A Real Close Look at the Fake Cars of 2022

Rachel Pence

The meteoric rise of Tesla in the 2010s—as well as the relative simplicity of electric powertrains—has inspired countless entrepreneurs to try their hand at starting trendy, forward-thinking car companies. Many of these have already come and gone, their renderings and outlandish claims collecting dust in a forgotten corner of the […]

The vibes are off at Tesla

Rachel Pence

A week ago, it was safe to say Tesla seemed to be ending the year on a rough note. Between reports of layoffs, losing momentum in China, crackdowns on its Autopilot driver assistance software, CEO Elon Musk’s disastrous ownership of Twitter losing both money and face and long-promised products like […]

Cheers to a more normal 2023 in the auto industry

Rachel Pence

I in no way liked the term “new standard.” What is actually “normal” is always shifting, ever-new, like a new product calendar year. But occasionally we see a lot more tectonic shifts: The $5 working day. The Flint sit-down strike. The hen tax. Nader. Transplants. Tesla. COVID-19. We’re not performed […]