by Randall McAdory | Sep 26, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Internal Combustion Engine, Porsche, Tesla
A few weeks ago, I wrote that the Porsche Taycan seems to be a “best effort car by an auto company determined to lead.” Dan Neil of the Wall Street Journal seems to agree. The difference between Dan and me, however, is he has now driven the all-electric...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 25, 2019 | Amazon, General Motors
General Motors is bringing Amazon Alexa to the infotainment system of its vehicles next year. This was announced during the Amazon Devices event this week. Alexa will be added via over-the-air updates on model year vehicles of 2018 and newer. This Alexa announcement...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 20, 2019 | Elon Musk, Tesla, Uber
In an interesting Barron’s article, Larry Ellison (Oracle’s founder and executive chairman) reportedly said at a recent event that he does not see the investment logic for WeWork and Uber. While discussing Uber, he asserted that the company has no technology and no...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 19, 2019 | Amazon, Electric Vehicles, Rivian
The Amazon-led $700 million investment in Rivian last February is beginning to make sense. It seems that Amazon’s plan to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord 10 years ahead of schedule will include the purchase of 100,000 Rivian-produced electric delivery...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 18, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, General Motors, UAW
Today, there are 48,000 UAW GM employees on a labor strike against the automaker in the United States. Business Insider is suggesting that GM’s investments in developing EVs are exacerbating the labor dispute. Through June of this year, GM only sold...
