by Phil Jackson | Aug 6, 2025
Did you ever start to take a turn in a car – thinking the path is clear – and suddenly jam on the brakes because a pedestrian or cyclist appeared out of the ether? The culprit probably is the A‑pillar: the structural post on either side of your windshield. Though it...
by Phil Jackson | May 16, 2025
Really interesting fact: no OEM imported more cars into the United States last year than General Motors. Not even Toyota. Toyota still generates a larger percentage of its sales overall (51.4%), but GM brought into America 1.23 million vehicles from other nations,...
by Phil Jackson | Jan 9, 2025
I read a very interesting article recently on the The Ringer website about car headlights and the controversy over how much brighter they have become. It’s a long read, but worth the time if you’ve been like me noticing lately that it seems as if more and more people...
by Phil Jackson | Nov 13, 2024
There has been roughly $120 billion invested in various shared mobility services, from ride-hailing giants like Uber and Lyft to bike and scooter-sharing companies such as Lime and Bird, and car-sharing platforms like Zoomcar.While some mobility services have become...
by Phil Jackson | Nov 1, 2024
Stats time – here are some interesting numbers I’ve run across recently: • 600 new fast-charging stations came online in the US in the 3rd quarter of 2024.• There are now about 9,000 public fast-charging sites across America.• By year’s end there will be roughly 1...
by Phil Jackson | Oct 4, 2024
We don’t often write about our competitors in this space, but recently we came across some interesting news. In the US in September, the percentage of Toyota’s sales which came from electrified vehicles (hybrids, plug in hybrids, battery electrics) was 48%. Two years...
