How the Kill Switch Already Works
You've probably heard by now about what's styled the "kill switch" all new vehicles will be required to have, beginning with the 2026 models. You may not have heard that the...
Diaper Report: 11/15/2023
You still see them.
Not everywhere. Not in numbers. But it's not like it was - when you never saw them anywhere - excepting within a surgical suite. Certainly not on the...
It’s a Simple Question
If EVs are wanted by enough people to make them worth making, why is it necessary to force the not-making of alternatives to them?
It was not necessary for the government to...
The “Kill Switch” . . . for the Car Industry
Electric cars have already cost the car industry billions; Ford estimates its losses alone are in the vicinity of $4.5 billion.
Cars the government controls may cost the car industry everything.
Such cars...
2024 Mazda CX-90
When "entry level" cars come standard with what were once luxury car features such as climate control AC, good stereos and power everything (just about) they are no longer "entry level"...
Mad Max on Two Wheels
I am often asked what I think is the best kind of car to own if things get really bad. I think the best answer is a motorcycle.
In the first place,...
Better Than Paying it Forward
You have probably heard about "paying it forward" - by which is meant (essentially) do something nice, proactively.
Paying cash for everything you still can is even better - because if enough...
One of the Small Things
Little things sometimes have a lot of significance.
One of those things happened the year after my '76 Trans-Am was built. The next year, 1977, the decals affixed to either side of...
There Goes Another One
You may have heard about Toyota's replacement for its Avalon sedan - the largest sedan Toyota sold that isn't a Lexus. It's called the Crown - and what's perhaps most interesting...
The Stat That Says What 96 Percent Won’t Admit
Do you know what percentage of EV owners own only an EV?
About 4 percent.
The rest - about 96 percent - own another vehicle that isn't a battery powered device. What does...