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redpoint5 · 04-02-2022, 03:18 AM

Can't happen. Vehicles have a 5 year production time frame, so whatever is coming in 2026 is already baked in. Writing something in some document and declaring it so doesn't make it so.

04-02-2022, 03:18 AM	#6 (permalink)
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