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 […]
We just finished reading Paul Sharre’s excellent book, Four Battlegrounds, in which he considers how artificial intelligence is not just fueling but causing a new industrial military complex. Scharre takes readers inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this game-changing technology. He explores the ways AI systems are already […]
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 […]
Like all everyone else, we are inundated with scammers trying to take advantage of us, most of which blow off. However, there is one scam that is so dastardly as to cause rational well adjusted people to commit suicide. Sextortion is the worst or worst scams. Sextortion happens when someone […]
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 […]
With much fanfare (and by that we mean hype from fans) the new Chinese made Tesla Model 3 (code named Highland) was released started taking orders yesterday. 2024 Telsa Model 3 Highland Release Dates: Australia & New Zealand: January 2024 – March 2024Canada: not yet availableChina: Q4 2023Europe: OctoberJapan: December […]
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 […]
If we learned anything from the 2008 financial crisis it’s that bailing out banks is a bad idea. Consumers and depositors are the ones that needed the help. When governments give money to banks directly to stop them from failing they pad their own pockets with rich bonuses, do not […]
What is Cryptocurrency in Simple Terms? The easiest way to think of cryptocurrency is to think of the serial number on a dollar bill. Why store or move the money when you can just store or move the serial number through a computer. A Crypto “dollar” is just a long […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This operational update from Henrik Fisker comes after the first Fisker Ocean SUV‘s rolled off the Magna Steyr production line in Austria. Henrik Fisker discusses how Canadian automotive parts giant Magna is producing the Fisker Ocean at their plant in Austria, how good the quality of the Fisker is thanks […]