by Wallace Wyss - In November 2019 Elon Musk announced what amounted to a coup if it worked--Tesla would build its latest electric car plant in Germany, the heart of European auto manufacturing, and home to Audi, Mercedes, Porsche and VW. I think … [Read more...]
Editorial: A Shotgun Marriage Proposal
February 15, 2022 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - For you newcomers (born after 2000) you might not know the old American phrase "shotgun marriage." That's when a young man has been instrumental in creating an offspring but it so happens he's not the marrying kind. That's when … [Read more...]
Media: A YouTube Education on Electric Cars
February 7, 2022 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - In the last few months, I've watched enough YouTube episodes to qualify for a college degree (yes, way back in the dim reaches of time, I earned a college degree for logging in 100-plus hours in the classroom). My … [Read more...]
Electric Vehicles: More Changes to Come
January 31, 2022 By 2 Comments
by Mike Gulett - It is inevitable that the internal combustion engine will soon be replaced with electric motors powered by batteries or maybe some vehicles will use hydrogen fuel cells depending on the application. In addition to this big … [Read more...]
Do We Need a Yoke Instead of a Steering Wheel?
January 26, 2022 By 21 Comments
Or do we want a yoke? by Wallace Wyss - I am in the throes of writing a book on Elon Musk tentatively entitled How Tesla killed Detroit. One thing I am going to say in the book is that Elon Musk does just about whatever he wants to … [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...]
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