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 […]
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 […]
Just how powerful (pun intended) is the Saudi Russian oil alliance, formerly known as OPEC+? It produces as much oil and gas as the United States and Canada combined. Add in the other OPEC countries, who now take the marching orders from Russia, and you have about 45% control of […]
In this short video, three time Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Friedman explains political failings and “Woke Green Energy” lobby (note that this author drives a Tesla and has solar panels) is going to freeze Europe while giving Russia and Saudi Arabia more power. Green Energy with storage is the future, […]
In an age of acronym fatigue you would think that marketers would avoid nebulous terms like “Software Defined Vehicle” aka SDV. But Software Defined Vehicle is an industry term that will never be used with consumers; it will only be discussed in engineering teams. At first glance SDV’s seem like […]
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 […]
VinFast is a new electric vehicle company that is coming to North America and Europe but most people have never heard of them. We have a deposit on a new VinFast VF8 and before we ordered that SUV, we did a pile of research you might be interested in. What […]