George Wand

Modern assembly lines and robots with sensors can assemble any car for alternative transportation

"We are in a really interesting transition right now; we're on the verge of a major change", continued Ewasyshyn. “If there is a single word that sums up the driver of these changes, it'...

Progress on assembly lines leads to better alternative transportation vehicles over time

“The future is going to begin in the next two to three years”, declared Chrysler’s long-time manufacturing technology specialist Frank J. Ewasyshyn in 2009. We know the world is changing, and the auto industry is...

Two-seater zero-emission tandem Land Glider from Nissan leaning towards alternative transportation

The Nissan Land Glider first showed up at the October 2009 Tokyo Auto Show as a drivable concept car. Far too many show vehicles that look pretty or interesting on a turntable are far from being a real car. The...

Will one- and two-seater cars be the next stage in the development of alternative transportation?

“This is our second phase of electric-vehicle design,” said Takashi Nakajima, director of exploratory design for Nissan. The company is considering a narrow two-seater commuter car from the Infinity line after the Nissan Leaf electric car...

Plains, trains & automobiles - today's alternative transportation to balloon, stage coach and surrey

We also have floating cars, submersibles, multi-hull and ‘flying’ ships, hovercraft and roadable aircraft, aka flying cars, — all weird and wonderful ways to voyage — a variety of crafts with a new lease on life. Perhaps...

Cutting back from 24 to 2 cylinders could be considered as alternative transportation in a pinch

Prosperous times in the world at large and in the world of wheels come and go. Some years ago carmakers tried to out-guess each other about how much luxury was enough luxury. Automobiles became ever more powerful and opulent...

Engines with odd numbers of cylinders do not sacrifice performance for alternative transportation

In 2010 virtually every car company is downsizing their ‘inline four’ into an ‘I-3’. Inline and V sixes are on a strict diet to lower fuel consumption; Inline five-cylinder engines, as well as the...

Smaller engines with sophisticated technology are worthy alternative transportation power plants

Why did cars use only even-numbered cylinders with four, six, eight and twelve cylinder engines? What is so odd about using an engine with odd numbers of cylinders? We are so bent on evenness that we overlook the benefits...

Companies of the VW Group are planning for a future with new motors, materials & magnificent models

“Electro-mobility means more to us than just electrifying conventional cars. Instead, we are dedicated to a holistic approach to all aspects of alternative transportation”, declared Michael Dick at a recent auto show; he is Audi’s...

Audi's contribution to alternative transportation continues with diesels, hybrids and electrics

Tron, in the 1982 action science fiction movie of the same name, is a character in a complex futuristic computer story.‘e-tron’ is Audi’s moniker for its new line of electric cars, combining ’electron...

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