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 Read more…
General Motors shocked the automotive world in 2009 when as part of their bankruptcy restructuring they shut down Pontiac. Many observers noted how Pontiac’s storied past, and sport focused market niche made it likely to be successful in the future. However, GM had decided that the future of automotive was Read more…
In this video, we’ll explain what GoAutoVIN.com and VINsKing.com are, and debunk the common belief that these websites are legitimate vehicle sale sites. VIN is the acronym for Vehicle Information Number and it is just a code you can easily decode. These websites are known for being a source of Read more…
The Canadian federal government collects billions of dollars in a special carbon tax that has applied primarily to fuels used by consumers, although there is also a large emitter carbon tax as well. The idea is to raise the cost of something we don’t want, in this case carbon, and Read more…
The United States likes to promote itself as the melting pot of the worlds immigrants, but in recent years that has so very demonstrably become untrue. In this short video we explore which countries off immigrants the best places to live: Immigration Ranking (2020) Country Score 1 Sweden 86 2 Read more…
In Alberta, Canada the United Conservative Party is running a leadership campaign to replace Jason Kenny. Whoever wins this UCP Leadership contest will be the next Premier of Alberta so it was a big deal today when the party announced a bizarre limitation: 6.3. All preliminary membership lists and the Read more…
It seems quite clear that in the next 25 years or so most modern societies like the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, and others will be approaching net zero carbon emissions. If you like it or hate that, it doesn’t make any difference that is the direction we are Read more…
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 Read more…
A few days ago a biofuel refinery that will produce nearly 1 billion liters of biodiesel every year was announced as an expansion to the existing Co-Op refinery in Regina, Saskatchewan. Generation 1 Biofuels are Bad For The Environment By the year 2020 we thought biofuels had been largely dispensed Read more…
In this video we show our 2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus driving in extreme cold winter conditions and you will be shocked to see the amount of battery drain: This is Canadian winter driving of a Tesla Model 3. It is driving in very cold weather and the Read more…
How does al Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus with the factory All Season Tires handle during a Calgary blizzard? In this video we drive through the snow on icy roads speeding up, slowing down, cornering and even trying to do some donuts.
Publicly Alberta Bill 81 (2021) was proposed by the UCP Government to block foreign influences on Alberta elections and it has a pretty good veneer of legitimacy: However, like all such laws, the devil is in the details and Mr Madu forgot to mention some mighty nasty changes Bill 81 Read more…
If you live in Alberta or Quebec these are a particularly important questions. Quebec continues to receive tens of billions of dollars in transfer payments that are effectively paid for by Alberta, even though Alberta has been dealing with a crushing economic turn down in their primary industry, oil and Read more…
Using the first half of 2021 auto sales figures we show just how important the Chinese market is to global automakers like VW, Mercedes, GM, Ford, Mazda, Jaguar / Land Rover, Toyota, Nissan, Volvo and Tesla. We explain the auto industry unit sales figures globally, then we show how much Read more…