Fooyeah! I am in Detroit - the Motor City, the Count of Montechrysler, home of Motown records. We’re here to visit with some people working on the future of the American auto industry and check out the Detroit Auto Show. What a depressing city – these guys are totally f’d. The auto show was a total joke – “electrification” is the new buzzword! These donkeys actually want us to believe that Americans who won’t buy their shoddy products now are going to flock to dealers to buy their shoddy “electrified” products at higher prices?? Please.
I have a great story that pretty much encapsulates what I think has killed the American auto industry. We were at one of the Big 3 automakers and we drive up to the building that houses their advanced battery division. Our host was driving a BMW which I hopped out of in order to figure out if we were at the right building for our meeting. I run to the front desk to see if our person was there and the security person proceeds to tell me that we can’t park in the building lot because we are not driving that automakers brand. It has just snowed and they have not cleared any parking lots nearby and he tells us that we’re going to have to park a mile away and take a shuttle. I tell the guy – hey, we’re here to help you guys and figure out what we can do to make you successful. Nope – you’re taking the shuttle.
When these bozos are more concerned with hiding in their bubble and pretending that no competition exists because they don’t see it in their parking lots than maximizing our time in trying them to build a future, you quickly understand how we’ve gotten to this place.
Here’s a picture of Detroit that I captured on the way back to the airport – it’s the sun setting on Detroit, oh snap!
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