Category: Vehicles

January 17, 2019

THE DETROIT AUTO Show circa 2004: Gas prices are low. Auto sales are is good. Bigger is better. The only electrics on the floor are the hybrids brought along by the Japanese automakers like Toyota and Honda. Tesla is a […]

January 11, 2019

LAS VEGAS — Amid a sea of gadgets, drones, robots and virtual reality demos, commercial trucking carved out a significant niche for itself here at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest technology event. Electric powered and automated trucks provided […]

January 9, 2019

DRIVERS OF GASOLINE-POWERED cars have it easy. Gas stations are everywhere. Fill-ups take just a few minutes. Drivers of electric vehicles, not so much. Public charging stations are far from ubiquitous, and boosting a battery means spending at least half […]

January 4, 2019

Drivers should be thanking 19th century cyclists. Drivers may act like they own the roads today. But paved roads were around before automobiles. Believe it or not, cyclists are to thank for the modern roads we have today. Back in […]

January 2, 2019

IT’S A FEW minutes shy of six on a Friday, and Gabriel strolls into the misty San Francisco evening. Seeing his ride, he walks past his ninth-grade classmates loitering around their prep school’s entrance, waiting for a parent or babysitter […]

December 24, 2018

When I first drove the Tesla Model 3 in March 2018, I attracted so much attention from the denizens of Los Angeles that it bordered on embarrassing. The hoi polloi of Beverly Hills walked right by Lamborghinis and Aston Martins […]

December 24, 2018

This is where electric cars really come into their own. There’s a strong case to be made that private car ownership is an inefficient use of resources, even if those cars are electric. But it’s hard to imagine a world […]

December 19, 2018

Like a character from Shakespeare, Elon Musk is larger than life, so here’s a look at his tunnel in iambic pentameter. People underestimate Elon Musk at their peril; he has accomplished amazing things. From rockets to electric cars to flamethrowers, […]

December 17, 2018

They fought them in 1923 and they are fighting them today. As noted in an earlier post, there is discussion in Europe about installing “Intelligent Speed Assistance” on cars, which is a fancier name for a speed governing device that […]

December 13, 2018

WASHINGTON — The new president of Volvo Trucks North America predicted another banner year for the truck market in 2019 and voiced a desire to promote more respect for the truck driving profession. Peter Voorhoeve, who stepped into that role […]