Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook

Bloomberg recently published their annual long-term electric vehicle outlook. Here are some interesting highlights: • By the end of 2022, there will be more than 27 million electric passenger vehicles on the road. The total number of passenger vehicles worldwide is...

6 Figures

Events of the past 2 years have upset many an apple cart, with the automotive marketplace being upended and scrambled numerous times. We went from no business to unbelievable demand, white-hot used car markets and a rush on new vehicles, and now we have chip shortages...

Walk the Walk

Automobile manufacturing electrification plans are inundating our Twitter feeds, so it is good to see an OEM actually walking the talk. Volvo made news yesterday by saying that its entire model lineup for 2023 will have an electrical aspect to the powertrain. Volvo...

Against the Wind

Honda just spent $124 million dollars to build a new wind tunnel testing facility in East Liberty, Ohio. You would think that after a century’s plus worth of research and design, the auto industry would know everything it needed to know about cars and how they slice...

Better

With gas prices at ridiculous levels, there is little doubt that driving an electric car is better for your pocketbook these days. Before electric I didn’t miss having to stop at a gas station, with its frontal assault on your senses and your general well-being. Now I...

The IPOs Know

If there was any doubt that all of the energy in the automotive industry is flowing toward electrification, all you have to do is take note of the stock market. Just this week, Volkswagen floated plans to spin off its Porsche division in an IPO valued at more than 90...