With Tesla showing signs of stepping back from automotive production, Rivian has the potential to come out from under its shadow with a more affordable R2 model. Toward that end, the automaker’s founder R. J. […]
The other day I came across MotoMan TV’s recent interview with Bob Lutz. This episode strikes me as a classic example of the strengths and weaknesses of podcasts. The most positive aspect of the hour-and-a-half […]
Political media scholar Dave Karpf (2025) has called Tesla’s recently announced new master plan “bad. Sloppy. Ludicrously vague.” What’s more, he says that it is “significantly less coherent than the previous three master plans (from 2006, 2016, […]
Automotive News reporter Richard Truett (2025) recently recommended how Volkswagen could “rescue” the ID. Buzz, which is off to a slow start in sales. In a piece labeled a “Comment,” Truett argued that under current […]
President Trump’s recently signed budget bill is big and complex enough that its impacts in just one area — climate change — have been subject to debate. For example, a Princeton University research group recently […]
Research has found that an increase in motion sickness has accompanied the growth in popularity of electric vehicles — and there is a scientific explanation for why. “Greater sickness in EVs can be attributed to […]
With the Republicans likely to slash support for electric vehicles at every turn (Ferry, 2025), automakers will need to work much harder to market their wares in the next few years. What would be particularly […]
Automotive News recently asked why electric-powered trucks have sold in much smaller numbers than initial hype promised. Reporter Laurence Iliff (2025) offered some background before concluding that high prices and inadequate range have limited EV […]
Last week political commentator Jonathan V. Last (2025d) declared that Elon Musk’s close association with President Trump has “killed Tesla.” That was happy news to Last, who had previously argued that a good way to […]
My undergraduate education mainly focused on journalism, but I did take a public relations class. What I remember most about it were case studies that analyzed how corporations responded to crises. The faculty member emphasized […]
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