How did the government get into the business of decreeing how many miles per gallon new cars (and trucks) must deliver? The authority to do this is nowhere to be found in the Constitution — though some will say, rightly,…
Why are new cars and trucks with manual transmissions becoming as hard to find as a vehicle without “advanced driver assistance technology”? It’s what the manufacturers want. The latest example is the BMW, which is on the verge of becoming…
Editor’s Note: This column was reprinted from author Steven Greenhut’s new Pacific Research Institute Free Cities Center book, Putting Customers First: Re-Envisioning Our Approach to Transportation Planning. One need only spend a little time on a transit-oriented social-media page or…
Everyone knows electric vehicles are silent. But did you know they are also silencing something? AM radio is something you can’t hear in a number of new EVs — including Teslas and the 2023 Ford Lightning, the electric version of the popular…
Elon Musk is old enough to remember John DeLorean — and the car he (briefly) made. He apparently does not remember the lessons DeLorean learned. The hard way. First, about relying on government to float your business. DeLorean didn’t use…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Conservatives continually step into the trap set by progressives. The process is simple and is repeated constantly, especially in California. Liberal activists envision some far-reaching policy or regulation — such as the elimination of internal combustion engines…
There is a war going on — against the diesel engine. It is being waged not because the diesel engine is a “threat” to the “climate.” It is being waged because the diesel engine is a threat — to the…
Henry Ford was the antithesis of Elon Musk. The latter uses government to force people into cars that are more expensive and less practical, thereby diminishing personal mobility. The former designed and built a car that cost less (each successive…
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is on the verge of introducing congestion pricing. In a risky and unprecedented move, a new $23 charge will be imposed on those entering Manhattan’s central business district, costing drivers $1 billion per year. …
