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Maybe at the beginning of this fateful year, there were small miracles out there somewhere. Maybe a project had been negotiated and sourced on-time with fully fleshed-out, clear requirements, reasonable milestones and spectacularly insightful roles and responsibilities. Maybe there were fantastic, e...

What GM And Tesla Must Consider General Motors GM bet the farm on electric vehicles. So have Telsa, Rivian and a myriad of other start-ups. Why? Simple. If the U.S. government’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulation climbs to a whopping 40.4 miles per gallon for cars and light-duty trucks...

Over 30 million jobless claims have been filed in the U.S. in the past six weeks alone. The U.S. unemployment rate for April will be announced next Friday and is anticipated to be near 6.5% after being at 4.4% in March. To put this in perspective, the U.S Bureau of Labor and Statistics has charted u...

In the midst of this sheltering-in-place, Netflix NFLX and other streaming services have seen an 85% increase in revenue. Among the highest programs watched during this “How on God’s Green Earth do I occupy another seven hours” period is the bizarre documentary series (a.k.a. docuseries) entitled, “...

Explorer Roald Amundsen said “adventure is just bad planning,” and there are quite a few adventures going on within automotive these days, especially with respect to personnel during this COVID-19 crisis. In just the past couple of weeks, we have seen the following announcements:

It has been a tumultuous few months for Tesla TSLA and Elon Musk. Within this bumpy ride, there are some positive and negative Lessons Learned for both engineering and business decisions. Companies wanting to compete and differentiate in autonomous, electric and innovative vehicles need to pay atten...