Toyota’s Hydrogen Delusion Threatens Its Existence

We’re in an interesting spot in the EV revolution. On one hand, electric vehicles have gained enough momentum that it now seems more or less inevitable that they will grow to consume the entire passenger vehicle market in time. On the other hand, how and when that will happen remains a subject of fierce debate. […]

More FSD FUD from TSLAQ

My stalker Aaron Jacob Greenspan and his fraudulent charity PlainSite have been hard at work on some new FSD misinformation that Green and a few others have commented on, so I wanted to share my thoughts with you here today. Greenspan and his short-selling “charity” have published the results of a freedom of information act […]

I’m Afraid of What Aaron Greenspan and his Charity Will Do To Silence Me

Another day, another threatening e-mail from Aaron Jacob Greenspan. Today’s message was one he has delivered many times before: Keep quiet or I will find a way to hurt you –– emotionally, financially, physically, or all the above. From: Aaron Greenspan <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 2:01 PMSubject: Re: Sanctions All,  I’ll give you an hour to make […]

Cruise Raises $2 Billion from Microsoft & GM

Cruise just closed another funding round, raising $2 billion from GM & Microsoft in a deal that also includes tech help from the Seattle software giant. GM stock jumped as the news broke on Monday January 19. General Motors Co. and Microsoft Corp. are leading a $2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup Cruise LLC in a […]

Autonomy is the Next Shipping Container

Trevor McKendrick, Lambda School’s Chief of Staff, writes a great weekly email newsletter called “How it Actually Works”. If you’re not subscribed, you should definitely consider checking it out. This week he wrote about a book he’s been reading called “The Box”, which is about the transformative impact of shipping containers. The shipping container was […]

WSJ: How Volkswagen’s $50 Billion Plan to Beat Tesla Short-Circuited

Oh boy. With a headline like that, you know the story’s gotta be good: ZWICKAU, Germany—Five years and nearly $50 billion into the auto industry’s biggest bet on electric vehicles, Volkswagen VOW 2.05% CEO Herbert Diess and his guest, Chancellor Angela Merkel, stood in anticipation as the first ID.3, Germany’s long-awaited answer to Tesla, rolled off the assembly line. […]

Alexei Navalny Publishes “Palace” From Jail

Have you been following this Alexei Navalny story? The Russian opposition leader and blogger was nearly assassinated by Russian FSB agents late last summer, as reported in December by Belingcat. (Be sure to check out that story too, it’s something else). After tricking one of the men who tried to kill him into admitting it […]