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Current Events

Popularity of SUVs could offset climate advantages of EVs

December 7, 2022 Steve 12

Growth in the worldwide popularity of larger sport-utility vehicles could imperil efforts to reduce greenhouse gas reductions from electric vehicles. “SUVs were the second-largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions since 2010,” according to […]

2022 Ford Mach-E
Quotes

Peter DeLorenzo: Transition to electric vehicles can’t be dismissed as a fad

November 14, 2022 Steve 2

“. . . (T)he notion that the more ‘traditional’ automakers are too far ahead of the unfolding BEV transition is laughable. It’s not just traditional industry lead times at play here; it’s the fact that […]

Shell gas station at dusk
Letters to the Editor

What is the US doing to develop synthetic fuels?

April 25, 2022 Steve 3

George Denzinger recently asked a good question, so I am front paging his comment from our post, “If automakers focused more on efficiency would there be less pressure to go EV?” This is an example […]

BMW i3 recharging
Letters to the Editor

Looking at battery-powered vehicles from both sides now

March 3, 2022 Steve 1

George Denzinger took the time to write a lengthy follow up to our “Quotes” post, “If automakers focused more on efficiency would there be less pressure to go EV?” This is the kind of deeper […]

2020 Ram Rebel 1500 Hemi
Quotes

If automakers focused more on efficiency would there be less pressure to go EV?

February 23, 2022 Steve 14

“Just think, a little more focus on efficiency and we wouldn’t be forced to go all electric in the future. I love power, so don’t get me wrong. But with such dismal mileage that these […]

Doll afraid
Media Analysis

TTAC’s Matt Posky raises false fears about end of owning private cars

January 11, 2022 Steve 1

Over at The Truth About Cars, Matt Posky (2021a) recently wrote that his “stomach was in a twist” because the government was “talking about the merits of reducing people’s ability to own things.” His story […]

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History

It’s a big deal that Ford and GM knew about climate change in 1960s

December 29, 2021 Steve 0

(UPDATED FROM 6/6/2020) The news that Ford and General Motors knew about climate change in the 1960s raises a number of big questions. For example, might this revelation open both automakers to lawsuits similar to […]

Monkey with one eye open
Current Events

Auto media have largely ignored COP26 summit on climate change

November 2, 2021 Steve 0

In my weekly cruise through a list of trade journals and buff magazines, I found virtually no coverage of a major international climate change summit called COP26 (go here to see Indie Auto’s bibliography of […]

2021 Bollinger B2 truck
Current Events

Automotive News’ report on EV startups has revealing gaps

August 18, 2021 Steve 0

Last week Automotive News acknowledged that “there has never been a better time for EV startups.” Even so, the trade journal couldn’t bring itself to fully explain why it has been “at least a century […]

Railroad crossing through dirty window in C major
Current Events

Auto media largely ignore ‘code red’ IPCC climate change report

August 12, 2021 Steve 0

Few auto media outlets have acknowledged the most important climate change news in a number of years. Last Monday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021a) came out with its first major report since 2014. […]

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