HYPER HYBRIDS
THE 2013 SAE Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium was held this past week in Anaheim, and I profited from three days of interaction with experts in the field. I’m in the … Continue reading
ESTONIAN GAMBIT
ESTONIA HAS launched a nationwide system of electric-vehicle fast chargers, with 507 EVs to use them and a financing program for people to buy these EVs—all in exchange for some … Continue reading
OWLS AND WRINKLY FINGERS
TWO COMPLETELY unrelated items jumped out of recent Science magazines, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. One details how owls can twist their heads so far … Continue reading
MY KINGDOM FOR A PARKING SPACE
AN ITEM in Science magazine, 8 February 2013, got me thinking about England’s Richard III, the last of its Plantagenet kings and recently unearthed beneath a Leicester parking lot. There … Continue reading
RED BULL FLUG TAG
ONE OF the more imaginative events I covered for R&T was the September 2003 Red Bull Flug Tag competition at the Santa Monica Pier. There’s a similar event planned for Long … Continue reading
GEORGES PAULIN: STYLIST, SPY
GEORGES PAULIN was a talented inventor, car designer and dentist—and during World War II, an operative for the French Resistance. One of his automotive inventions earned him a French patent. … Continue reading
VAUDEVILLE AND MUSICALS
VAUDEVILLE COULD well be a metaphor for my career in magazines and academe, and maybe for yours too. There are two entertaining books that are fun to share. The first is No Applause—Just … Continue reading
NAVY-CURTISS NC-4
WHO FIRST flew the Atlantic? A quick answer is Charles Lindbergh. His stunning achievement on May 20-21, 1927, was the first solo flight from New York to Paris. But eight … Continue reading
FREEWHEELING 3-WHEELERS
WITH THE obvious exceptions of H.F.S Morgan’s trikes and the Messerschmitt KR200 Kabinenroller, many 3-wheel cars have been promoted by whackadoodles, not to say outright con artists. I offer two … Continue reading
EFFICIENT BULBS, BUT….
I CONTINUE to encounter neat tidbits in Science magazine, published weekly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The 25 January 2013 issue has two related pieces on … Continue reading
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