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Category Archives: Driving it Tomorrow

SHANGHAI MOTOR SHOW 2023 PART 2

YESTERDAY, KEITH BRADSHER DESCRIBED Chinese BEV popularity at this year’s Shanghai Motor Show. Today, he continues with news of a lady’s car, a carmaker’s vote for hybrids, and a battery … Continue reading

April 22, 2023 · Leave a comment

SHANGHAI MOTOR SHOW 2023    PART 1 

THIS IS THE SECOND Shanghai Motor Show that I’m reporting on without actually having attended. (Justification is that I’ve been to Shanghai only once; and, besides, the show hasn’t been … Continue reading

April 21, 2023 · 3 Comments

2024 CORVETTE E-RAY HYBRID

WHEN I WROTE “WHY NOT HYBRIDS?” I suspect Corvette engineers were thinking along decidedly different lines. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Vette, they’ve revealed the 2024 hybrid E-Ray. Here … Continue reading

April 9, 2023 · Leave a comment

TO AV OR NOT TO AV?  TO WHAT EXTENT?—YOUR VIEWS REQUESTED

I AM QUITE THE LUDDITE when it comes to personal transportation: My Honda Crosstour is ten years old; my Mazda Miata, a first-generation 1990. Thus, I have little first-hand experience … Continue reading

November 27, 2022 · 15 Comments

SAE INTERNATIONAL ON SMART CITIES   PART 2 

YESTERDAY AN SAE INTERNATIONAL Update discussed smart city aspects of pedestrian-to-vehicle communication and evolving standards for micromobility. Today in Part 2 another Update author explores the basic tenents of smart … Continue reading

November 19, 2022 · 2 Comments

SAE INTERNATIONAL ON SMART CITIES PART 1

WE HAVE SMARTS GALORE: smart phones, smart kitchen appliances, smart clothes, smart cars, even smart cities. But what exactly does this term mean?  More than just stamping the tops of … Continue reading

November 18, 2022 · Leave a comment

AN ATOM’S ADVENTURE

“A METAL ATOM IS a metal atom,” says Alan Nelson, senior vice president for battery materials at Redwood Materials, a company that has specialized in recycling. “That element doesn’t know … Continue reading

November 9, 2022 · 2 Comments

AUTOMAKER GREEN—AND NOT JUST MOOLA

IN SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS, General Motors recently announced that it had secured all of the renewable energy it needs to power all of its U.S. facilities by 2025, fully 25 … Continue reading

November 2, 2022 · 2 Comments

KEEP ON TRUCKIN’—WITH H2 PART 2

ENCOURAGED BY MITCHELL/BORRONI-BIRD/BURNS, yesterday we began a discussion of hydrogen-fuel-cell trucking. Today in Part 2, evidence for and against various ideas is offered. Is Blue Hydrogen Worth the Candle?  You’ll … Continue reading

November 1, 2022 · 3 Comments