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Electric vehicles

2023 Tesla Cybertruck
Design Notes

Is Tesla Cybertruck a brilliant breakthrough or a gimmick?

December 6, 2023 Steve 7

(EXPANDED FROM 3/12/2021) When Tesla’s Cybertruck was unveiled a few years ago, Electrek commentator Benjamin Winters (2021) dismissed the design as “objectively bad.” When he received pushback, Winters countered by arguing that “I’m an industrial […]

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Auto Paedia

Brand management: The tail that now wags U.S. auto industry

November 28, 2023 Steve 7

(UPDATED FROM 8/21/2020) Peter DeLorenzo (2018) has argued that brand management “is now the Number 1 priority in this business.” The reason is that a “democratization of technology and luxury” has leveled the playing field. […]

2022 Chevrolet Corvette
Current Events

Richard Truett says EVs must make noise to avoid being a ‘disposable appliance’

November 21, 2023 Steve 2

Automotive News reporter Richard Truett (2023) complains that high-performance electric vehicles can get “boring” because they lack the “precise mechanical symphony” of an internal-combustion engine. The result is that they can become just “another disposable […]

Hyundai dealer at night
Quotes

Immigrant to US says buying a new car was very different back in Europe

November 13, 2023 Steve 2

“Buying a car was another big culture shock when moving to the US. I think people here just don’t realize how absurd this dealership stuff is. In Europe you test drive a car, then choose […]

2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5
Design Notes

Is the Hyundai Ioniq 5’s design admirably unique looking or just-plain strange?

September 26, 2023 Steve 8

I have been going back and forth on the above question. The 2022-23 Hyundai Ioniq 5’s design strikes me as one of the more unique approaches to an electric vehicle. However, it also has an […]

Current Events

Automotive News fails to mention obvious ways to cut weight of EVs

September 5, 2023 Steve 0

Automotive News recently bemoaned how heavier electric vehicles “are causing safety and pollution problems.” The news report by Richard Truett (2023) pointed to heavy battery packs as the main “culprit” but also weight gains caused […]

Jaguar XK-E
Design Notes

1961-68 Jaguar XK-E has never been topped in two ways

July 3, 2023 Steve 7

(EXPANDED FROM 7/1/2021) The Jaguar XK-E was a remarkable car for a variety of reasons, but I would like to point out two qualities that have always been particularly appealing to me. For starters, the […]

Highway 101 sign
Current Events

Recent sales figures show how different the West Coast is from rest of nation

June 21, 2023 Steve 0

I have lived almost all of my life on the West Coast so occasionally have to remind myself that it can be meaningfully different than the rest of the country when it comes to automotive […]

2020 Chevrolet Bolt
Current Events

Gallup finds attitudes toward EVs vary sharply by party and age

May 9, 2023 Steve 5

A recent Gallup poll found Americans deeply divided in their interest in owning an electric vehicle. Party identification was far and away the biggest differentiator, followed by age. In addition, respondents living in the west […]

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Automotive Views: SEAT to bring decontented version of EV to America

April 5, 2023 Steve 0

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