Mazda Cries Uncle, Too
Depressing news. Mazda - one of the very few major car brands to not embrace the electric car tar baby - just did.
The same company that - just a year ago...
Well, Now We Know . . .
Well, now we know… how much Uncle's persecution of VW is costing us - on top of the billions it has already cost Volkswagen.
Are you ready, Freddie?
About seven miles per gallon.
That’s...
$20 Million Isn’t Much
If you're a billionaire.
Count it out. One billion dollars is one thousand million dollars. If you have one thousand million dollars, $20 million is of the same consequence as losing a...
Perils of the Part-Time Driver
Big Brother has been riding shotgun for years, but he’s never been able to actually watch what we do in our cars.
That’s about to change.
He'll soon be able to tell whether we're...
CA vs. the Rest of America
A huge battle is brewing between the state of California and the rest of America over who gets to decree national fuel economy standards. (Which have morphed into something other than just...
Stormy Daniels and “Peak Oil”
Everyone knows about Stormy Daniels. How many know that United States is on track to be a net exporter of oil by the early 2020s?
Whatever happened to "Peak Oil"?
Weren't we supposed...
Handling an AGW
Here's a top-shelf video of a man countering the make-up-a-law-and-enforce-it routine of an armed government worker in Florida.
The man is accosted by the AGW who (like a lot of AGWs) obviously...
No More Chrysler 300 – and Guess What’s Replacing it…
No big surprise - but now it's official: The Chrysler 300 sedan will be retired after the 2020 model year.
But, it's depressing regardless.
First, because the 300 still sells well. It doesn't...
The eTron Con
Some inside baseball that’s relevant to the bum’s rush (Uncle's rush, really) toward an Electric Car Future:
They don’t send me electric cars to test drive. Not one. Not yet. Probably not...
Motorcycles in the Saaaaaafety Crosshairs
Motorcycles are the last vehicles still largely free from Uncle’s asphyxiating grasp. That is about to change.
The unelected regulatory apparat known as the National Highway Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is...