Archive for January 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

2012 NAIAS Detroit Auto Show: Part 3, Coda

Coda set up a booth at NAIAS, which was surprising to me. See, Coda will only be for sale at first in California, and has an unknown timeta...

10:00 PM

First up, we visit Tesla. Tesla's display was quite busy. There was one car, the Model S, and some cut-away parts to look at. Model S ...

9:52 PM

I went to the auto show. I took a lot of photos. It has taken me a while to get to them. Better late than never? One of the more intere...

7:48 PM

Ford had some cojones . Not content to just show off the outrageously powerful 650HP GT500, they actually set up a dyno, strapped one down...

Monday, January 30, 2012

Continuing with its previous nonsensical policy, California's ARB (Air Resource Board) has published new regulations which require auto...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

In today's Detroit News is a well written piece about the struggles of hybrids in the marketplace. Bottom line: most people would rath...

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Safety Research Strategies (Sean Kane's outfit), the one that has been pushing the claim that unintended acceleration on the part of Toy...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Mercedes uses a huge photo of Che Guevara and a joke about revolution during a presentation in Las Vegas at CES. Silly Mercedes. Perha...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Oh, the irony. President Barack Obama held up Ford Motor Co. as an example of companies that are contributing to the economy by bringing...

Monday, January 9, 2012

The demise of the old-school body-on-frame SUV continues. One of the older models on the market, the Nissan Pathfinder, is following in the...

Sunday, January 8, 2012

The other day I saw glass bottles of Coke for sale at the local upscale supermarket, for the princely sum or $1/each. I had heard that some...