Last night as I was listening to President Obama’s speech, I groaned when he said America invented the automobile. Once upon a time I was a college history professor and I seriously considered having a stamp made up that read, “Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. He invented the moving assembly line that made [...]
When I read on Engadget that Tesla has a prototype of its Model S sedan set to debut March 26th, I flipped back through our previous updates on the green sports car. Let’s look at some highlights:
- December 2007: Tesla battles transmission issues, mainly finding something strong enough to handle gear shifting at full torque.
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According to a post over at Engadget, Nissan is working on a system to keep drivers from going the wrong way. Using a cellular-connected GPS, the unit would warn the driver if they head off in the wrong direction as well as tell them as they’re approaching an area “prone to congestion.” Well, unless, the [...]
Almost since the creation of affordable automobiles for the general public, cars have been immortalized in art. Sometimes the art is the design itself – blueprints, models, and even specifically chosen lines, curves, and proportion. Other times the art has been in the form of hand-painted advertising posters, often created by well-known artists, in much [...]
For as much as the idea of an electric sports car has always been sexy, I’ve never been that big a fan of Tesla because the cars were ridiculously expensive and to my mind a little counter-productive to the whole idea of electrical cars for the rest of us. I want to see practical electrical [...]