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Aug 17, 2025
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13 min read
Ford is lucky that Doug Field is on their side.
Aug 10, 2025
15 min read
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.
Aug 3, 2025
14 min read
If you're Lee Zeldin, math is hard. Reading the reports that the agency you administer publishes is even harder (apparently).
Jul 27, 2025
Regenerative braking isn’t just a clever trick. It’s a systems-level rethink.
Jul 20, 2025
Electric motorcycles are getting cheaper and more interesting.
Jul 13, 2025
Why does The Donald hate wind turbines so much? And who will make billions investing in the future of wind energy?
Jul 6, 2025
America, what happened to you?
Jun 29, 2025
Revisiting some old topics related to the global energy transition and the adoption of electric vehicles.
Jun 22, 2025
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.
Jun 15, 2025
If I've learned anything in the last decade it's that the car buying journey is complex.
Jun 8, 2025
Elon, Donald, can't we all just get along?
Jun 1, 2025
Most vehicles run on gasoline. And that isn't going to change anytime soon. Can we make gas production less carbon-y?
May 25, 2025
12 min read
It doesn't look like the company can pull the Cybercab, autonomous robotaxi launch out of their asses.
May 18, 2025
Ride hailing juggernaut reignites mission to end vehicle ownership.
May 11, 2025
Waymo expands while Elon keeps making shit up.
May 4, 2025
Another open letter to Mark Carney
Apr 27, 2025
New batteries, new charging tech—the car business will never be the same.
Apr 20, 2025
It's a patient on life support with a "do not resuscitate" order.
Apr 13, 2025
I legitimately thought this was some sort of delayed April Fools’ joke.
Apr 6, 2025
The Donald's Trade War Goes Global
Mar 30, 2025
US job increases won't likely be found on the factory floor.
Mar 23, 2025
BYD already manufactures and sells more vehicles than Tesla; now they're hitting them where it hurts.
Mar 16, 2025
The Donald had his first major "sleepy Joe Biden" moment in this presidential tour of duty while commenting on the dash configuration of a Tesla Model S.
Mar 9, 2025
No one knows what The Donald wants in his ongoing trade war with Canada and Mexico. If he proceeds, it will increase the cost of vehicles in the US and hurt all three countries' economies.
Mar 2, 2025
The Donald’s administration plans to repeal a longstanding waiver allowing California to set state-specific pollution standards for itself.