Writings by Topic: Auto Industry

Title Date
Biden and the Rule of Law February 6, 2024
Biden on the Wrong Picket Line (1 comment) September 27, 2023
China Battery Advantage July 13, 2022
Capitalism's Long-Term Incentives June 30, 2021
GM, Electric Cars, and China (1 comment) February 15, 2021
Warnock's Tesla (4 comments) January 3, 2021
The Tesla Secret (1 comment) August 12, 2020
How Regulation Made Pickup Trucks So Big (1 comment) August 2, 2020
'States' Rights' Is Cry of the Democrats September 24, 2019
How Regulation Killed the Station Wagon and Created the Minivan (62 comments) July 4, 2019
Guess Who Is Driving $80,000 Vehicles? February 16, 2018
The Tesla Subsidy (5 comments) August 1, 2017
Paul Ryan's District April 25, 2017
Compliance Vehicles (2 comments) November 30, 2016
GM in China March 31, 2016
California DMV Warns Tesla (1 comment) October 20, 2015
Musk's Subsidies May 31, 2015
Regulation Lags Technology (2 comments) March 20, 2015
Hydrogen Cars November 18, 2014
Delphi's Tax Inversion August 6, 2014
WSJ on Auto Bailout (1 comment) April 3, 2014
What Did the Car Czar Know and When? March 18, 2014
Christie Versus Tesla (4 comments) March 13, 2014
George Will on the Auto Industry January 10, 2014
Fisker's Future March 29, 2013
Tesla Talks Back (2 comments) February 14, 2013
An Annotated State of the Union (1 comment) February 13, 2013
Now They Tell Us December 6, 2012
GM's $1 Billion China Factory November 29, 2012
Democratic National Convention, Night Three September 7, 2012
The Democrats Versus the Economy (5 comments) September 4, 2012
Obama Built That (1 comment) August 10, 2012
Mitt's Gray Areas July 9, 2012
Investors With Ties To Buffett, Soros, Obama Plan Mortgage Eminent Domain Grab (3 comments) June 15, 2012
Class Action Shakedown April 9, 2012
Read It Here First April 4, 2012
The Jevons Paradox (1 comment) March 15, 2012
ABC News on Electric Cars March 6, 2012
Backup Camera Rule Delayed February 29, 2012
Misleading Fuel Economy Ratings (1 comment) February 29, 2012
Mandatory Rear-View Cameras (3 comments) February 28, 2012
Fisker, A123 Under Stress February 13, 2012
Obama State of the Union (9 comments) January 24, 2012
U.S.-China Trade War (1 comment) December 14, 2011
Richard Epstein on CAFE Standards (4 comments) December 6, 2011
Chevy Volt (4 comments) December 2, 2011
Holly Petraeus, Regulator (2 comments) November 7, 2011
Romney's Hardscrabble Roots (3 comments) October 1, 2011
Ford's Anti-Bailout Ad September 16, 2011
Martha's Vineyard Myths August 22, 2011
Buffett's BYD Goes Gasoline (2 comments) August 11, 2011
A Borders Bailout July 19, 2011
Review: The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America (1 comment)
by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
July 3, 2011
China Bans Electric Bikes June 21, 2011
Rattner Wants to Raise Your Taxes (2 comments) April 27, 2011
The Google Shakedown (3 comments) April 20, 2011
ABC News on Green Energy (1 comment) March 30, 2011
Two From David Stockman March 22, 2011
Stanford's John Taylor on TARP March 18, 2011
Citibank Raises Check Reorder Fees (6 comments) March 14, 2011
Haley Barbour on Government Growth March 14, 2011
Kaus on GM March 3, 2011
Friedman on a Gas Tax (4 comments) February 23, 2011
Toyota's Electronics February 8, 2011
Introducing The Crony Capitalist Index (2 comments) February 8, 2011
Reconsidering Rattner December 10, 2010
'Tax Breaks for Bailout Recipients' December 3, 2010
Rattner's Returns November 30, 2010
