Here’s a real-world morality question: Should automakers be required to spend billions of dollars to potentially protect 140 lives from death and injury? As far as some unsung heroes at the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration are concerned, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
Why I’ve long admired Toyota and argue that what’s good for the Japan-based automaker is good for America.
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.
For the longest time, I was wowed if I met someone who taught or studied at Harvard, MIT, and Penn. Here’s some “context” why that’s no longer the case.
There was once a maxim holding that what was good for GM was good for America. Under the leadership of CEO Mary Barra, GM has come to embody all that’s wrong with America.
It’s admirable if Musk is so true to his beliefs and morals that he’s willing to tell advertisers to go f*** themselves if they don’t like how his X platform is perceived. I’d more admire advertisers who respond in kind and say, “Elon, back at you.”
The furor over Elon Musk’s implicit antisemitic comment that Jews promote white hatred is driven by the media’s dislike of the technology entrepreneur and not a genuine concern about growing and pervasive Jew hatred.
To understand why GM and Ford have failed so miserably adopting to the EV world, appreciating the personalities and business approaches of Tesla co-founder JB Straubel and Rivian founder RJ Scaringe is a good starting point.
GM CEO Mary Barra is going to need all her corporate Houdini skills to escape culpability for her multi-billion dollars ‘driverless’ taxi Cruise disaster.
When it comes to PR and media relations, Israel is no match for Rashida Tlaib and her Hamas enablers.