President Ronald Reagan explains the pitfalls of imposing tariffs on imports. At first glance, tariffs may seem like a patriotic move to protect American products and jobs. However, Reagan explains that this protection is short-lived and ultimately harmful. He outlines how high tariffs lead to domestic industries becoming complacent, stifling Read more…
In this #shorts clip, Jim Anderson CEO Beacon Software, explains how Jevons Paradox relates to AI and DeepSeek. The introduction of DeepSeek AI’s low-cost large language model (LLM) could indeed lead to a massive expansion of the AI market, and this can be explained through the lens of Jevons Paradox. Read more…
China continues to lead the world in EV adoption, with a 37% year-on-year increase in EV sales. In August 2024, China became the first country to record over a million EV sales in a single month. In July 2024, electric vehicles (EVs) have achieved a significant milestone in China. For 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…
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…
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…
Over the last few years there have been an inordinate number of silly conspiracy theories covering everything from the 2016 US Presidential election to Ted Cruz’s Father being involved in the JFK assassination. At PartisanIssues we stick to facts and avoid opinion so let us state unequivocally it is our Read more…
As we explained in the fall of 2020 which was a follow up to our spring of 2020 article the oil industry, in spite of drastically lower wind and solar prices, has continued to exist. In fact the massive downturn in the oil industry in 2015 combined with Russia and Read more…
If you have any computer security awareness at all, you will have heard about the US Governments efforts to block TikTok, WeChat and other Chinese based companies from operating in the United States. In the surface it seems silly to block silly dance video apps so we looked into it Read more…
“Grid Parity” is the term used in the energy sector to describe the cost of adding electricity into power distribution systems (high voltage wires – aka ‘The Grid’) as the same for different methods of producing electricity. It is important to note that the cost has to be the true, Read more…
We just completed a story on the new 2022 Nissan Pathfinder EV which is really a Nio ES8 which has a fascinating technology called battery swap. The idea is that a semi-permanent kiosk can swap out your drained car battery for a fresh fully charged battery in the same time Read more…