Eric Peters
More than 40 years ago, you could buy an economical car. No such cars are made today. Even the term economy car has passed out of general usage in favor of entry-level. It’s a subtle shift in the way cars are talked…
There was a time — it was a long time ago, it seems — when car companies were in the business of designing and selling cars. They worked to make the cars they designed appealing as something more than just…
Donald Trump wants to bring manufacturing jobs back to America, which he has said he’ll do if elected by imposing tariffs on goods such as vehicles made outside the United States. This, Trump believes, will negate the cost-of-labor savings of…
People old enough to remember the Before Time — i.e., the time when in most everyday matters, people who weren’t causing harm were generally free to do as they liked — know what it was like to be a parent…
What good are “good union jobs” if there aren’t any jobs? Steelworkers contesting the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel of Japan might ask themselves that question since opposing the deal will mean just that. (READ MORE: Get Lost, Kid) Nippon Steel…
The push to “electrify” everything that rolls is turning out to be a lot like the push to “vaccinate” everyone; both have turned out to have adverse effects. Volkswagen hasn’t died suddenly — but it is dying. Chief Financial Officer…
The truth about battery-powered devices (EVs) is finally being emitted. One of these truths — styled a “hurdle for EV adoption” — is the plummeting resale value of these devices. The possibility is that the automakers will demand that EVs be…
Elon’s big grift is in trouble. His electric vehicle (EV) operation — which allowed car manufacturers to “offset” their carbon footprints by purchasing “credits” from Elon in lieu of making EVs themselves — had been priced with the expectation that…
Is it bad for the U.S. that a Japanese automaker such as Honda builds millions of cars in America — in five American states — employing thousands of American workers? If it isn’t, then why would it be bad for…
What if you could turn back time — to 2008 — and buy a brand-new half-ton truck like they used to make them? One without the “assistance” and other “technologies” that come standard with the new ones, like it or…
