Op-Ed: Snyder signing anti-Tesla bill is a head-scratcher
Nancy Kaffer, a Detroit Free Press columnist, questions why exactly Rick Snyder signed the anti-Tesla legislation banning Tesla Motors sales in Michigan. Excerpt: It’s a strange look for Michigan’s...
View ArticleAI quote of the day
With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there’s the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, it’s like, ‘Yeah, he’s sure he can control the demon.’ Doesn’t...
View ArticleMore than 130,000 sign White House petition to allow direct Tesla Motors sales
A petition started on the White House website calling for freedom for direct Tesla sales easily blew through the 100,000 requirement for an official White House response. The response is typical for...
View Article10 “free market” Republican-controlled states ban Tesla sales
Autos CheatSheet calls it out. Ten fully Republican-controlled states (i.e., Governor, House, and Senate) ban Tesla sales. Of course, that includes Michigan. Excerpt: Why do Republican lawmakers have...
View ArticleRepublicans are only sometimes in favor of free markets
Josh Barro, writing in the New York Times, highlights the lack of free market competition caused by state regulators around the country. Many of these attacks on free competition have been put in place...
View ArticleState of Michigan “wins” Luddite nomination
This is too good. From The Detroit Free Press: The state of Michigan is the, uh, honored recipient of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation‘s first Luddite Awards for its efforts to...
View ArticleMichigan auto dealers welcome Tesla
The lobbyists for the Michigan Automobile Dealers Association successfully banned all Tesla sales in Michigan last fall. But it turns out that Dealers Association is very interested and supportive of...
View ArticleElon Musk speaks in Detroit
Last evening, at the North American International Auto Show held at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Elon Musk appeared at an event to which Michigan Tesla purchasers had been invited. Below is a video of a...
View ArticleElon Musk quote of the day
Asked by a reporter whether Tesla would consider building an assembly plant in Michigan, where Tesla is barred from selling cars or operating showrooms under recently enacted legislation, Musk said:...
View ArticleSupport for Tesla direct sales from strange bedfellows (updated)
You might expect that the Koch brothers and the Sierra Club would only rarely play on the same team. But they are doing so now. They both signed on to a letter supporting the right of Tesla Motors to...
View ArticleTesla wins best overall car rating by Consumer Reports
For the second year in a row, Consumer Reports named the Tesla Model S the best overall car of the year. Tesla Motors’ electric Model S sport sedan won overall honors in Consumer Reports’ selection of...
View ArticleApple quote of the day
I predict that the correlation between purchasing [the Edition Model Apple Watch] and purchasing a Tesla is 100%. — an unnamed trader, who is probably close to correct. The pricing of the Apple Edition...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley is bullish on Tesla
Check out this incredibly bullish call by Morgan Stanley. Adam Jonas, who leads the auto research team at Morgan Stanley, offers his view of why Tesla “may be the world’s most important car company:...
View ArticleA must-read parody of auto dealers’ efforts to block direct Tesla sales
From Car and Driver, you really have to read this parody of the defenses raised by automobile dealers seeking to ban direct sales of Tesla vehicles. Excerpt: Dear Tesla, I write to you from the law...
View ArticleFTC urges Michigan to drop Tesla sales ban (updated)
Via The Detroit News: The Federal Trade Commission on Monday strongly urged the Michigan state legislature to reconsider its ban on Tesla Motors and other automakers from directly selling vehicles to...
View ArticleTesla and Texas
The state of Texas has continued to block sales of Tesla cars within the state. That only hurts the Texas residents that would like to be able to test drive and perhaps purchase the cars. But one Texas...
View ArticleMaking a Tesla Model S
This is a pretty interesting video of the manufacturing process that creates a Model S.
View ArticleSucks to be Fiat Chrysler (updated)
A week or so ago, some researchers hacked their way in to the technology functionality of recently manufactured Jeeps. They were able to control the vehicle, including disabling the brakes. As a...
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