# The Change Optimist: Automotive & EV Industry Analysis. > Weekly analysis of the automotive industry, EV trends, energy, and technology. Written by former Google Canada Automotive veteran Mathew Growden. No fluff, just opinions worth having. This file provides information about The Change Optimist: Automotive & EV Industry Analysis. to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [Energy Positive](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/energy-positive): What if cars produced more energy than they used? - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup - August 16, 2026](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-august-16-2026): Cards Against Humanity wants to build an “Elon Musk is a Sad Little Bitch with No Friends” monument. Stellantis is considering selling a Canadian plant. BYD has new showroom robots. Lamborghini builds its fastest and most powerful car ever. - [I Can Hardly Fathom It](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/i-can-hardly-fathom-it): Ford named its new truck. Will the Fathom protect it from China's global automotive expansion? - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup - August 9, 2026](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-august-9-2026): The Yangwang U8L gets fancier. Elon has plans for the moon. Mitsubishi plans to make robots. BMW put a web-slinger in your dashboard. - [A Bridge Too Far?](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/a-bridge-too-far): North America's largest cable-stayed bridge is open for business. Now what? - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup - August 02, 2026](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-august-02-2026): BYD sells a Kei Car in Japan. Tesla builds its 10,000,000th vehicle. The Donald bans Chinese robots. - [The 1930s Called. They Want Their Bad Ideas Back.](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-1930s-called-they-want-their-bad-ideas-back): Two dudes named Smoot and Hawley decided the best way to fix the American economy in 1930 was to tax the crap out of imports. - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup - July 26, 2026](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-july-26-2026): Toyota electrifies the Corolla. Geely plans to make EVs at a Ford plant in Spain. SpaceX tests out Starship again. - [AM Radio Must Die](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/am-radio-must-die): We don't need AM radio in cars anymore. Let it die. - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup - July 19, 2026](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-july-19-2026): Dongfeng plans to come to Canada. Solar grows to 25% in the EU. Lexus brings back the LFA. - [Micromobility Grows Up](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/micromobility-grows-up): The Micromobility space is expanding to include more car-like and motorcycle-like vehicles that aspire to address the transportation and affordability needs of cash-strapped consumers. - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup - July 12, 2026](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-july-12-2026) - [CATL Call](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/catl-call): This week, CATL demonstrated that your EV might have an OEM badge, but it truly owns the electric vehicle market. - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup - July 5, 2026](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-july-5-2026) - [It’s All About The Bordens](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/it-s-all-about-the-bordens): We have normalized taking seven or eight years to pay off a car. - [Sovereign Truck Fund](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/sovereign-truck-fund): While doing my regular weekly research, I came to an unlikely conclusion. Canada needs a federally funded Super Duty truck project. Let’s call it a “Sovereign Truck Fund”. - [Twelve Zeros](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/twelve-zeros): The SpaceX IPO made Elon a trillionaire. Will we live to regret that? - [Who The F#$k Is Foxconn](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/who-the-f-k-is-foxconn): Foxconn has been working up to this moment for over 20 years. - [A Ferrari For Every Ferrarista](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/a-ferrari-for-every-ferrarista): You don't need to like the Ferrari Luce because Ferrari didn't make it for you. - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-2026-05-24): SpaceX launches Starship V3, Oil prices settle higher, Waymo suspended freeway service - [Ramming Speed](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/ramming-speed): Stellantis unveiled FaSTLAne 2030, its €60 billion, five-year strategic plan to accelerate growth and profit - [The New Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI EV](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-new-volkswagen-id-polo-gti-ev): Volkswagen announces the new ID. Polo GTI EV, Elon says OpenAI should go to his kids, Ford gets energized. - [Hello Bruce](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/hello-bruce): The world’s largest Nuclear Power plant runs quietly along the shores of Lake Huron and is getting ready for expansion. - [Geely Says, "Oh, Canada!"](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/geely-says-oh-canada): Geely starts shipments to Canada. Cadillac sells a lot of EVs. Solid-state batteries go prime time. - [I Donut Believe](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/i-donut-believe): Where are we at with Solid State Batteries in 2026? - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup-2026-05-02): A judge tells Elon to cool it on the robot apocalypse talk - [Nearly Un-Li-mited](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/nearly-un-li-mited): The US Geological Survey just found enough Lithium (Li) to replace 328 years of imports. And that’s the small deposit. - [The Change Optimist: Weekly News Roundup](https://www.thechangeoptimist.com/p/the-change-optimist-weekly-news-roundup): There was so much to talk about this week, I broke it into two pieces.