Tesla Valuation

Tesla Valuation
I don't understand Tesla's stock price and valuation.  TSLA is trading at about $175/share right now, with a market cap of $21 billi...

EU Proposes Satellite Based Speed Limiters

EU Proposes Satellite Based Speed Limiters
A great demonstration of how the Europeans are not necessarily worth emulating.  The EU has proposed ISA (intelligent speed adaptation) base...

Diesels: Good MPG, Less So Carbon

Diesels: Good MPG, Less So Carbon
I have heard man advocates of small diesels moan that we "just don't get it" here in the U.S. and we need to be more European,...

Tesla's Extra 0.4 Star

Tesla's Extra 0.4 Star
Tesla is trumpeting the Model S' excellent performance in NHTSA's safety tests.  Tesla says that the model S has achieved a combined...

Ford's C-Max Debacle Explained

Ford's C-Max Debacle Explained
Ford yesterday announced that it was re-stating the fuel economy label of the C-Max hybrid, from 47 city / 47 highway /47 combined to a sti...

Tesla Quality Checking

Tesla Quality Checking
An interesting insight into Tesla's assembly and delivery process over at Wired, here . Tesla is testing every car they  build with ...

The Chicken Tax--Bad and Good

The Chicken Tax--Bad and Good
There is an interesting piece in the Detroit News today about the possible impact of the "Chicken Tax", the 25% import duty on fo...