You may have read that Tesla delivered its first 30 Model 3 compact electric cars to customers a couple of weeks ago at a gala event in Fremont, California –…
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We live in interesting times. Last year Ford sold over 6.6 million cars globally, generating $4.6 billion in earnings and had its second best pre-tax profit year ever. Yes, sales…
Monday Musings: Electrification, Autonomy, and Latent Consumer Needs.
There’s a quote that’s been falsely attributed to Henry Ford so many times that he might as well have said it, If I asked people what they wanted, they would…
In keeping with our electric car theme this week, today’s featured car-related band is Tesla. Yes, we know the band was founded way before Elon Musk named his car company…
Yesterday we talked about the slow but inexorable move to electric cars and the challenges it will create for infrastructure funding. Today, there’s news of a breakthrough in battery technology…
Monday Musings: Paying the price for the freedom of the open road.
One of the biggest issues facing those of us who both love and have to drive is how to fund our transportation infrastructure. Most of our roads are paid by…
Pirelli Debuts New P Zero Tires for the Formula 1 Driver in All of Us
When the rubber meets the road on Formula 1 racetracks, Pirelli P Zero tires are legendary. After 30 years and 1,000 homologations since the first P Zero appeared, Pirelli is…
How the Chevy Bolt’s advanced battery has changed the EV game
Chevrolet made huge headlines this week, justifiably so; they’ll be selling the first affordable electric vehicle with more than 200 miles of range by the end of this year. The…
Elon Musk has a new Master Plan and it’s going to be fantastic, really. No, really.
Elon Musk, your PayPaling, SpaceXing, Teslafying, ultra-entrepreneurial CEO, is done waiting for everyone else. He made that very clear yesterday with the release of his new Master Plan for Tesla that will change…