That’s a solid hire by Hyundai. Phillip Zak did some great work at GM, and his design approach could really push Hyundai’s lineup to the next level. Excited to see what direction he takes their future models. Also, if you’re interested in global design and business opportunities, check out puningroup.com — they’ve been expanding quickly in Cyprus with some great international projects.

Because….inertia.   And I admit I could be totally wrong.

I'd keep an eye on these upcoming skunkworks Ford EVs. It seems like Ford's trying to make them more performance oriented at a low price. 

It’s not a big deal IF the new EVs pan out with decent volume and profits.  It’s a gamble on the future.  We know there is a market.   There are a lot of expenses related to EV development that’s not capitalized.

So basically it's normal, just keep any eye on it, but no reason to be alarmed? I believe the coolant interval for this new coolant is about 10 years, but I'll probably change it out after a few more just to keep the water pump happy. 

It’s no different than your motor oil turning black as it ages. It’s just dirt and debris being picked up as the coolant travels through the system. Remember, it also serves as a lubricant for the water pump too so that contributes to it as well. 

The yellow image was when the coolant was brand new, the orange was from today when I popped the hood to top it up with some more yellow motor craft.    Apparently it's normal according to some AI research, but I'm just curious if anyone else on this forum has noticed this with their Ford because we all know AI is kinda all of the place in terms of accuracy.    The yellow coolant went in about 15 months and 4,000 miles ago. 

You can’t just dismiss Ford’s EV losses as no big deal. As JPD80 has pointed out they have reached at least $11 billion. This has hurt Ford badly and I’m sure is a major reason new products (C2) are so slow or nonexistent. A lot of the costs of the EV program (factories for example) are capitalized over many years. I’m not an accountant and don’t know over how many years the auto industry depreciates fixed assets, but Ford likely has recognized less than 15% of the new factories costs to date. ‘

I genuinely don't know how people struggle so much to comprehend this. I don't have the numbers, I suspect the only people who really know how much Ford makes on their EVs are Ford themselves, but I'm willing to bet Ford doesn't lose a ton of money on the mach-e or lightning, hell, they might even break even or make a small profit.    The significant losses are attributed to EV development, and building factories that aren't even turning out EVs yet. Anyone who knows anything about product development knows getting started, and creating the product are the most expensive parts. Once the factories are built, and the products are engineered and being sold, if you did you're job right, you're in the way to be profitable down the road. 

Curious why you still think that is the case when new Bolt has more torque going to driven wheels?  GM engineers compensated for lower-torque and higher-RPM electric motor design by using proportionally lower gearing to end up with about the same torque at wheels as before.  Higher RPM motors are becoming more common for technical reasons, so they require different gearing.       The additional +/- 4% greater torque at wheels should make up for added +/- 3% higher mass, so acceleration should be about the same as before for all practical purposes that most drivers can detect; unless GM is misleading and I see no reason to think that.  Zero to sixty should remain in 6.5 ~6.6 second range as before.