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I write about things I find interesting. Technology, cars, markets, collecting, and the systems behind how things work.
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October 20261 post
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Tesla Semi Is Finally Scaling. The Hard Part Comes Next.
Tesla has started high-volume Semi production in Nevada. Now fleets need charging, service support and routes where electric trucks actually make sense.
September 20265 posts
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A Year After the Tax Credit Ended
A year after the $7,500 credit ended, the German luxury brands lost more of their EV sales than anyone. Porsche, Land Rover and Bentley are launching more expensive EVs anyway.
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McLaren's New Logo Came From the Sign Over a Garage in Auckland
McLaren's new logo is based on the sign over Bruce McLaren's parents' service station in Auckland. It's the first one in the company's history that goes back to its founder.
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I Was One of the People Who Thought the Electric Boxster Was a Mistake
Porsche got caught testing the electric 718 without camouflage. I had the car filed in my head as a revival of something that never sold, which turns out to be wrong in a way I should have known better about.
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I've Always Wanted a Range Rover. The Electric One Doesn't Fix the Reason I Never Bought One.
Orders opened for the electric Range Rover. The pitch is that electric cars have less to go wrong. Here's what actually breaks on these, and why most of it carries over.
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The Auto Industry Isn't Making One Bet on Robots. It's Making Three.
Hyundai and BYD both said they would sell robots through their dealers. That got covered as one story about carmakers moving into robotics, but there are three separate bets underneath it, and they need completely different things to work.
August 20262 posts
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Monterey set a $758M record. The 1950s and 1960s were the only decades below guide.
The 2026 Monterey auctions produced a record total and a negative median for postwar classics at the same time. That is not a liquidity story. It is a taste story, and it breaks the collector car market into two things that no longer belong in one index.
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Nevada authorized roughly 8,000 robotaxis. The permit was the easy part.
Three companies got approval to run driverless fleets in Las Vegas. Having spent eight years running Tesla operations here, the hard part is not the software. It is bays, chargers, people and a site plan.