HYDROGEN I.C., PART 3: BMW
BMW WAS another automaker exploring H2 I.C. Back in 2006 I went to Berlin to sample the company’s dual-fuel gasoline/hydrogen 7 Series. This car took advantage of liquid hydrogen, LH2, … Continue reading
ROB’S NEW MOON
ROB WALKER, rest his soul, was a grand prix team owner and a contributing editor of Road & Track (he called Dottie Clendenin his “editoress”). Because people may ask, I … Continue reading
HYDROGEN I.C., PART 2: MAZDA
MY FIRST hydrogen internal-combustion drive came in 1994 when Mazda invited me to Vancouver, B.C., to experience a special Miata. This one had an RX-7 rotary engine fueled by H2. … Continue reading
THE HOLMES-WOLFE LINK
WILLIAM BARING-Gould, a most notable Sherlockian scholar (see http://wp.me/p2ETap-3v), has presented the thesis that famed detective Nero Wolfe is the love-child of Holmes and Irene Adler. As chronicler John H. … Continue reading
HYDROGEN I.C., PART 1: BILLINGS
HYDROGEN IS extremely flammable (“Oh, the humanity!”). However, this is one reason why it’s a much better energy carrier than, say, potatoes, which are not flammable. And while hydrogen fuel … Continue reading
PONTCYSYLLTE: A WELSH WONDER
THE NAME Pontcysyllte is Welsh, its nearest English pronunciation “Pońt-ker-suck-tay.” The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is an architecture wonder along the Llangollen Canal. Some more Welsh: Llangollen is, sort of, “Thl’an-gothl’n,” with those … Continue reading
CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, TAKE 1
IT’S AMAZING how quickly aviation technology progressed a century ago. The Wrights flew 120 ft. in December 1903, yet by July 1909 Louis Blériot won the London Daily Mail £1000 … Continue reading
PARIS TECH 2012
THERE WERE several cars of particular technical interest exhibited at 2012 Paris Mondial de l’Automobile. Here’s why I believe they’re significant. Honda’s EV-Ster could be the kind of battery electric … Continue reading
NORMAN GRANZ—JAZZ IMPRESARIO, CAR NUT
BACK 60 years ago, jazz was a big deal. Musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck made the cover of Time magazine. And, in no small part … Continue reading
WHAT TO DRIVE?—TODAY AND TOMORROW
THE AUTOMOBILE is evolving, more quickly than in any period other than its first decades more than a century ago. Back then it was gasoline, electric and steam fighting it … Continue reading
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