The Enablers
It's true the government is pushing EVs - even harder than it did the "vaccines." And it's true the car companies have - with a couple of notable exceptions - joined...
Diaper Report: 05/18/2023
Will Face Diapers ever make a comeback? That's not the right question, which is: Will Face Diapers ever go away?
The answer is - probably not.
At least, not all the way. To...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED 05/18/2023
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels Up! segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Oregon. We talked about the parenting device - i.e., the electric car - and...
Interaction Temporarily Paused
The 2023 VW ID.4 I'm test driving this week - more about that here - isn't just an electric car.
It is a parenting car.
It will "temporarily pause" your ability to change the...
Latest Radio: Car Talk With Henry Payne 05/17/2023
Here's the audio of my appearance (over the weekend) on my friend Henry Payne's Car Talk radio show up in Detroit. We talked about the elitism that's at the heart of...
Almost 14
That's the age of the average car in daily use - and a new record.
Several things can be gleaned from this number. The first is that cars made that long ago...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 05/16/2023
Here's the audio of my weekly talk with my friend Bryan Hyde, host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about the dawning realization - of the general public...
If You Build it . . .
I have yet to see a single Rivian in my area - which isn't surprising given Rivian has only delivered 20,332 of its electric truck/SUV appliances with the Edsel-esque face so...
Our Bourbons
There isn't a single EV available in this country that costs less than $40,000 that can go more than about 250 miles on a charge. This makes them impractical for people...
The EV Irony . . .
Why do people buy electric cars?
It isn't to save money (ridiculous) or save the planet (fatuous) though some EV buyers believe - in the religious sense - that they are doing...