GM Redesign

[TymeSlayer]

We're getting away from Capitalization.

General Motors redesigns corporate logo as it focuses on electric vehicles

It is only the fifth time the Detroit automaker has conducted a major redesign of its logo since being founded in 1908, according to GM CMO Deborah Wahl.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Grant 302]

Wow. That’s absurd! Even for GM, I mean gm.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Looks like an emoji abbreviation for " Grandma."

 

[TMSBOSS]

$100k for their next gen electric cars while stating they are working to include all potential customers. Interesting. Sounds like congress. LOL

 

[TymeSlayer]

Maybe Ford will change to eFord

 

[Grant 302]

Maybe Ford will change to iFord

Fixed.

 

[TMSBOSS]

Until we can fix the range issues, fully electric fleets are a pipe dream. Can you imagine what would happen if folks were told they could not drive to visit family?? That would never happen......Right?

 

[Bill Pemberton]

TMS has such a simple point, but especially valid for those of us in heavily rural areas where driving 60-150 miles or more is especially common. Round trip is not capable for almost all EVs, though one answer seems so simple I wonder why some of the US Manufacturers are not talking about it? We all know a Hybrid Automobile runs primarily on fuel , but the battery pack supplements the power and range of the vehicle. One Chinese company is heavily reversing the structure with a small gasoline engine that repowers the batteries on long distances , enabling a longer range in the event of no charging stations. Have to believe we will see more of this concept as it would open up the EV machines to the concerns of wide spread distances in much of America.

 

[Grant 302]

We all know a Hybrid Automobile runs primarily on fuel , but the battery pack supplements the power and range of the vehicle

That not true. Some hybrids are primarily an EV with an on board ICE/generator to extend the range. Chevy Volts were configured that way and quite a while ago, since the end of 2010.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

I stand corrected, thanks for the info.

 

[Grant 302]

I stand corrected, thanks for the info.

No problem.

Range for various types still need to be improved to be useful for most people outside of urban areas.

 

[TMSBOSS]

Nope. I don’t want politics in this thread also but. This is the same challenge we see in so many areas. Solutions appear to be geared to urban areas. Live out in the sticks.......too bad. We went through this cycle earlier in our history. At least before history was rewritten.
let’s not do this again please.

 

[xr7]

ere

Wow. That’s absurd! Even for GM, I mean gm.

Its an elephant standing on a platform. You have to applaud the focus group that brain stormed this brilliant idea to turn around GM's fortune. As a former GM employee this makes me wanna puke.

 

[carver]

Maybe Ford will change to eFord

It will be NoFord until I see much longer range. I live in the boonies !

 

[Grant 302]

Nope. I don’t want politics in this thread also but. This is the same challenge we see in so many areas. Solutions appear to be geared to urban areas. Live out in the sticks.......too bad. We went through this cycle earlier in our history. At least before history was rewritten.
let’s not do this again please.

I think that’s a fair comment, but I believe it’s more about technical issues and costs to extend the effective range. Corporate greed means the want your dollars just the same, but they’re easier to get from city dwellers.

Its an elephant standing on a platform. You have to applaud the focus group that brain stormed this brilliant idea to turn around GM's fortune. As a former GM employee this makes me wanna puke.

That’s funny on many levels.

 

[ChrisM]

Electric vehicles seem like a good idea for urban/some suburban areas and I suspect that as tech progresses that's where it will continue to take off. I'm fine with that as long as it's voluntary. I have come to really appreciate the plethora of spacious but tiny Japanese vehicles for bustling around the city here and I'm kind of ticked at the regulatory barriers and preferences that don't make them more widespread in the US. They seem like they'd fit the bill for a lot of people who are currently clamoring for electric vehicles but can't afford them yet.

Oh...new gm (GM?) logo? Uh. Okay. I bet they spent a @#$%load of money coming up with that. Meh.

 

[Ludachris]

Its an elephant standing on a platform

I'll never be able to not see that now.

 

[TymeSlayer]

Its an elephant standing on a platform.

I'll never be able to not see that now.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

I don't care who you are , that is funny, and it lends me to go against my normal meandering paragraphs and just leave this " trunkated " response!!

 

[TymeSlayer]

In related news...

GM shares hit record high as automaker reveals electric van and delves into flying cars

The potential foray into personal air mobility was announced as part of Cadillac's portfolio of luxury and EV vehicles.

www.cnbc.com

BTW - I thought we already had flying cars. I call them airplanes!