EV POLE-TO-POLE!
A TECHNOLOGY REPORT IN SAE International Automotive Engineering, April 2024, caught my eye: Cami Buchholz’ “All-Electric Nissan Ariya Handles Ultra-cold Temps on Pole to Pole Trek.” What’s this? What about … Continue reading
BIG BROTHER RIDING SHOTGUN
ONLY RECENTLY DID AN AUTOMAKER say it had stopped riding shotgun and, what’s worse, tattling on its drivers. Kashmir Hill gives details in “General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior with … Continue reading
HYBRID CARS REVISITED
IT’S LOOKING LIKE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN RIGHT (if premature) fourteen months ago when I wrote “Why Not Hybrids?” A recent Automotive News, March 4, 2024, is brimming with accounts … Continue reading
EVS AND THE POLITICAL SPLIT
RECENT ITEMS DISCUSS YET ANOTHER SPLIT between Republicans and Democrats: how best to accomplish the inevitable transition from internal-combustion to electric mobility. Indeed, my choice of the word “inevitable” places … Continue reading
AUTOMOTIVE BRAKING 101
CABLES ACTUATED THE EARLIEST CAR BRAKES. Indeed Ford continued with them until 1939. As you might imagine, maintaining equal actuation at all four wheels was a non-trivial matter. Replacing cables … Continue reading
EV VERSUS GASOLINE—IFS, ANDS, BUTS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, MICHAEL J. COREN began cogent analyses of EV versus gasoline costs, as first appearing in “Is It Cheaper to Refuel your EV Battery or Gas Tank? … Continue reading
EV VERSUS GASOLINE—IFS, ANDS, BUTS PART 1
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I feel like the prototypical EV guy: I’m environmentally hep. I don’t travel much in retirement so considerations of EV range are no big deal. Updating … Continue reading
CALIFORNIA: AN AV LUDDITE OR JUST CAUTIOUS?
MY HOME STATE IS OFTEN criticized for being overly progressive (about things like human rights, y’know). But lately California has adopted less than enthusiasm for AVs, Autonomous Vehicles. Despite being … Continue reading
LISTEN UP! BUT TO WHAT? AND HOW?
THERE’S CONTROVERSY GALORE about old fashioned AM radio these days. At first thought, I would have said this is akin to arguing the merits of floppy discs or BetaMax or … Continue reading
AN EXCEPTIONAL CAR, SORTA
AFTER 33 YEARS OF DRIVING the world’s most exotic cars, my current car continues to be exceptional, by several measures at least. This 2012 Honda Crosstour is some 2.6 years … Continue reading
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