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“How the Founder of General Motors Died Broke as a Bowling Alley Operator”
One hundred and sixteen years ago this week, William Crapo (yes, really) Durant founded General Motors in the hopes of creating a large conglomerate that could scoop up all the smaller automotive companies blooming in turn of the last century Detroit. While GM would eventually become a huge success, indeed one of the…
“How Sexism Inspired the Mary Kay Pink Cadillac | Giga Gears”
Data shows that American car buyers have little-to-no sense of creativity when it comes to the color of their vehicle, with the four most popular colors being white, black, silver, and gray. It’s rare to find a colorful car at all, let alone one in a statement color like pink, and finding a pink car that’s not a…
FBI Raids Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Over IndyCar Theft Allegations | Giga Gears
While we’re no stranger to the sight of stewards probing cars at a race meet, one things that’s a bit stranger to see is hordes of officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raiding a race team. That’s exactly what happened earlier this week when the FBI probed the offices of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing amid…
“Which Car Redesign Ruined the Model? | Giga Gears”
The legendary West Coast delicacy that is In-N-Out Burger has an incredibly simplistic menu that has hardly changed throughout its 75-year history, and yet the In-N-Out behind my apartment building has a line wrapping around the block every single day. Sometimes you have to know when you get a recipe right; you don’t…
“SpaceX 2024 CO2 Emissions vs. Tesla Savings | Giga Gears”
It’s pretty obvious by now that Elon Musk doesn’t really care about the environment. While he was once a warrior in the battle against climate change, or claimed to be, he has evolved into a climate denialist and seems intent on kneecapping whatever environmental and emissions gains Tesla may have made. So far this…