uh all right so let's talk about the planning going into this trip taking an ev on an extended road trip what were you thinking pre pre-trip and then what did you encounter when you were on

well i hadn't done it before because until this year it was literally impossible to do the drive i make every spring from Detroit to the New Orleans Jazz Fest and back because there was a 300-mile charging desert from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to New Orleans.

No chargers available.

But then when Tesla opened up its charging network to non-Tesla drivers, that changed everything.

So I was able to do it.

I plugged in what my route was.

the Cadillac and any good EV will do this.

That's one of the things.

What were you thinking pre-trip? And then what did you encounter when you were on it?

Well, I hadn't done it before because until this year, it was literally impossible to do the drive I make every spring because from Detroit to the New Orleans Jazz Fest and back because there was a 300-mile charging desert from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to New Orleans.

No chargers available.

Then when Tesla opened up its charging network to non-Tesla drivers, that changed everything.

So I was able to do it.

I plugged in what my route was.

the Cadillac and any good EV will do this.

I've made

GM and Stellantis have been trying to gain share at Ford's expense, but GM has been kind of low on supply, and now the UAW is striking a key supplier to its bigger trucks.

How do you see this competition playing out? It could be a really good time to be rammed, because you're right.

The two other competitors are facing constraints right now.

Ford has a baffling amount of difficulty figuring out that there's a Draw back to just having one supply for your most important material.

And, you know, GM's got a strike.

Ram could be in a position to make up some ground.

Plus, Ram has got untapped.

But I worry that the brand is coming in late to what are becoming some pretty competitive segments.