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AAH – ZF by-wire steering, braking, active damping west coast auto company

Tesla or Ford?
ZF rep implied it was imminent.
Tesla Y performance released next day in China.
US YL and Y performance delayed till October????

The Robbotaxi should have all three for manoeuvre in tight spaces and smooooth ride

ZF brand on CT by wire steering

Peter

John,

Just now watching this week’s After Hours show. Rotor coating sounds downright amazing. First thing I thought of is related to ICE engines; can that same/similar process be applied to say, the cylinder walls and piston rings that might add HUGE miles to a typical ICE engine. Did Gordon mention anything in that direction off camera that might lend the process to that type of application?? Curious.

Joe & Emma

John, Mary B. was playing us a couple years ago; at a meeting with President Joe Biden whom said “Mary you did it, you electrified American” Mary promagated several times then; that GM would beat Tesla, in the EV Market by 2025… Mary obviously knew then: as very clearly now, that GM’S 2025 EV Revolution was never going to happen… Model lines pre-planning takes usally 7 years, maybe expedited in 4 years from start of planning to production… Watch “GM CEO Announces 6 NEW Models For 2025 & WOWS Everybody!” on YouTube

JOHN; HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP WENT TO THE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED AND ABSOLUTELY ROCKEDTHAT PLACE. AND WHEN THE GENESIS-MAGMA MOTOR DIVISION HITS IN THE SPRING, TRUE GEARHEADS WILL BEAT A NEVER ENDING PATH TO THEIR DOOR. AND DON’T FORGET THE MONSTER PLANT OF HMG’S IN GEORGIA THAT’S JUST NOW SPOOLING UP. AND THANK GOODNESS FOR THE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR WHO DROVE THE AUTO INDUSTRY INTO THE DEEP SOUTH WITH INSANE TAXES.

Dan

JOHN; WITH HYUNDAI’S NEW GEORGIA PLANT ABOUT TO START UP, THEY’LL SOON BE ABLE TO SLASH DEEPLY INTO JEEP’S GLOBAL IMPACT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND EVERYTHING BUILT IN GEORGIA IS ALREADY A UNIBODY-EV.

Daniel

Hey, Is Cat going to make a new pickup truck next year? My Dad is talking about it and I see articles and YouTube videos but I haven’t seen anything on it from you guys or the Truck Show podcast. Just curious because a while back you said Ford and GM were interested in getting involved with big trucks again so they could sell both the big and small truck. So would CAT be looking at selling the support vehicles for their massive equipment.

Robert

Who remembers the Ascort?

Warwick

This looks to a little tidbit flying under the radar

Ed

JOHN; HMG IS FAR BETTER THAN JEEP, AND JEEP IS FAR BETTER THAN LR; NO DOUBTS, NO SECOND GUESSES.

DAN

Hi Autoline,

The following is just food for thought from an avid viewer with a strong interest in EVs and GM from being a Holden supporter down here in Australia.

Having just finished watching the latest episode of Autoline After Hours #700 with the last portion being discussions on a possible Corvette EV, raised why hasn’t there been any articles generated about the hidden vehicles captured in the background in the GM design centre during the recent Bloomberg’s interview with Mary Barra? One of these vehicles looked very much like a Corvette.

At 6:24 time stamp, there appears to be a possible Corvette EV (it’s parked directly behind a Corvette mule) – the vehicle is a little taller (possibly to fit a battery) but the front has a very similar sharp front end crease to the corvette. There also appears to be a low roof vehicle in the far background as well.

In this same interview, what is also of interest is the 2 sedans (not SUVs or CUVs) in the main area, one of which has an aggressive stance with a low roof with high rear end. Could this be the Camaro? (wishful thinking as the Camaro would probably be more like the FNR-XE concept). Related time stamps from the interview are 4:19, 4:22 and 4:46. Why I suspect they are EVs is that the actual vehicles displayed are all EVs and no ICE including the BLAZER, LYRIQ, OPTIQ, ESCALADE, CELESTIC & SILVERADO.

Something to look forward too perhaps.

Regards

Robert
Australia