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 Read more…
The question is what is an inverted yield curve and why does it always predict recessions? The yield curve is just points on a chart showing interest rates over time and we can look at that chart to see trends. Trying to predict what will happen in 7 months is Read more…
This week Tesla began importing Chinese manufactured Tesla Model Y’s with a small LFP battery and providing only a single motor (RWD) into Canada. What makes the Chinese Model Y attractive is that it is $10,000 less expensive, than the regular extended range AWD Tesla Model Y. We have a Read more…
In this video we explore the new Chinese made Tesla Model Y standard range plus which has a 300 Mile (400 kilometer) range LFP battery and a single motor for a rear wheel drive only. We also produced a short feature comparison between the Tesla Model Y Standard Range RWD Read more…
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…
If you want to know what is happening with Nuclear energy in the next few years, this is the video for you. This interview with Christine Todd Whitman, EPA Administrator explores many perceived problems with nuclear power generation. There is a discussion about how nuclear is the only truly green 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…
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…
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…
In a world in which big data analytics constantly surprises us with what at first appears to be counter intuitive findings, there are still times that the data validates our gut feelings. UPS safety trainers have know since the 1980’s that: “…Left turns mean idling, which increases the time a Read more…
One month ago we noted that Chestermere had double the Alberta Provincial Average of active COVID19 cases. In recent days the signage at the end of town has jumped up twice and now reads CHESTERMERE HAS 150+ COVID CASES, so we decided to update our numbers and some of the Read more…