Recharge Rage
By Eric Peters, NMA Member and Syndicated Columnist What do you suppose the result would be if you needed to get gas in a hurry — in order to get somewhere quickly — but you couldn’t fill up because there was another car already at the pump and it just sat there for half an […]
“Unlocking“ What You Don’t Own
By Eric Peters, NMA Member and Syndicated Columnist It used to be that when you bought a car, it was yours. It’s now theirs — even if you paid for it. All made possible by the transitioning of cars into battery-powered devices, just like a cell phones. And just the same way. For instance, the […]
Honda Becomes GM (and vice versa)
By Eric Peters, NMA Member and Syndicated Columnist Trump told autoworkers the other day that the electric car will put an end to the American car industry — and thus, put an end to their jobs as autoworkers as there won’t be many jobs left when a car becomes an extruded plastic body dropped onto […]
2023 Ford Bronco Sport Review
The Ford Bronco is one of the most capable — and powerful — 4x4s you can buy right now. The thing can go almost anywhere there isn’t pavement. But what if you’d like a Bronco that’s more agreeable on the pavement? One that’s more practical? One that gets much better gas mileage, has more room […]
Weight Matters
The saying goes that size matters – but weight matters more. If you want to go far. This is why EVs don’t. Even the really little ones – like Chevy’s Bolt, which is even smaller than a subcompact car like the Hyundai Accent – only go about half as far as their size-equivalents. Viz, 259 miles for the […]
2023 Mercedes EQE Review
One of the biggest problems besetting electric vehicles is their cost. It doesn’t matter how much you like something if you can’t afford it — and it doesn’t do much good to sell things most people can’t afford to buy. Like the Mercedes EQS I test drove back in December. It is essentially an electric version of the Mercedes […]
You May Not Know
Everything’s so much the same now that many don’t know it was once different. And in some ways, the same — again. They also think they know about some things — because they’ve never been hip to contrary things. For instance, what’s best in the snow? Many people will say: all-wheel-drive! How about skinny tires […]
2023 Nissan Leaf Review
There are now lots of EVs on the market but only two of them can be characterized as affordable alternatives to non-electric cars. One of those two being Nissan’s Leaf. It doesn’t go as far as other EVs — and it’s not nearly as quick, an EV selling point. But the fact that it’s a […]
2023 Nissan Z Review
What’s the difference between Nissan’s 370Z and the new just-Z? A smaller engine — and a lot more horsepower. Also about 200 more pounds. But that hasn’t slowed things down. What It Is The Z — as it’s now called — is the descendant of Datsun’s (as Nissan was once called) 240Z sports car, which made […]
Early Warning Signs
When a person begins losing a lot of weight — and it’s not because they’ve been dieting — it’s what they call a clue in law enforcement that something might be wrong with that person. Here are two such: The first is Carvana — the used car chain with the glitzy towers of used cars, that sent […]