Mike the Car Geek
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Mike the Car Geek
@mikethecargeek.bsky.social
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Car geek, Technology nerd. 🚘🤓 Sharing information about the transition to Electric Vehicles. Auto Industry insider in Detroit, U.S.A. 📺 youtube.com/@mikethecargeek
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Creepy 💀+ Cars 🚘 = Hearsefest

Held annually September it was a lot to digest… including the food vendor who turned a coffin into a grille 🍔

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HearseFest the Die & Ride Car Show
YouTube video by Mike the Car Dude
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Japan 🇯🇵 may be the WORST market in the world for EVs.
🚘 BEVs = 1.3% market share
⛽️ PEHVs = only 1.1%
🪫 Charging infrastructure is mostly 50 kW CHAdeMO
🛑 Difficult for Imports to get in

BYD sees an opportunity with their Kei Car designed for Japan, plus 5 other NEVs 📊
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Stellantis is filling its lineup with Gas ⛽
2028 Ram Full-Size SUV (gas or EREV)
2028 Ram Midsize Pickup (gas maybe mild-hybrid)
2026 two new SRT Ram Trucks (return of the REX?)

🪫 Jeep Recon (BEV) will wait a little longer until H1 Next Year with media event coming soon.
I had a 1987 Cavalier Z24 (hatchback) with the 2.8L V6 and a Digital Dash that would go blank in cold weather
⚡️ SLATE confirms access to Tesla Supercharger network (will have native NACS/J3400)
🔧 4,000 Certified Repair & Customization Shops via RepairPal network of authorized locations - not dealer franchises or company owned locations 🤓 (interesting)
@slateauto.bsky.social

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Slate | Service and Charging Partnerships
From service to charging, we're making Slate ownership easy.
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I prefer vehicles that add the name “Classic” meaning the automata’s a new model, but you can still buy the Old model for 5% less
$250M… $300M… it’s gonna be $1 Billion isn’t it?
Ex-CEO Carlos Tavares suggested that Stellantis could break-up into Chrysler, Fiat & Peugeot/Citroen.

🤔 yeah… I think it could.
As Europe and America diverge further apart - it could, and I think a Private Equity blood sucking is the most likely fate for Chrysler.
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Stellantis is breaking-up? The Ex-CEO shares his thoughts.
YouTube video by Mike the Car Geek
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This FBI Press Conference is brought to you by DRAFT KINGS 👑
As an unabashed Car Guy, I find the TB-Q (Quad) to be intriguing with new possibilities.

While the TM-B (Bicycle) is a really good eBike, maybe excellent, but not worth all the hype.

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I ❤️ technology... but TechBillionaires are drinking too much Cool-Aid. Sounding God-like, creating their own Religion with A.I. as its Almighty. 😯

The world would be a better place if Tesla focused more on higher volumes and lower costs to buyers even without incentives. 🔋
Elon got ENERGIZED 🤬 once they brought up the COMPENSATION Package that we shouldn’t look at as a Compensation Package 🤑
Are Tech Billionaires Snake Oil Salesmen… or delusional Cult Leaders?

“You can create a world where there is NO POVERTY. Where everyone has access to the finest medical care - Optimus will be an incredible surgeon.”
BIG NEWS: Later this month BYD will unveil its tiny Battery EV Kei Car designed specifically for the Japan market. 🔋
Heard of Nexperia? (me neither)
🇳🇱 Dutch company
🇨🇳 with a Chinese parent
🇺🇸 in the middle of a TRADE WAR
🚘 may shutdown the Auto Industry and lots of others
GM announced it will end production of the Chevrolet BrightDrop
🪫 Sales never took off
📉 Commercial EV Tax Credits ended last month
🍁 Plant in Ontario pressured by U.S. Tariffs
👎 GM currently have no decent Class 2b-3 Cargo Van until their partnership with Hyundai produces something
ALSO unveils their mobility product October 22nd 🤓

They’re already on Bluesky so you know they’re good people
@ridealso.bsky.social
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Also - Introducing Transcendent Mobility – Ride ALSO
Tune in October 22, 2025
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Slate Auto Event in Detroit 🛻
Big fan of Unnecessary Inventions but sadly cannot make it.
@slateauto.bsky.social

www.slate.auto/en/events
🏭 No New Plants - just shuffling around previous plans in existing plants 🤨
🍔 NOTHING BURGER
🏭 NO New/Additional Plant(s) just shuffling plans
🚙 Belvedere IL scheduled to make Mid-Size Pickup - now switching to affordable Jeeps
🛻 Mid-Size Pickup moves to Toledo (with Wrangler/Gladiator) because they missed their opportunity- market has become too crowded for its own plant