The Problem With California’s Electric Dream
Even with a 15 year runway, California’s electric vehicle plans don’t look achievable.
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Wolf Richter: Nikola Hype Collapses, Shares Plunge Further, Founder/CEO Pushed Out. GM Swoons
This whole Nikola phenomenon was only possible in a market gone willfully blind and nuts.
Read more...Covid-19: Carmageddon Beckons Unless Work from Home Continues
Another way Covid-19 is wreacking havoc on major cities.
Read more...More on Deaths of Despair: New Study Links Early Job Loss to Higher Rates of Overdose Deaths and Suicides
Another look at deaths of despair confirms the danger of job loss and even too-early retirement.
Read more...Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back
Why corporations are past the high water mark for global commerce.
Read more...There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers
Workers, and above all black workers, lost out when unions came under attack and corporate profiteering and short-termism became the norm.
Read more...Why Relentless Labor Rights Enforcement Will Make or Break the New NAFTA
Why Nafta 2.0 labor protections for Mexicans are key to whether the deal delivers on its promise to US workers.
Read more...Uber Destroys More Value: Demolishes Bikes from Failed Rental Businesses Rather Than Donate Them
Uber behaves badly yet again.
Read more...The Paris Agreement Set an Unrealistic Target for Global Warming. Now What?
Is the 2 degree global warming target unrealistic? What now follows?
Read more...Trump Drops Antitrust Probe of Four Automakers Which Adopted Tougher Cal Tailpipe Emissions Standards
Trump drops antitrust investigation of emissions agreeemt between four automakers and state of California.
Read more...Subprime Auto Loans Explode, “Serious Delinquencies” Spike to Record. But There’s No Jobs Crisis, These Are the Good Times
Nearly a quarter of all subprime auto loans are 90+ days delinquent. Why?
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Two: Profits and Cash Flow Keep Deteriorating as Uber’s GAAP Losses Hit $8.5 Billion
Dissecting how Uber spun its 2019 financial reports. The actual results continue to be ugly, with no path to profit.
Read more...Coronavirus Starting to Hit Auto Industry Supply Chains
A coronavirus worry is starting to manifest.
Read more...Obama Helped Make Cars More Efficient, but Now They Spew Black Carbon
How regulations to tame cars’ emissions created a new problem.
Read more...Brexit: Digging In
Brexit again gets ugly.
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