by Phil Jackson | May 31, 2023
Read an interesting article in the NYT recently about the transformation of Norway’s transportation sector to electric. Last year 80% of new car sales in Norway were electric, as the country moves to end sales of ICE cars in 2025 (this in a country which still has a...
by Phil Jackson | May 18, 2023
Buying a new EV isn’t as easy as it could be. While the Inflation Reduction Act has a long-term goal of promoting ownership of electric vehicles in the US, in the short-term things are confusing. Fewer than a dozen EVs qualify for the full $7500 tax credit if...
by Phil Jackson | May 3, 2023
There is no better indicator of the present state of change in the automotive industry than the new car inventory across our group. Go back 5 years ago or so, and pretty much our entire inventory was a traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle. We did have...
by Phil Jackson | Apr 20, 2023
Rear-wheel-drive is making a comeback. This year Volvo announced it would reverse a company policy and produce rear-wheel-drive (RWD) cars for the first time in 25 years. Volvo’s policy was that front-wheel-drive (FWD) cars are safer because they typically do a better...
by Phil Jackson | Mar 22, 2023
Has the world reached peak ICE? Sales of internal combustion engine (ICE) passenger vehicles reached a peak of 86 million in 2017 (this number includes traditional hybrids like the Prius). In that same year electric and plug-in hybrids amounted to just over 1 million...
by Phil Jackson | Mar 8, 2023
On this International Womens Day, here is a great quote we recently read in Automotive News: “The reason why women aren’t drawn to our industry is because they think we’re selling cars. If they knew that it was so much more about the people, this...