Bill Ford is the chairman of Ford Motor Company and a direct descendant of the name. In this short clip he surprisingly admits that Ford is not ready to compete with Chinese electric vehicles… yet!
Now that COVID-19 has had its first year anniversary in Western countries, it is a good time to calculate some metrics. In particular, how much spending did governments do to fight COVID19 and keep their economies moving. Estimates of how much money each country spent on COVID-19 are difficult to […]
If you have been following the President Trumps Trade War with China (and to a lesser extent, Canada, Mexico and Europe) you might think it will be good for US workers in the long run. It turns out that after nearly three years of increasingly aggressive trade sanctions that China […]
One-China is an understanding that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the Communist Party of China (CPC) has complete legal and moral authority over both the Chinese mainland and break away island of Taiwan. How it came to be is a fascinating story but One China has been a diplomatic […]
Below is a graphs showing American income distribution for individual (not households) in 2017. To get to the point, if you earn: More than USD $50K you are in the top one third of Americans More than USD $100K you are in the top 14% of Americans More than USD […]
For most of the last 50 years the United Front (aka the Central United Front Work Department, UF, UFW, UFWD and CUFWD) had five broad “bureau’s” each with large budgets and direct connections to the Chinese Government, Politburo and Communist Party. However, by 2019 President for life Xi Jinping had […]
As someone who held a Fisker preorder, I was truly saddened to see that on March 27th 2024 Fisker published this ominous press release which almost certainly signals an impending bankruptcy: Fisker Inc. (“Fisker”), driven by a mission to create the world’s most emotional and sustainable electric vehicles, today announced […]
Just a week ago Nissan disclosed that sales in China had dropped by a massive 30% year over year (February 2024). The drop is explained away by Nissan executives as being caused by Chinese New Year, but two Nissan statistics also caught our attention and made us wonder how Nissan […]
We just finished reading Paul Sharre’s excellent book, Four Battlegrounds, in which he considers how artificial intelligence is not just fueling but causing a new industrial military complex. Scharre takes readers inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this game-changing technology. He explores the ways AI systems are already […]
Have you ever wondered who is the biggest most successful auto manufacturer in the world or what region of the world makes the most cars? We regularly hear about Toyota, Volkswagen, GM, Ford, Stellantis, Hyundai and Tesla fighting it out for automotive supremacy but then we hear of companies like […]
Like all everyone else, we are inundated with scammers trying to take advantage of us, most of which blow off. However, there is one scam that is so dastardly as to cause rational well adjusted people to commit suicide. Sextortion is the worst or worst scams. Sextortion happens when someone […]
We usually start our conversations with the premise that the market for electric vehicles is about 75% of all passenger vehicles today. Of course that is limited to first world, fully developed countries like Canada, the US, Germany, Australia and England. As technologies improve in the coming decades, like having […]
With much fanfare (and by that we mean hype from fans) the new Chinese made Tesla Model 3 (code named Highland) was released started taking orders yesterday. 2024 Telsa Model 3 Highland Release Dates: Australia & New Zealand: January 2024 – March 2024Canada: not yet availableChina: Q4 2023Europe: OctoberJapan: December […]
I have had seven plug-in electric vehicles over the last decade which probably makes me one of the most experienced EV consumers on the planet. I love plug-in hybrid vehicles and full battery electric’s, but a change is a coming. Although I cannot find the article or the interview, I […]