Category: Self Driving Cars

Editor’s Note: This week, Peter talks about “The Juice” and the (mostly wrong) assumptions made in pursuit of the “Grand Transition.” In On The Table, Peter comments on the UAW conquering VW’s...

Editor’s Note: Since last week’s AE Brand Image Meter caused its usual amount of Sturm und Drang –including one irate reader’s denunciation of everything Peter, because he had the temerity to praise Hyundai/Kia...

Editor’s Note: In this week’s Rant, we launch our infamous AE Brand Image Meter, Peter’s no-holds-barred assessment of most of the brands currently doing business in the auto industry. (Yes, some are left out...

Editor’s Note: In this week’s Rant, Peter presents the case for a return to driving – not because you have to but because you want to – as the perfect antidote for the chaos that threatens to consume...

Editor’s Note: In this week’s Rant, Peter comments on the disarray that the “Grand Transition” to EVs has brough to the car business, focusing on Porsche in particular. In On The Table, Nissan bores us to...

Editor’s Note: In this week’s Rant, Peter takes us inside “The Grind” and what it’s really like for top-level executives and their crushing schedules. In On The Table, the Petersen Automotive Museum...

Editor’s Note: This week, Peter addresses the need to move on in his Rant, knowing full well it’s all “easier said than done.” In On The Table, Peter slams the fan boys in the media over their gushing...

Editor’s Note: This week, Peter follows up last week’s incendiary Rant with an eloquent rebuttal to the haters out there who suggest he should “stick to cars.” In On The Table we look at a new Maserati,...

Editor’s Note: This week, Peter unloads on the dismal state of America as we’ve come to know it. In On The Table we contemplate a $90,000 pickup truck from Stellantis, which is the new height of absurdity. We also...

Editor’s Note: This week, Peter exposes Ford and GM’s “Regrets and Apologies” tour, as both of their CEOs backpedal and make excuses for dumb decisions and flat-out wrong assumptions. In On The Table we...

Editor’s Note: This week, Peter talks about the ads we liked – and didn’t like – in this year’s Super Bowl. In On The Table we preview the extensive updates to Porsche’s all-electric Taycan for 2025. And...

Editor’s Note: This week, Peter returns to the auto wars after last week’s Detroit Lions column, and talks about the pendulum swinging back from the “all-in on EVs” push to a more realistic path going...