Tag: Auto Industry

Big Idea Wednesday: Monster Mile Per Gallon

Filed in Delaware by on August 8, 2012 23 Comments

Twice a year, Dover Downs is the home of NASCAR races. As a guy that owns two hybrids and tries to be a good environmental citizen, I am appalled by the senseless waste of tires, oil, gas that goes on through the various qualifiers and races that go on throughout the weekend. But I get […]

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The Auto Bailouts? Romney’s Idea, I Think Not

Filed in National by on April 30, 2012 0 Comments

Yesterday, Cassandra_M pointed out the first Etch A Sketch moment of the campaign.

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Congratulations All Around for Fisker

Filed in National by on October 27, 2009 10 Comments

The press conference/Pep rally for the announcement that the Boxwood Rd. auto plant has just concluded. We will now refer to the plant as the Fisker plant. I am still in a state of shock. It was a tour de force of Delaware politicos. Huge kudos are in order for Governor Markell for his attention to this issue and for putting together this event. Getting Joe Biden was the perfect touch.

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Blue Collar Jobs Coming Back to Delaware?

Filed in National by on October 21, 2009 13 Comments
Blue Collar Jobs Coming Back to Delaware?

There is finally some serious cause for optimism. Andrew Eder, writing in today’s News-Journal, reports that the Boxwood GM plant is attracting a lot of interest: Fisker Automotive confirmed Tuesday that it has talked with Delaware officials and toured the Boxwood Road assembly plant, idle since late July when General Motors closed the factory. The […]

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