Elon is in the news again — but not for the right reason. The SEC is angry with him over his Tweets — which ought to anger Tesla shareholders even more (not because of the SEC’s investigating Elon but because of the effect of Elon’s Tweets on the value of their stock). But why isn’t […]
Millennial Repo
An interesting data nugget percolated the other day about a “sharp worsening” — that is to say, an increase — in the number of car loan defaults among borrowers under 30 years old. According to Bloomberg Financial News, the rate for the Millennial demographic was 4.04 percent last quarter vs. 2.36 for the general population, […]
No More Horsepower for You!
Well, GM has decided it’s time to stop touting horsepower and displacement – it’s so internal combustion. Instead, Cadillac will tout Newton meters – the metric version of foot-pounds – to tout torque. Which is so very EV. It is a change of verbiage intended to nudge people a bit farther down the electrification highway. Get them to use the new terminology. […]
Ramosaurs Rex
In thirty years — from 1989 to 2019 — the horsepower produced by the Dodge Ram 3500’s optional Cummins turbo-diesel engine has almost tripled, to 400 from 160 and its torque output more than doubled, from 400 ft.-lbs. to 1,000 ft.-lbs. this year. That, as the saying goes, is not small potatoes. Actually, you could […]
How Saving Gas Costs a Fortune
If the government’s fuel economy edicts “save” Americans so much money, how come it’s costing them billions? FiatChrysler just made the latest payment — $77 million — which was actually a fine for failing to make its cars “save” enough fuel . . . for Uncle’s tastes. Irrespective of FCA customers’ tastes. FiatChrysler’s model lineup […]
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