Taxing the 'Rich' (6 comments) November 28, 2010
Sarah Palin Book Excerpts November 24, 2010
Mickey Kaus on Government Motors November 23, 2010
GM's IPO "Success" November 19, 2010
Roger Altman November 17, 2010
China and the GM IPO November 12, 2010
Rattner Versus Holman Jenkins November 12, 2010
Volvo's Government Ownership (2 comments) November 11, 2010
Rattner on Income Inequality (1 comment) November 8, 2010
Jon Meacham on Those Stupid Voters (4 comments) November 6, 2010
3 Strange Things About the GM IPO November 5, 2010
Egan's Elitism (5 comments) November 5, 2010
Steven Rattner on Richard Wagoner (1 comment) November 3, 2010
Malcolm Gladwell on the Auto Bailout October 25, 2010
Moe Tucker's Politics October 24, 2010
Dan Henninger on Harry Wilson (1 comment) October 20, 2010
Barone's Predictions (4 comments) October 20, 2010
Minority Broker-Dealers Campaign Contributions (2 comments) October 20, 2010
The New Yorker on Reid-Angle (1 comment) October 18, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek on Tea Party (1 comment) October 15, 2010
Rattner's Book Party October 14, 2010
Bailed-Out Chrysler Workers Drink, Get High (1 comment) September 28, 2010
Texting While Driving Bans (32 comments) September 28, 2010
A123 Battery (2 comments) September 23, 2010
Bloomberg's BMW (2 comments) September 13, 2010
Emanuel Versus Rattner (2 comments) September 12, 2010
BYD Buffett Subsidy (2 comments) September 8, 2010
Cash for Clunkers (1 comment) September 3, 2010
Steven Rattner's Book (1 comment) September 2, 2010
Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor September 1, 2010
Used Car Prices Jump 30% August 23, 2010
The Tax Angle on GM August 21, 2010
GM CEO on Government Ownership (2 comments) August 6, 2010
Ford's Government Help August 5, 2010
GM Bailout Reality August 2, 2010
Taxi Owners Fight Hybrid Mandate July 28, 2010
Roger Altman's Unbelievable Gall (2 comments) July 19, 2010
McConnell and Toyota (2 comments) July 19, 2010
President's Export Council July 7, 2010
GM Volt Test Drive June 25, 2010
The UAW Versus Ford June 17, 2010
Government Favoritism in the Auto Industry June 14, 2010
Germany Says No To GM on Opel June 9, 2010
The FT on GM (1 comment) June 8, 2010
Mitch Daniels on Chrysler and Cronyism (2 comments) June 4, 2010
Steven Rattner and the SEC June 1, 2010
Seize BP? (8 comments) June 1, 2010
Schumer and GM's Hydrogen Cells May 25, 2010
Chamber of Commerce on China Trade May 24, 2010
Europe and Google May 18, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek, Hedge Funds, and Forest Labs' Taxes (1 comment) May 14, 2010
Ethanol and Offshore Drilling (1 comment) May 4, 2010
GM's Misleading Repayment Claim May 3, 2010
Read It Here First (1 comment) April 25, 2010
Read It Here First (2 comments) April 22, 2010
'Paid Back in Full,' My Elbow April 20, 2010
George Will on the Automakers April 8, 2010
An E-Mail From Vice President Biden March 29, 2010
Jack Welch on Obama, Health Care (2 comments) March 25, 2010
Buffett, GMAC, and ResCap March 23, 2010
Victor Davis Hanson on Health Care (1 comment) March 22, 2010
An Interview With Harry Wilson March 19, 2010
Private Regulation (2 comments) March 17, 2010
Review: Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
by Karl Rove
March 11, 2010
Bank v. U.S. March 11, 2010
Government and Private Auto Regulation (1 comment) March 9, 2010
China's Auto Industry March 9, 2010
GM, Tengzhong, and Hummer February 26, 2010
GMAC, ResCap, and Warren Buffett (1 comment) February 25, 2010
The WSJ and Venture Capital February 25, 2010
