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Tesla We Robot – Nothingburger!

Great visuals, no content. When the highlight of the show is wondering if it was a Cybercab malfunction that caused Mr Musk to start the show nearly an hour late,...

Automotive Ecosystems – Electric Dreams

Where the companies go, the governments will follow.   Yet another delay to the EV transition comes as no surprise as the criteria for mass adoption is still far away...

Tesla FSD – The Mannequin.

A dummy will be launched. The idea that Full Service Driving (FSD) will be a commercial reality in 2025 remains a fantasy but Mr Musk will strengthen the resolve of...

USA vs. China – Closing Loopholes

ASML bucks the Chinese trend.   Excellent results from ASML indicate that China is still buying as much equipment as it can get its hands on but potential further tightening...

Tesla – More of Same

Robotaxis could be a near-fatal disease. Tesla has rallied on a fantasy that I think will never come true even if FSD eventually works but reality has once again decided...

Rivian & VW – Desperation Bedfellows

VW & Rivian rescue each other.  VW’s $5bn investment is precisely what Rivian needs to prevent it from suffering Fisker’s fate but at the same time, it is quite possible...

Electric Vehicles – Unready for Reality pt. III

EU tariffs will weaken demand further.   The EU has announced import tariffs on Chinese EVs that are likely to trigger a retaliation and an increase in price to the...

Electric Vehicles – Unready For Reality pt. II

The financial noose tightens. The end of Fisker, the imminent end of several others as well as worsening financial conditions in China clearly point to the ongoing slowdown and shakeout...

Automotive Ecosystems – GM’s Big Bet.

Good, but it needs to be better. A large proportion of the automotive industry thinks that GM has taken leave of its senses by ditching CarPlay in its electric vehicles...

Autonomous Driving – Brains not brawn

End-to-end machine learning is not the answer. SoftBank, Nvidia and Microsoft are pouring $1bn into a system that relies entirely on machine learning to drive vehicles in the hope that...