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
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
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
HOW YA FEELIN’ ABOUT AFEELA?
IMAGINE HONDA AND SONY TEAMING UP to produce a car!?!. No, wait; you don’t have to imagine, because the Sony Honda Mobility Afeela (pronounced a-FEEL-a) was introduced at the 2023 … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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