Concept cars are a funny thing, especially the ones that will probably never get made. Sometimes companies and their engineers just want to imagine something and prove the extent of…
February 2017
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article on the fading glories of America’s favorite motorsport, NASCAR. Their proof? Reduced ratings, dropping attendance, fewer sponsors, and lower sponsorship fees.…
How great would it be to have a personal assistant? Someone whose job it is to stay on top of your needs, and make sure nothing falls by the wayside.…
So I was listening to my favorite internet radio station, Radio Paradise, when this song came on by the band, 78 Saab. That got me to thinking. How many bands…
In the “Who knew?” department, Mitsubishi wins electric car award
The problem with being a small manufacturer is it’s hard to let everyone know all that you do. For Mitsubishi, the challenge seems to be letting the public know they’re…
Call me a hippie all you want, but I strongly believe the solutions to a lot of problems in science and engineering can be answered by looking to nature. And…
Very few sequels are better than the original. The Godfather Part 2, The Empire Strikes Back, and Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey come to mind. So when Ford set out…
With the how, but not the how much unfortunately. We live in a different world than we did ten years ago, and it’s pretty safe to say we can’t imagine…
Remember the AM-RB 001? It was one of the first cars I wrote about for Rides and Drives; Red Bull and Aston Martin teamed up to create a road legal…
The problem with hiring the best and the brightest minds and having them work together on a task is that groups of people can become single minded. The older and…