I have a relative that is quite literally the biggest Tesla fanboy I have ever conversed with. He correctly points to how far ahead Tesla is on battery technology and how the big manufacturers like GM, Mercedes, BMW, and FCA have just let him take the market. Simply pointing out […]
It has been noted that during the gold rush most miners did not get rich, but the people who sold them their pick axes and dynamite certainty did. In the same vein Google has said it is not those with the most powerful computers that will win in the future, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Stellantis (which is the new company formed when Peugeot bought Fiat, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram, Dodge) is killing it! Really. While they may be one of the most profitable car company in the world thanks to the RAM 1500, Stellantis also has more than few products they just can’t move off […]
There are three reasons why electric vehicle batteries are not and will not be the environmental disaster that some have been claiming to scare consumers away from EV’s. 1 – electric vehicle batteries are almost infinitely recyclable2 – electric vehicle batteries are lasting so much longer than originally projected3 – […]
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 […]
In a word, China! And that exclamation is not accidental thanks to US government protectionism. Many consumers are completely unaware of contract automotive manufacturing. They think that Mercedes builds all of its own vehicles and that startups will have to raise the enormous amounts of capital and then implement new […]
In this short video, three time Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Friedman explains political failings and “Woke Green Energy” lobby (note that this author drives a Tesla and has solar panels) is going to freeze Europe while giving Russia and Saudi Arabia more power. Green Energy with storage is the future, […]
In an age of acronym fatigue you would think that marketers would avoid nebulous terms like “Software Defined Vehicle” aka SDV. But Software Defined Vehicle is an industry term that will never be used with consumers; it will only be discussed in engineering teams. At first glance SDV’s seem like […]
VinFast is a new electric vehicle company that is coming to North America and Europe but most people have never heard of them. We have a deposit on a new VinFast VF8 and before we ordered that SUV, we did a pile of research you might be interested in. What […]
This is the story of how Western automakers are inviting the Chinese to take their US & Canadian market share. Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last two years you already know that the price of everything has gone through the roof. Cars have been no exception. The […]
If you pay attention to the business press, or Rivian and Tesla fan-boys (and I own a Tesla… my second Tesla actually), you will hear that Ford, General Motors and all the other “legacy” car builders are doomed. They give Tesla unlimited credit for executing to perfection their vision while […]