by Wallace Wyss - In attempting to discover how Tesla came out of nowhere and became the world's largest EV maker, I discovered the magic word is something like "Insource". My definition--you get what you need from what you already have. During … [Read more...]
Editorial: Planned Obsolescence – Trying to Break Free
January 13, 2022 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Maybe it was because I was born in the '40s and first became aware of cars in the '60s. This was the Glory Days of GM when they had over 50% of the US auto market and Japanese cars weren't here yet. I yearned to go to … [Read more...]
GM Could Have Been The World Leader In Electric Car Technology
December 31, 2021 By 17 Comments
The 1966 GM Electrovair II Electric Car could have led GM to world leadership in electric vehicles today, instead... by Mike Gulett I know in 1966 no one was really thinking seriously about electric cars but yet General Motors designed and … [Read more...]
Detroit’s Only Course to Fight Tesla: The Chewing Off the Leg Gambit
December 28, 2021 By 11 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - There is a dynamic duo of Tesla super fans that's on YouTube with a show called Tesla Time News. They've posted hundreds of videos analyzing Tesla's growth. I don't know what stock price they got into Tesla with but suffice to … [Read more...]
Editorial: Let’s Get Real
November 29, 2021 By 8 Comments
Starting with the White House. by Wallace Wyss - I was surprised when President Biden recently heaped praise on GM for starting the electric car revolution. Well, they may have started it in the US with the EV-1 but I guess no one told him … [Read more...]
Another Long Lost GM Show Car: The Buick Wildcat III
November 22, 2021 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - When Harley Earl was GM VP in charge of Styling (later a word replaced by "Design" as "styling" sounded too frivolous) in the Fifties, it seems he had an obsession for testing the limits of how each brand was regarded by the … [Read more...]
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