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In the northeast, Spring has fully sprung. Temps are expected to kiss 80 today, and after a mild winter, we have been enjoying abundant sunshine. The daffodils and tulips are up, the magnolias ar...

https://ritholtz.com/2024/04/1958-bmw-507-series-ii-roadster/

     Hey, it’s been awhile since my last update, so I thought I would share some of the amazing progress we have made over the past three months. To start with, the electric motor and batt...

https://ritholtz.com/2024/04/update-3-ev-conversion-at-90/

    Over the past few years, my automotive focus has been drawn from achingly beautiful classic cars, toward something newer: Hybrids, EVs, and assorted new technologies. I like to keep current...

https://ritholtz.com/2024/02/2024-aston-martin-vantage/

    Our story so far: In 2022, I signed up with Moment Motors to get in their queue for an EV conversion. Thus began the hunt for a donor car. I mentioned last month that the originally selecte...

https://ritholtz.com/2024/02/update-911-ev-conversion/

  In May of 2022, I put a deposit down with Moment Motors to convert an ICE car into an EV. The down payment put me into a queue that was over a year-long, giving me lots of time to select somet...

https://ritholtz.com/2024/01/1988-m491-porsche-911-cabrio/

  Earlier this week, as we awaited the introduction of the actual production vehicle of the Cybertruck, I jotted down some thoughts on Tesala’s latest. The actual reveal was both better (at th...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/12/2025-tesla-cybertruck/

    By now you surely know the story: In 2019, Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Cyber truck, making all sorts of amazing promises. This is more than just an indulgent flight of fancy: Americans buy...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/11/clown-car/

  I don’t know anyone who will buy another Tesla. And I know a lot of people with Teslas, and they LOVE their Teslas! But they don’t like Elon Musk. If you’ve been following the news, it�...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/11/electric-cars/

Every now and then, I happen across a beguiling car with which I am wholly unfamiliar: Ghia GT. Ghia was the coachworks company who had done assignments with numerous other manufacturers, includi...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/10/1965-fiat-1500-coupe-ghia-gt/

    Physics and material sciences are awesome. I have no doubt that by the end of this century decade (if not sooner), we will develop technology to use light(er)weight, high-density batteries ...

https://ritholtz.com/2023/10/ev-or-hybrid/