I am (obviously) no longer very active at Blogspot. I do however post substative articles on SeekingAlpha, who pay me a pittance, which is more than google. Furthermore, my most popular SeekingAlpha articles get more comments than my average number of page views here. I may also try posting non-stock-market oriented content on Substack, but have not yet done so. I will do so (note the originality of the title) at economicsandautos.substack.com, though I will eventually figure out a better name. My most recent SA articles are:
- Tesla China: Counting the Competition
- Disruption and EVs: Tesla, Wuling and BYD
- China EVs and Tesla's Shanghai Challenge
- China EVs: Focus on Guangzhou Auto and Its Aion Brand
- China: EV Losers Will Multiply
- China's Automotive Slowdown
Mike Smitka
PS Co-blogger Dave Ruggles has turned his retirement focus to guitar; Mike Smitka, also mostly retired, continues to write about automotive issues, using his COVIC hobby of learning to read Chinese to write about their EV market, supported by a database he has compiled of monthly domestically manufactured passenger vehicle model-level sales from January 2020, replete with drivetrain, segment, brand, firm and price for each model. As of April 2024, that covers 938 models, with several new model launches each month, and 400 going out of production during the past 5 years.