An EV Question That Ought to be Answered
Here is a simple question about EVs that deserves an answer: Why is it that they were replaced - by the free market - the first time around?
The question contains the...
BMW Clover
Rolled up behind a BMW Clover the other day. Despite his "ultimate driving machine," this "driver" apparently fears driving the speed limit - or even within 5 MPH of the speed...
A Psychopath Responds to a Psychopath
A psychopath has killed 19 people - most of them elementary school-age kids. Another psychopath - older, with wispy hair plugs, who likes to sniff kids - assumes the royal “we”...
Electric Social Distancing
GM has just advised owners of the Chevy Bolt electric car to park the thing at least 50 feet away from other cars, so as to avoid burning them to cinders...
No More Keys For You!
Many new cars have push-button ignitions - no need to insert a key into a lock anymore.
But you still have a key.
Well, a fob.
An electronic transmitter that you keep in your...
An Even Playing Field
Electric cars aren’t just subsidized - they’re not taxed the same way that non-electric cars are. Their fuel - electricity - is the obvious example. It appears to be inexpensive because...
Cognitive Dissonance and “Speeding”
Here's video of an armed government worker in Florida - Trooper Bryan Zegers - who crosses a median and doubles back at speeds over 140 MPH - weaving through traffic and...
The CNG Alternative
Whatever happened to CNG - Compressed Natural Gas - as an alternative fuel?
Back in the mid '90s, I test-drove a few factory-built CNG-powered "demonstrator" vehicles, including a new Ford Crown...
America Goes Jonestown
When cults feel threatened by lack of faith - by disbelief - the tendency is for them to get suicidally and homicidally violent.
This is the stage we’re entering now as regards...
“Charge It” Takes on a Whole New Meaning
When your customers cannot afford what you’re selling, you finance it. Literally. Sell them the item - and the interest.
Plus a bill of goods.
This is Cadillac’s new business model for selling...