The Real Paul Krugman (1 comment) February 22, 2010
Bruce Caldwell in the Washington Post February 18, 2010
Tim Pawlenty's Esquire Interview February 16, 2010
Michael Barone on Crony Capitalism (1 comment) February 15, 2010
Inside the Mind of the Left (1 comment) February 8, 2010
AAA Against Ethanol February 5, 2010
Ray LaHood, Republican (1 comment) February 4, 2010
The War on Toyota February 4, 2010
Obama and Toyota (2 comments) February 2, 2010
Obama and the Lobbyists January 28, 2010
Warren Buffett on Taxes and TARP (2 comments) January 20, 2010
Nevada's Governor on the Health Overhaul (1 comment) December 30, 2009
Government Motors and Ford Foolishness (1 comment) December 30, 2009
The Temptation of Servitude (2 comments) December 28, 2009
The Health Care State of Play December 21, 2009
Read It Here First December 18, 2009
Kirkus Reviews Gets the Gourmet, Saab Treatment December 10, 2009
Rep. Mike Rogers on Health Care December 10, 2009
Saab's Reluctant Seller December 3, 2009
How Many Countries Does It Take to Make a Saab? December 1, 2009
Welfare for Politicians November 30, 2009
Crovitz on Anonymity (11 comments) November 29, 2009
Amity Shlaes's Hayek Lecture November 21, 2009
Buffett and Gates at Columbia (2 comments) November 13, 2009
Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee October 28, 2009
More 'Stimulus' For GM, du Pont October 27, 2009
Delphi, AIG October 27, 2009
Lipsky on a Press Subsidy (1 comment) October 22, 2009
The Real Culture War (1 comment) October 13, 2009
The Powell Memo October 13, 2009
Obama Loses Saturday Night Live October 13, 2009
More on the Obama Nobel October 9, 2009
Podhoretz's Provocation (2 comments) September 27, 2009
Fisker's Lobbyists (1 comment) September 25, 2009
Reverse Robin-Hood September 25, 2009
How Goldman Backed Moore's 'Capitalism' Movie (7 comments) September 23, 2009
Right Over Left September 22, 2009
Geithner on G.E. September 15, 2009
Housing Market and Government September 15, 2009
'Preventing Catastrophe' September 14, 2009
Grassley on Health Care September 9, 2009
Burden-Shifting September 9, 2009
Sunsetting Legislation September 1, 2009
Short-Term Versus Long-Term August 31, 2009
Starbucks' Health Care Spending August 18, 2009
Cash for Hummers August 6, 2009
Unstated Assumptions and the Fed August 6, 2009
Costing Out the Auto Bailout August 5, 2009
'Cash for Geezers' August 5, 2009
More Cash for Clunkers Math August 3, 2009
McCain on the Drug Companies August 2, 2009
The Math on Cash for Clunkers July 31, 2009
Mendaciousness July 30, 2009
The Times and the Automakers July 29, 2009
Read It Here First July 29, 2009
The Mercedes and BMW Exception July 28, 2009
Private Enterprise and The Times July 27, 2009
The Ford Misconception July 23, 2009
Why Not CIT? July 16, 2009
Rules for Carry-On Luggage July 2, 2009
Automatic Brakes for Government Cars July 2, 2009
Ads During ABC's Obama-Care Special June 25, 2009
Evercore's Altman on Capitalism June 23, 2009
Now Ford, Nissan, Tesla June 23, 2009
Dr. Sklar's Professional Training June 23, 2009
Job-Creation Scheme? June 18, 2009
From a Wall Street Journal Poll June 18, 2009
Polling the GM Takeover June 5, 2009
'Shared Sacrifice' of Bondholders June 3, 2009
More on the GM Bankruptcy June 3, 2009
GM's Abnormal Bankruptcy June 2, 2009
Businessmen or Bureaucrats? June 1, 2009
Pravda Columnist Calls America Red May 31, 2009
The Economist Defends Capitalism May 28, 2009
Government Motors May 26, 2009
35 MPG Cars May 18, 2009