Detroit’s Big 3 on the Precipice…….Again: (Part 11)
How Desperation Stimulates Short-term Rational Thinking…. and Long-term Demise NOTE: This blog was written in the first two weeks of April, 2020. As such, it cannot and does not anticipate the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US and global auto industry. Stay tuned….. In this series of eleven blogs, we will discuss […]
Detroit’s Big 3 on the Precipice…….Again: (Part 10)
How Desperation Stimulates Short-term Rational Thinking…. and Long-term Demise NOTE: This blog was written in the first two weeks of April, 2020. As such, it cannot and does not anticipate the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US and global auto industry. Stay tuned….. In this series of eleven blogs, we will […]
Battery-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging: A Primer (Part 7)
In this series of seven blogs, we will cover the information you need to know about charging battery powered electric vehicles (EVs). To make the topic easier to digest, we have broken it into seven short blogs, namely: Part 1 – Battery and battery charging basics Part 2 – Battery performance measures Part 3 – […]
Eye Catcher Update 05.09.2020
Cybertrucks: I was watching the excellent Tailosive EV YouTube video channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXXBtYIK5Rw and Drew’s thoughts on his video about the future of Tesla’s Cybertruck perfectly mirrored mine. Readers here might want to be sure they have read my first blog Tesla’s Cybertruck https://evtransportnews.com/teslas-cybertruck-an-untapped-gold-mine/ and then a more recent one Cybertruck Plant a No-Brainer for Texas […]
Detroit’s Big 3 on the Precipice…….Again: (Part 9)
How Desperation Stimulates Short-term Rational Thinking…. and Long-term Demise NOTE: This blog was written in the first two weeks of April, 2020. As such, it cannot and does not anticipate the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US and global auto industry. Stay tuned….. In this series of eleven blogs, we will discuss […]
Detroit’s Big 3 on the Precipice…….Again: (Part 8)
How Desperation Stimulates Short-term Rational Thinking…. and Long-term Demise NOTE: This blog was written in the first two weeks of April, 2020. As such, it cannot and does not anticipate the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US and global auto industry. Stay tuned….. In this series of eleven blogs, we will […]
Battery-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging: A Primer (Part 6)
In this series of seven blogs, we will cover the information you need to know about charging battery powered electric vehicles (EVs). To make the topic easier to digest, we have broken it into seven short blogs, namely: Part 1 – Battery and battery charging basics Part 2 – Battery performance measures Part 3 – […]
Cybertruck Plant a No Brainer for Texas
To: Elon Musk, CEO Tesla Motors Subject: Recommendation for Cybertruck Plant Location Thank you for the opportunity to recommend a location for Tesla’s new Cybertruck and Model Y manufacturing facility. We initially considered potential sites in a number of locations other than Austin TX, such as Wichita KS, Joplin MO, Atlanta GA, and Nashville TN. […]
Eye Catcher Update 05.01.2020
News from the electric vehicle world continues to fill EVTN’s in-basket. Here are just a few of the matters that have caught my eye over the past couple of weeks. Emission tax credits: Much hullabaloo has been generated by Tesla short sellers and haters about Tesla’s first-ever first quarter (2020) profits coming from emission tax […]
The Detroit Powertrain Company
In his April 29, 2020 Autoline Daily show, John McElroy, the brilliant reporter of all things Detroit and the globe’s auto industry, made the suggestion that in view of their individual current crises, Ford, GM, and the US divisions of FCA (Jeep and Dodge/RAM) combine their powertrain divisions to save money. I sent John the […]