My Car Quest

January 21, 2025

Opinion: Autonomous Cars May Be Here Sooner Than I Thought

by Wallace Wyss - I know it's a 180-degree turn for me, who has written before that autonomous cars are not safe yet, there's bodies in the road to put it brutally. But now that I read headlines like "Trump Administration Could Ease … [Read more...]

Tesla vs The Detroit Way

by Wallace Wyss - I see a lot of Teslas. Having grown up in Detroit and worked in marketing new cars I thought I knew How It Should be Done. But as I see Teslas, I see here is a guy (Elon Musk) breaking all the rules. For instance: - … [Read more...]

Editorial: Tesla’s Cybercab Needs to go to Uber University

by Wallace Wyss - Elon Musk - the world's most controversial capitalist, would have us believe that buying a robotaxi is like starting your own Uber business. He envisions you own the vehicle and while you are at work, dozens of people will rent … [Read more...]

Opinion: Can We Trust Tesla with Our Future?

We, Robot is the next big thing from Elon Musk's Tesla. It sounds like something Isaac Asimov would write about. by Mike Gulett - In the past I have been a big fan of electric cars and self-driven cars. Yet, lately I have come to doubt … [Read more...]

Editorial: The Day of Reckoning for Tesla?

August 8, 2024 is when Tesla reveals a production robotaxi. by Wallace Wyss - Elon Musk reminds me a little of the wizard in The Wizard of Oz the way he was putting on a big show and then Dorothy poked her nose in and saw he was just a little … [Read more...]

Editorial: Hey Hollywood…What About Elon Musk?

by Wallace Wyss - Having watched Michael Mann's Ferrari I was wondering which of the 20th or 21st century's auto executives have lives that, a portion of which, would be fodder for a good movie? I nominate John Z. DeLorean from around the … [Read more...]