The Double-Batteried Electric Polecat
The Electric Dementia continues to wax, the latest evidence of which is Volvo’s announcement about its Polestar performance car arm becoming its electrified performance arm.
Hold up there, chief.
Weren’t electric cars supposed...
2019 GMC Canyon
Trucks are hugely popular; they are selling so well that major automakers like Ford and GM have been dropping cars from their lineups - in order to make room for more...
Gearing Matters
Weight - and gearing - have a yuge effect on fuel economy. Even to the extent of almost eliminating 40 years of “advanced” technology, including computer-controlled electronic fuel injection. To make the...
Cadillac’s Death Dive
Cadillac has been losing sales and market position for the past three years straight, but thinks it has The Answer.
Want to guess?
If you said electrification, go to the head of the...
Waiting For Elon
Three years is a long time to wait for a new car. It makes you want to buy another car - which is exactly what a large number of frustrated Teslians...
The “Revenue Opportunity” Behind the Wheel
There is a saying that goes, if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. But what if you’re paying for it - and you’re still the product?
Welcome to...
2019 Honda Insight
The biggest problem for hybrids is that gas is really cheap. This makes it harder to sell a hybrid based mostly on how little gas it uses.
Which probably explains why the...
Teslas Suddenly Get Pricier . . .
Tesla announced the other day that it will no longer be producing the least-expensive version of its Model S sedan - which lines up with Tesla's failure to produce many (f...
The Tax That Really Isn’t
There is a tax which most of us pay that isn’t morally objectionable. Probably because it’s not really a tax.
It is the tax on motor fuels.
Yes, it’s proportionately high - currently,...
2019 Ramosaurus Rex
Conan, what is best in life?
Crush enemies, see them fleeing before you, hear the lamentations of their women.
Yes, indeed.
In thirty years - from 1989 to 2019 - the horsepower produced by...