In the March/April 2024 issue of Car & Driver magazine, Jamie Kitman points out the gains and pains within the current four-wheel EV landscape. Kitman’s Upfront article, Alternating Current provides the painful reality of “piss poor planning” (my words, not his) within the hallowed walls of auto OEs, again. As history seems to always repeat itself, once again the lack of reality has bit auto manufacturers in the ass. When global governments started mandating zero-emissions by 2035, the OEs’ jealousy of Tesla gained unprecedented momentum.
The great thing about traveling so much, is I get to spend a ton of time reading. And lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in India and books are much cheaper than in the US or UK, so I’ve been stocking up on a lot of great, new reads. My latest find isThou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World by Avi Jorisch. This great book introduces a variety of Israeli innovators who have changed the world.
