can say without getting people in trouble. Trouble is spelled f-i-r-e-d.

All good. The prospect of another Camaro is exciting, just wondered if the name was leaning towards Mach E or Charger.

Can you explain the reasoning behind Dodge launching a two door Charger? I'm glad they are but with the other domestic manufacturers basically running away from cars I'm surprised. Maybe the Charger is the Dodge equivalent to a Vette or Mustang and needs to exist in the lineup but I've never viewed it that way.

[olrocker]

Originally Posted by detamble13

All good. The prospect of another Camaro is exciting, just wondered if the name was leaning towards Mach E or Charger.

Can you explain the reasoning behind Dodge launching a two door Charger? I'm glad they are but with the other domestic manufacturers basically running away from cars I'm surprised. Maybe the Charger is the Dodge equivalent to a Vette or Mustang and needs to exist in the lineup but I've never viewed it that way.

There are already people considering the possibility of dropping a Hemi and an Tremec into the new Charger when opted with the Hurricane 6.

[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by detamble13

All good. The prospect of another Camaro is exciting, just wondered if the name was leaning towards Mach E or Charger.

Can you explain the reasoning behind Dodge launching a two door Charger? I'm glad they are but with the other domestic manufacturers basically running away from cars I'm surprised. Maybe the Charger is the Dodge equivalent to a Vette or Mustang and needs to exist in the lineup but I've never viewed it that way.

Remember Charger started as a two door, so there’s that.

I think it gets back to what I was saying about the reasons for sedans disappearing from showrooms. A lot of it had to do with people preferring crossovers to sedans. That’s the consumer choice end. But on the OEM end, the shadow area or footprint approach to setting fuel economy targets drives some illogical behavior. If a sedan and a crossover have the same footprint area (wheelbase x track) the crossover will have an easier fuel economy target to hit. Plus crossovers bring a bigger price tag.

When you shift to EV, fuel economy targets don’t matter. You can build the vehicle in any form factor you want (Hummer EV) and not give a rip about balancing fuel economy targets. So I predict stylish coupes and sedans will make a comeback in an EV world. Now, true the Charger will also have ICE variants. If that’s the only ICE car in the Dodge portfolio the volume of hybrid and EV versions of it will more than balance the CAFE. That’s just my opinion based on what I see in the forecast.