Going to Mongolia

Picture courtesy of Geographical.co.uk Taxi is outside, off to the airport for our  trip to Mongolia, and a Gobi Desert tour with our great Mongolian friends. Don’t expect any site updates until July 9, or thereabouts. The analysis of German BEV sales requires access to a server, no servers in yurts, so after July 9… Continue reading Going to Mongolia

World’s largest automakers, May 2024: Despite Daihatsu, Toyota still on top. Volkswagen still in hiding.

We interrupt our self-imposed, server-caused reporting pause for the usual once-a-month ranking of world’s largest automakers. As you can see, it’s messy. Perennial leader Toyota Group is down 4.5% for the year, mainly because at their Daihatsu mini-vehicle division matters got rocky in the wake of their testing scandal. Wordwide Daihatsu sales are down a… Continue reading World’s largest automakers, May 2024: Despite Daihatsu, Toyota still on top. Volkswagen still in hiding.

We crashed. And we are crushed.

Picture courtesy prosperwithit.com It had to happen: After a carefully planned move of the Dailykanban servers, everything was good to go by Sunday evening. Except by Monday morning, all servers had rolled over and were (pretty much) dead. Dailykanban doesn’t just run from one server, it follows the belt-and-suspender principle, and runs from a bunch… Continue reading We crashed. And we are crushed.