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Ford Invents The Assembly Line (Again) By Deconstructing The Assembly Line

Aug 17, 2025

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13 min read

Ford Invents The Assembly Line (Again) By Deconstructing The Assembly Line

Ford is lucky that Doug Field is on their side.

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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Car Theft Is Still F$#king Crazy In Canada

Aug 10, 2025

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15 min read

Car Theft Is Still F$#king Crazy In Canada

Recent reports suggest that there’s been a drop in car theft this year. However, that drop puts Canada at the bottom of the top 10 worst countries for car theft instead of the top of the list.

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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Dumb and Dumber

Aug 3, 2025

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14 min read

Dumb and Dumber

If you're Lee Zeldin, math is hard. Reading the reports that the agency you administer publishes is even harder (apparently).

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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Pumping The Brakes On Renewable Energy (In A Good Way)

Jul 27, 2025

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14 min read

Pumping The Brakes On Renewable Energy (In A Good Way)

Regenerative braking isn’t just a clever trick. It’s a systems-level rethink.

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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Get Your (Electric) Motor Running

Jul 20, 2025

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13 min read

Get Your (Electric) Motor Running

Electric motorcycles are getting cheaper and more interesting.

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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Who Has Seen The Wind

Jul 13, 2025

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14 min read

Who Has Seen The Wind

Why does The Donald hate wind turbines so much? And who will make billions investing in the future of wind energy?

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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Bewildering Bag Of Bullshit

Jul 6, 2025

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13 min read

Bewildering Bag Of Bullshit

America, what happened to you?

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

Podcast

Podcast S2 E1 - Steve Barker

Jul 4, 2025

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1 min read

Podcast S2 E1 - Steve Barker

My friend Steve Barker and I discuss how we met and some of the fun and antics we've participated in over the years.

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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Beating A Dead Gas-Powered Horse

Jun 29, 2025

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14 min read

Beating A Dead Gas-Powered Horse

Revisiting some old topics related to the global energy transition and the adoption of electric vehicles.

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Jun 22, 2025

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14 min read

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

We need to decarbonize cement. How we make it, how we ship it, what we build with it, and what it can be used for are all about to change.

Mathew Growden
Mathew Growden
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A round-up of (mostly automotive) news that’s worth having an opinion about, delivered weekly.