Here is the canonical Prisoners Dilemma setup. If GM and Ford don’t engage in annual model changes, neither has an advantage in the market place…
Annual redesign was a Faustian bargain
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Spring 2017
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This course will be offered Spring 2017, with a trip to Detroit the 3rd week of the term. The cost is penciled in at $700.…
Course over! back to Autos & Economics
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The course came to a safe conclusion with the final week including a visit to Metalsa, a heavy truck rail manufacturer in Roanoke, and meetings…
VW: Car Company or “Mobility Provider?”
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Just today, Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller announced that the brand was unrolling a new strategy for summer 2016. Hoping to reinvigorate its appeal to cost-conscious,…
Tesla: Struggling with Model 3 Output?
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On Wednesday, Tesla announced that it would sell $2 billion, yes billion, in equity to help finance its Model 3 production. Tesla has accepted about…
United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams announced today that his union will endorse a Presidential candidate shortly. While declining to comment on who that candidate will…
The Aloha State Verse Takata
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Recently this past Friday, the Aloha state, Hawaii, took yet another shot at the Takata airbag defect by calling the Japanese auto parts maker to…
While many blogs have featured topics revolving around self-driving cars, automobile companies, and the industry’s “capital”, Detroit, another interesting aspect of the auto industry is…
Recently Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) CEO, Sergio Marchionne, announced a partnership with the world’s most valuable company and Silicon Valley giant Alphabet Inc. FCA will provide Alphabet…
Detroit Late Night Spots
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While visiting the motor city, a group of friends and I decided to make a late night run into the city to try to get…