Archive for August 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011

Ford, Toyota Co-Developing RWD HEV Powertrain

The new CAFE standards are proving to be a real matchmaker. Ford and Toyota have jointly announced a co-development program to develop a R...

Friday, August 19, 2011

Some of the police cars in Ferndale.

3:52 PM

I saw this lovely orange chopper in Ferndale. And this bicycle was neat, too.

3:48 PM

One of my favorite places to go at Dreamcruise time is the area in Ferndale near city hall, where many interesting police, fire, and EMT veh...

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Some stuff I saw in and around Ferndale today.

I took off of work early today and went to Fashionable Ferndale to see if I could find Ford's Focus ST which they were going to show off...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

In California, an umbrella organization called the California Clean Cars Initiative is advocating ever tougher standards. It is a coalitio...

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I have not seen the new Toyota Yaris in person yet. Maybe I'll cross paths with one on Woodward this weekend. Anyway, looking at the p...

Friday, August 12, 2011

Goodyear is working on an R&D project to design and demonstrate truck tires which maintain their own pressure with some sort of internal...

Thursday, August 11, 2011

There is a hilariously bad invention up on Kickstarter called Steer Safe which is supposed to help people "safely" use their smar...

8:48 PM

id America, a maker of iPhone cases and covers, sent me their Gasket iPhone case to review. The case is made of brushed aluminum, and is des...

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

One way that automakers will meet the new CAFE standards will be to downsize engines and add turbocharging, as a relatively inexpensive and ...

7:09 AM

Wards has published a survey of 1,100 automotive engineers (I am sure I was one respondent) which highlights the trade-offs required to meet...

Monday, August 1, 2011

Wow. Consumer Reports, formerly certified fanboys of Honda, have utterly dogged the 2012 Civic . It isn't recommended. Too boring, ...