On 12 Nov 2024 at 3:53, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > The reason I posted this is because I thought AI finding what I > already found out would add credibility.
Actually quite the opposite. AI *subtracts* creditility. Often it encases steaming garbage in pretty language. It also wastes an unsettling amount of energy generating that junk. > If I wanted a GM product I wouldn't buy a Honda. If I wanted a Honda I > certainly wouldn't accept a Chevy. That kind of "cross-breeding" a grand tradition with automakers. When they needed small cars to compete, but didn't want to bother with designing them or, at times, manufacturing them, the US big four paid others to do it. Nash had their Metropolitan assembled in England. Buick sold German-made Opels¸ and later, Japanese Isuzus with Opel badges (weird). Plymouth sold Hillman Avengers from the UK as Crickets. Dodge sold Japanese Mitsubishis as Colts, and Plymouth sold them as Arrows. GM sold Toyota, Suzuki, and Daewoo designs. Ford sold English and German Fords, and later, Kia designs. These are just the small cars I can think of offhand. I'm sure there were more. Similar shenanigans are afoot with EVs, though now they're often billed as "partnerships" or "collaborations." For example, the same electric van is sold under (IIRC) 4 or 5 different brands in Europe. Stellantis is planning to dodge tariffs by building Chinese-designed EVs in cheap-labor Eastern Europe nations. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I saw a sign on a guy's garage that said "Don't even think about parking here." So you know what I did? I sat right there and I thought about it. I yelled up at his window, "Hey buddy, I'm thinking about it. Go ahead, call the cops. I'll just tell them I was thinking about something else." -- Paula Poundstone = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
