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It's a trap, they've got a car crusher at the ready for sure.
by mikkupikku 7mo ago
It's a trap, they've got a car crusher at the ready for sure.
- bobim 7mo agoMaybe GM is still the legal owner since they were all leased, so that would be a possible sad outcome.
- xp84 7mo agoIf you’ve watched these guys videos, you would know it’s not some sort of cartoon villain trap. They took them to Detroit, showed them a ton of stuff, let them talk to a bunch of very sincere and cool engineers, gave them a bunch of unobtainium spare parts, and gave interviews on the record with executives. Let’s just say GM’s PR department is running a lot better than their cars do these days. Someone there saw the initial buzz about this find, and obviously convinced the C-suite that they could very easily score huge wins in public goodwill, partly counteracting all the “Who Killed the Electric Car” hype.
- giobox 7mo agoIf you follow their videos, they and a handful of others have secured title to their EV-1s. There are a small number of ways the cars were able to fall out of the leasing agreement and into properly titled private ownership. In this case, they took advantage of the fact the car was abandoned in Georgia and went to impound action, which let them buy it from the State with title, bypassing any potential agreement with GM.
- drysart 7mo agoThis particular vehicle was sold at an impound auction under a court order. Any existing legal ownership of the vehicle prior to the auction was extinguished.
- bobim 7mo agoA court could rule the seizing of a flat I rent to pay up my debts? I'm not getting how this could be legal.
- rozap 7mo agoThis is part of GM's broader marketing push to drum up goodwill from younger people. It's the same reason why they have a youtube series about the beginnings of the Cadillac F1 team, which is clearly produced for zoomer and millenial audiences. I don't think there's anything nefarious here, they are just cultivating a particular image to try to sell cars. It's a reasonable marketing strategy, as marketing strategies go.
- Loudergood 7mo agoSome Millennials are reaching their mid 40s now.
- rozap 7mo agoStill on the younger end for people who have enough money to buy a car, which now averages $~40k. Zoomers are economically screwed.
- mikestorrent 7mo agoWhat happened to $1000 used pieces of crap as a first car? Are they gone, or do Zoomers have unrealistic expectations? If they end up merely being the third richest generation of humans to ever live, is it really the end of the world? Did we think things would just always get better forever, without some force dragging us upward beyond fulfillment of our own basal desires?