DOE Cutting Hydrodgen Car Funding

DOE Cutting Hydrodgen Car Funding

Obama's Department Of Energy Secretray Stephen Chu announced that the DOE is cutting funds for research into hydrogen powered cars.  Fro...
Republicans and Hybrids

Republicans and Hybrids

Over at the WSJ, the question is asked, " Where are the Republican hybrid buyers ?". The answer, is that most people (not just Rep...
GM Mega-Dilution

GM Mega-Dilution

GM has filed a paper ( here ) with the SEC, "PRE 14C" which lays out a plan to dilute its common stock, by issuing new shares to t...
Cash For Clunkers Compromise

Cash For Clunkers Compromise

The House Energy Committee has released a compromise "Cash For Clunkers" plan, which is quite different than the two previous comp...
Lutz Smacks Letterman

Lutz Smacks Letterman

In a blog post titled " Stupid Human Tricks ", Bob Lutz smacks down David Letterman for being uninformed about the Chevrolet Volt,...
The Chrysler Filing

The Chrysler Filing

You can read the actual text of Chrysler's bankruptcy filing on the WSJ web site, here. There's also a long (117p) affidavit here....
Fiat ecoDrive

Fiat ecoDrive

Fiat has an interesting gadget called ecoDrive. This is a free software program which analyzes your driving habits and makes suggestions ho...
Waiting For The Aftershocks...

Waiting For The Aftershocks...

Now, we wait to see what happens to the supplier base. With GM and Chrysler both shutting down for at least two months, if not longer, anal...
GMAC and Chrysler-Fiat Mashup

GMAC and Chrysler-Fiat Mashup

One of the more interesting details about today's announcement by Obama about Chrysler's chapter 11 filing was the deal with GMAC to...
Reminder: Get Out Of Demand Notes

Reminder: Get Out Of Demand Notes

Update : I have attracted some hostile comments. To clarify my position: No one who has a low tolerance for risk should be in GMAC Demand N...