Volkswagen made headlines recently as its leaders expressed concern about the company’s prospects, suggesting that they may have to close their operations in Germany, the birthplace of the company and its home for almost 90 years. And they should be…
Making sure that you’re on the right road to get where you want to go is obviously important when you’re headed somewhere. While this is common sense for a good driver, it is rarely so for central planners. As the…
The push to “electrify” everything that rolls is turning out to be a lot like the push to “vaccinate” everyone; both have turned out to have adverse effects. Volkswagen hasn’t died suddenly — but it is dying. Chief Financial Officer…
I don’t know why we take the car to be fixed if it’s always broken anyway. It obviously doesn’t work: It doesn’t fly, it doesn’t float, and rolling is a simple thing that troglodyte cars did many centuries ago. There…
The truth about battery-powered devices (EVs) is finally being emitted. One of these truths — styled a “hurdle for EV adoption” — is the plummeting resale value of these devices. How much — and how fast? How about more than 30 percent in…
Elon’s big grift is in trouble. His electric vehicle (EV) operation — which allowed car manufacturers to “offset” their carbon footprints by purchasing “credits” from Elon in lieu of making EVs themselves — had been priced with the expectation that…
The tragic wildfire in Lahaina last August — America’s worst in more than a century, with nearly 100 deaths and 2,000 buildings and homes destroyed — left many on the lush island of Maui and beyond looking for answers. Hawaii…
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm’s four-day publicity tour for electric vehicles was always intended to draw attention — and it did, just not the kind she’d hoped for. Granholm and her caravan acted as ambassadors for President Joe Biden’s support…
