Technology

President Biden’s Miserably Failing EV Transition

May 5, 2024 — People, Politics, Technology

If American taxpayers had even an inkling of the ineptitude of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the billions they are squandering, President Biden would be forced to immediately fire the cabinet members he’s entrusted to oversee his EV ambitions and dreams.

The linked commentary is intended to sound the alarm in wake of Elon Musk’s bizarro decision to fire Tesla’s 500-person A-list team responsible for the care and feeding of the EV maker’s vaunted Supercharging network.

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Powell Miller Looks to Right GM’s Privacy Wrongs

April 1, 2024 — Business, People, Technology

Michigan attorney E. Powell Miller is a litigator many companies learn the hard way not to mess with. GM CEO Mary Barra is poised to discover the reasons why.

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Sorry Michigan, California Stole Your Auto Crown

March 5, 2024 — Business, Politics, Technology

Psst, don’t tell Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is touring Taiwan and South Korea this week touting her state as the automotive capital of America. Whitmer is blissfully unaware that the most critical employees of Ford and GM are in California, where Rivian, BYD, and Tesla’s global engineering headquarters are located.

The future of the U.S. automotive industry will be determined in The Golden State.

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Why GM Is a Threat to U.S. National Security

March 3, 2024 — Business, Politics, Technology

President Biden in July 2022 declared climate change a national security risk. The evidence is mounting that GM under CEO Mary Barra has been committing climate treason.

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Rebranding Air Canada as Justin Trudeau Airlines

February 19, 2024 — Technology, Travel

Even for veteran Air Canada flyers, the airline’s latest disgrace disavowing responsibility for information provided by its AI chatbot is a new low. My argument for an appropriate rebranding of the poorest excuse for an airline.

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On Discovering I’m Smarter Than I Thought

January 11, 2024 — Business, People, Technology

Readers of my blog shouldn’t be surprised by Hertz’s EV debacle, but my late mother would have been shocked that my early skepticism has proven correct.

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The Mocking of a Cybertrucker’s Manhood

December 14, 2023 — Business, Medical, Technology

The Center for Automotive Safety recently questioned the manhood of anyone who would buy Elon Musk’s Cybertruck because it weighs some 6,000 pounds. CAS was stereotyping in its assumption that only insecure men would be attracted to a monster electric pickup.

Turns out the most famous driver of GM’s EV Hummer, which weighs more than 9,000 pounds, is a woman.

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