Michigan's Anti-Tesla Ban: Bloomberg is Off Base

Bloomberg has an op-ed " Detroit Fights Innovation -- Again " which in fact is not about the Detroit Three of GM, Ford and Fiat C...

Slowing Down

With US dealership inventories at 88 days on February 1st – 60 days is healthy – we are seeing a possible mismatch of sales relative to prod...

The Decline of the Japanese Auto Industry

Here are three graphs, pulled from a talk I gave at UMTRI in the spring. The Japanese auto industry – that is, manufacturing and retail ins...

Tesla's Distribution Challenge

...the issue isn't whether Tesla's distribution approach is legal, it's whether it's sensible... Tesla is distributing its b...

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics!

David Ruggles See also Cliff Banks article in Wards A s I watched the Senate hearings today on CSPAN my blood boiled. When asked about the ...

More on Dealers: My Opinion in NYT

Mike Smitka H ere are a series of brief items in the New York Times "Room For Debate" online forum on their Opinion page: Link he...

In Defense of Dealers

A few years back Michael Dell was quoted as saying he thought the auto industry should adopt elements of his “build to order” PC business m...

Follow the Money

T he news today is of efforts to cut the cost side of the OEMs, Chrysler of course but also General Motors. Is this good news? To frame that...