Sunday, November 8th, 2009
This is a followup to an earlier article about an auto show at the old Packard Proving Grounds in Shelby, Michigan. I knew there were a few pics...
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It wasn't that long ago I saw lineworkers at Ford giving thumbs up on TV to Alan Mulally as he cruised an assembly line. They seemed humble and...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Hybrid and electric vehicles are in a state of technology flux and will be for a long time. That helps explain why DC motors with precious, rare-earth...
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Contrary to popular belief, the electrification of the automobile depends on far more than just lithium-ions for storage batteries. The electric-drive...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
It costs a lot of money to build and own a show car or a racer these days, then parade that car and, above all, transport that car around the country....
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Congress some time ago requested the National Research Council (NRC) to assess and report on the costs of external effects caused by various energy...
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Since natural gas offers an immediate, common-sense and ecological relief to the nation's over-dependence on foreign oil, why has support for CNG...
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Four collision avoidance technologies may be coming our way, especially if the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has anything to say about...
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New technology cannot save the auto industry by itself. The industry and its customers need capital and open access to it. We are, after all, still a...
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Reuter’s reported board member, Stephen Girsky, saying that General Motors Co.'s turnaround plan assumes it can maintain slightly more than 19...
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