Just a quick note to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and if you plan to be out shopping on Friday, our sincerest wishes that you emerge unscathed from the retail madness. If you’re in need of some automotive eye candy, don’t miss this video from Good Morning America on their look at cars of the […]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Shorty
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Okay, I’m trying to be all good and techie oriented, but it’s hard with the “will they or won’t they survive” drama afoot for the Big Three. After my grousing (along with that of many other folk) about the execs going hat in hand to Washington aboard their private jets, I was amused to read […]
Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Shorty
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It’s hard to write about car tech when the Big Three are pretty much crawling on their knees to Washington asking for a bailout. Well, wait. They actually crawled on their private jets and flew down to D.C. Is it really any wonder that the Senate banking committee wasn’t all that impressed with all the […]
Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Shorty
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I know the Helios is just a concept car, but my first overwhelming reaction was frankly, “Oh, hell no.”
Without question the big issue with solar cars is finding a way to get enough cells to collect the needed energy, but people are not going to take something seriously that looks like a big . . […]
Posted on November 12th, 2008 by Shorty
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The intersection of presidential politics and automotive technology can be found in the White House motor fleet, a staple of executive travel since 1909 when Congress appropriated money for the first vehicles for a chief executive: a seven-passenger White Model M steam car, two gasoline-powered Pierce-Arrows, and a Baker Electric.
Back in those days presidential cars […]
Posted on November 5th, 2008 by Shorty
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