Bold and the Beautiful Key Moments April 16: Deacon Plays Matchmaker and Will Takes Initiative
On the Wednesday, April 16 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Deacon plays matchmaker with Hope while Will takes initiative with Electra. He’s getting hot and bothered, and he’s not the only one who’s feeling this way. See how this drama is playing out today.
Doting Dad
Deacon (Sean Kanan) is ramping up his Daddy duties. He visited Hope (Annika Noelle) at her home and propped her up while she was down. Hope is still torn up after losing her job and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor). She had no idea how she was going to rebound from this.
Deacon is certain that his daughter will rise above this. He assured Hope that she’s not the type of woman who sits on the sidelines. Deacon also advised her not to give Carter a second chance. In fact, he has a better guy in mind for her. Deacon told Hope not to give up on Liam (Scott Clifton). Hope agreed that Liam is a great guy…
But that’s all she feels about him. She loves the family they raised. And they make great co-parents. However, Liam isn’t on Hope’s radar these days, and it’s clear to us. Hope’s not even on Liam’s mind, as he sits in his hospital bed. But will Hope change her mind when she learns that Liam is in the hospital? Will she have regrets about divorcing him?
Hot Under the Collar
Meanwhile, Will (Crew Morrow) is still worked up about his run-in with Luna (Lisa Yamada). He got an eyeful of her in lingerie. However, Will wanted to shift his focus to Electra (Laneya Grace). Once again, he suggested that they should watch movies at his house. Electra shut him down and told him that she wasn’t ready. She heeded her aunt’s advice and stuck to her guns. Good for her.
Will’s not the only one who’s worked up. Luna couldn’t stop thinking about the moment when she tried to seduce him. Sure, it was an epic fail, but she still had hope that Will wouldn’t be able to resist soon enough. Luna sure seemed confident when she spoke to Sheila (Kimberlin Brown).
As she sat alone at the bar, she fantasized about Will. She nearly fell out of her chair when she thought about the things he would do to her. Is Luna fantasizing about Will, or is she rewriting history to fit her narrative? She seems to be sold on the idea that he’s into her. Is she right? Or is this all in her head? (Here’s what could happen if Luna gets her way.)
Volkswagen Plans Two Hybrids for the U.S. in the Next Few Years
While Volkswagen offers hybrid powertrains in other countries, the brand has been without a gas-electric model in the United States since the departure of the Jetta Hybrid after the 2016 model year. Earlier this year, Arno Antlitz, the CFO of the Volkswagen Group, said the brand aimed to bring plug-in hybrid models to the U.S. to bridge the gap to EVs. But during a roundtable interview at the New York auto show, Kjell Gruner, president and CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America, said that the brand’s hybrid plans will take a different approach.
Volkswagen still aims to launch hybrid models in the U.S., but Gruner revealed that while VW will launch two hybrids in the next few years, they will be traditional hybrids instead of those of the plug-in variety. “We believe for this market, with the consumers here, that full hybrids are the right solution,” Gruner said. While plug-in hybrids have some advantages, “it adds a lot of weight and also a lot of material cost” and there is a significantly bigger market for traditional hybrids.
Volkswagen also wants to manufacture these hybrids in North America. “It would be much faster, obviously, to import them from Europe,” Gruner explained. “But that’s not the solution we’re going for.” Gruner all but confirmed that the two hybrids will be the Tiguan and Atlas SUVs, saying the company will “choose from our volume models.”
The Atlas is currently built in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while the Tiguan is being assembled in Puebla, Mexico. A Tiguan hybrid will likely arrive first since the brand is launching the nameplate’s third generation this year. An Atlas hybrid could be at least a couple of years out, with a next-generation Atlas due soon.
