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Automotive News and Peter DeLorenzo haven’t a clue about how to stop tariffs
Automotive News (2025) recently insisted that a projected price tag of $188 billion over three years for tariffs “is too big to bear” — but hasn’t a clue about how to stop them. That estimate […]
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Automotive News tries to tap its ruby slippers to make tariffs go away
A recent Automotive News (2025) editorial looked suspiciously like it was trying to tap its ruby slippers together to make tariffs go away. That may be a comforting fantasy out of The Wizard of Oz. […]
Readings
Ed Cray’s ‘Chrome Colossus’ offers a masterful history of General Motors
(EXPANDED FROM 1/2/2021) Ed Cray’s history of General Motors is one of the better automotive books in my library. A big reason why is that Chrome Colossus: General Motors and its Times eschewed the usual […]
Photo Essay
Here is one roadside attraction I didn’t just slow down for
When driving up the Quinault River Valley last summer I came across a homemade “go-slow” sign that was unusually clever. Not only that, but a pond on one side of the road was decorated with […]
Quotes
If Americans weren’t so disgruntled in 1776 would we now be driving Austin Minis?
AAA recently projected that an unprecedented 72.2 million Americans would travel within the country during the Independence Day holiday weekend. Of that total, 61.6 million were expected to travel by car at least 50 miles […]
Current Events
Is JVL right that ‘Trump killed Tesla’ as a viable automaker?
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 […]
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Tesla’s ‘code red situation’ is obscured by forms of denial
Tesla’s automotive operations are facing a moment of truth — but all too often it has been obscured by forms of denial. Automotive News (2025) illustrates how this has played out in the media. A […]
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Is UAW support for Trump’s Canadian tariffs ultimately a turf battle?
The United Auto Workers’ endorsement of Trump’s tariffs makes at least some sense when applied to a low-wage nation such as Mexico, but why Canada? The UAW (2025) has thus far framed its support as […]
Current Events
Of bold predictions and an increasingly dicey EV future in the U.S.
In the latest of a series of stories about Tesla’s declining fortunes, Automotive News quoted an analyst with a cheery view of the future. “I believe the controversy surrounding Elon and Tesla will persist for […]