Auto Industry
Paul Eisenstein on automaker bailout
By Lloyd Graff I talked to Paul Eisenstein, TMW’s resident auto guru in Detroit. He is pessimistic about a bailout for the domestic car builders. He sees the legislation caught [...]
Would no bailout for Big Three be better?
By Noah Graff General Motors, Ford and Chrysler have asked for $25 billion in government loans to survive the economic crisis — that’s in addition to the $25 billion Congress [...]
Problems for Toyota too
As everyone knows, GM and Ford are suffering big time – burning billions every month, desperately begging the government for bailout money – but you might be surprised that Toyota, [...]
Build Roads — Not Electric Cars
By Noah Graff A recent article by wired.com suggested that one of the best remedies for the struggling U.S. economy would be an extensive overhaul of the country’s crumbling infrastructure. [...]
New Credit Game for Industrial Equipment
By Lloyd Graff I think we got an important signal Tuesday when Bank of America decided not to raise credit lines for McDonalds franchisees to buy new equipment such as [...]
People Just Don't Get Manufacturing
August 21, Chicago’s NPR station ran a short blurb about how manufacturing’s seemingly continuous slowdown has caused many shops to let go of workers in recent months. Hearing stories like [...]
More Auto Industry Woes
Just days after Toyota said their U.S. sales dropped 18.7 percent, Toyota is cutting 800 jobs at a unit making Lexus vehicles. It’s the first time Toyota has let go [...]
GM Attempts to Bridge Two Car Cultures
As GM’s car sales steadily decline in the U.S., its Buick brand has become one of the most coveted China. Buick recently debuted its new Invicta show car, the expected [...]
Eco-Cycles!
The Isle of Man TT is among the oldest and famous races in motorsports. Azhar Hussain, an eco-conscious motorcycle fanatic, hopes to turn the race into what he calls the [...]
Is Shell Oil a Green Maverick?
Today I came across a video of the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas which was held in April, 2008. The event is a competition between students from around North America (there is [...]