Off-Topic The Car Thread

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Thanks. Sold it about 6 years ago. '91 Vanilla Ice 5.0!
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Hmm, about that $7,500 rebate....

In July, electric car prices saw an increase of 54.3% from the same month last year while gas-powered cars were up just 10.1%.

 
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A roller, but it was cheap and a convertible (Cutlass S). Found a low mileage '68 350 Rocket (with transmission) for it.

Sweet. That engine is a good catch. I’m assuming it needs a little work. What colors are you going with on the exterior? Or have you even thought about that yet?
 
Sweet. That engine is a good catch. I’m assuming it needs a little work. What colors are you going with on the exterior? Or have you even thought about that yet?

The motor will be cleaned up and painted back to Olds gold.

The car will be torch red with parchment white interior and top like the one below. Same Rally II's also.

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So we'll have to change infrastructure to go full electric, making hydrogen a no-brainer.

BBC News - Rolls-Royce tests a jet engine running on hydrogen

 
A study by U.S. highway safety regulators found that more than half the people injured or killed in traffic crashes had one or more drugs, or alcohol, in their bloodstreams.

Just over 54% of injured drivers had drugs or alcohol in their systems, with THC, an active ingredient in marijuana, the most prevalent, followed by alcohol, the study published Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found.
 
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A study by U.S. highway safety regulators found that more than half the people injured or killed in traffic crashes had one or more drugs, or alcohol, in their bloodstreams.

Just over 54% of injured drivers had drugs or alcohol in their systems, with THC, an active ingredient in marijuana, the most prevalent, followed by alcohol, the study published Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found.
I will never understand the desire to be high or drunk. This is going to be one of the drawbacks to the push to legalize. There are also adults hot boxing babies and children in small apartments.
 
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  • GM invests in V-8s, shelves a battery plant
    General Motors has shelved, for now, plans to build a fourth U.S. EV battery plant with partner LG Energy Solutions.

    News of the decision to slow investment in EV battery production broke the same day that GM announced plans to invest $854 million to retool plants in Flint, Mich., New York state and Ohio to build the sixth generation of the automaker’s small block V-8 – the latest iteration of a combustion engine family that goes back to the 1950s.

    What gives? GM isn’t saying. But the decisions point to these factors:
    • GM makes most of its global profits from sales of V-8 powered pickup trucks and SUVs in the United States. Keeping that franchise going as fuel economy and emissions standards tighten over the next decade is critical.
    • The outlook for electric vehicle sales in the United States over the next decade is uncertain. Many forecasters and analysts predict U.S. EV demand will fall short of capacity over the next several years. The price war Tesla began this month could be a preview of coming attractions as scores of new EV models fight for market and mind share.
    • GM and LG already have three U.S. battery factories to launch – and those launches so far are going more slowly than GM anticipated. As GM reviews spending heading into a possible recession, putting off another $2 billion + battery investment until the first three plants are shaken down looks prudent.
    • Battery technology is shifting fast. GM’s first three Ultium battery plants are designed to produce nickel-cobalt batteries. But Ford and other manufacturers are turning to less costly lithium-iron chemistries. Solid state batteries are supposed to be just around the corner, and GM is investing in startups exploring other alternative chemistries.
 
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