<story><title>GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities in 2019</title><url>http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2017/11/30/gm-will-put-self-driving-car-fleets-raod/108164014/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CaveTech</author><text>While the tech and features are pretty great, I think many disagree with it looking slick. I&amp;#x27;m in the market right now, but I could never see myself driving a Bolt. I&amp;#x27;m stuck waiting several years for a model 3 to get an EV with actual aesthetics (that isn&amp;#x27;t 100k+).</text></item><item><author>pen2l</author><text>&amp;gt; The automaker is using the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt as its autonomous mule&lt;p&gt;Wonderful.&lt;p&gt;Has anyone tried the Bolt yet? I think Bolt is turning out to be what Tesla Model 3 was intended to be... it&amp;#x27;s cheap, electric, rides excellently, and looks pretty slick. One of the best things about it is the top-view, which is a god-send when it comes to parallel parking: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.ytimg.com&amp;#x2F;vi&amp;#x2F;5kei2BVFGb8&amp;#x2F;maxresdefault.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.ytimg.com&amp;#x2F;vi&amp;#x2F;5kei2BVFGb8&amp;#x2F;maxresdefault.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems really innovative in lots of clever ways. For example the &amp;quot;one pedal driving&amp;quot; is neat (push the pedal to go.. and when you take your foot off the pedal, the car slows down, the point being that you basically stop using brakes and save energy that way).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mikestew</author><text>&lt;i&gt;I&amp;#x27;m stuck waiting several years for a model 3 to get an EV with actual aesthetics (that isn&amp;#x27;t 100k+).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The aesthetics that say, &amp;quot;I entered &amp;#x27;generic electric vehicle&amp;#x27; on iStockPhoto, and this is what I got.&amp;quot;? I own lots of TSLA, I&amp;#x27;d even consider buying a Tesla when the Leaf dies, but that purchase would be &lt;i&gt;despite&lt;/i&gt; the aesthetics of any Tesla, not because of.&lt;p&gt;But to each their own. As long as what&amp;#x27;s available today isn&amp;#x27;t the aesthetic equivalent of the Pontiac Aztek, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t put off a purchase for several years just for looks. Though I also own a Leaf and an original body style Scion xB, and I&amp;#x27;m sad that the Honda Element is no longer made. Do not look to me for fashion advice.</text></comment>
<story><title>GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities in 2019</title><url>http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2017/11/30/gm-will-put-self-driving-car-fleets-raod/108164014/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CaveTech</author><text>While the tech and features are pretty great, I think many disagree with it looking slick. I&amp;#x27;m in the market right now, but I could never see myself driving a Bolt. I&amp;#x27;m stuck waiting several years for a model 3 to get an EV with actual aesthetics (that isn&amp;#x27;t 100k+).</text></item><item><author>pen2l</author><text>&amp;gt; The automaker is using the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt as its autonomous mule&lt;p&gt;Wonderful.&lt;p&gt;Has anyone tried the Bolt yet? I think Bolt is turning out to be what Tesla Model 3 was intended to be... it&amp;#x27;s cheap, electric, rides excellently, and looks pretty slick. One of the best things about it is the top-view, which is a god-send when it comes to parallel parking: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.ytimg.com&amp;#x2F;vi&amp;#x2F;5kei2BVFGb8&amp;#x2F;maxresdefault.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.ytimg.com&amp;#x2F;vi&amp;#x2F;5kei2BVFGb8&amp;#x2F;maxresdefault.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems really innovative in lots of clever ways. For example the &amp;quot;one pedal driving&amp;quot; is neat (push the pedal to go.. and when you take your foot off the pedal, the car slows down, the point being that you basically stop using brakes and save energy that way).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pen2l</author><text>I honestly really like Bolt&amp;#x27;s look, and not because it &amp;quot;stands out&amp;quot; as being electric. I like crossovers (Prius, Impreza, etc.) and I think this one has great aesthetics. I like model 3 less, but that&amp;#x27;s just me.&lt;p&gt;Different strokes for different folks hey.&lt;p&gt;(but I will concede on one thing if we&amp;#x27;re talking about pure aesthetics: Tesla&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;T&amp;quot; logo is really cool, Chevrolet&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;+&amp;quot; is anything but. I honestly think they should change the logo. As established as that brand and logo may be, they should be targeting the newer generation... &amp;quot;Chevrolet&amp;quot; definitely does not scream cool to anyone born in the last 40 years)</text></comment>