Monthly Archives: January 2014

Another excellent article about green driving myths from my friend +John Voelcke…

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Another excellent article about green driving myths from my friend +John Voelcker 

The only one that's kind of debatable is #4 about whether it makes sense to replace an older car. Like #1, if you're driving an 7-8 year old Prius that still gets mileage in the 40s, you're not going to save much, although you do get a new car. On the other hand if replace a 15 mpg car with a 30 mpg car you'll make more of difference. ?

Five Big Myths About Green Cars And Gas Mileage, Debunked
Every now and then we get a reader question that reminds us how many myths about green cars are out there. In the interests of helping you actually save money by using less gasoline, here are five of our favorites–with explanations as to why they’re myths. (1) Boosting gas mileage from 33 to 50…

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The Lotus Formula One team proves once again that the quickest way to make a small…

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The Lotus Formula One team proves once again that the quickest way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a large fortune

I believe Roger Penske said something to that effect way back in the 1970s and it still holds true?

Lotus F1 team $186 million in debt
Running an F1 team is a costly venture – one that’s proving more than the Lotus F1 Team can handle.

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As a kid I built countless +Revell USA scale models 1

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In album The first scale model of the 2015 Mustang

As a kid I built countless +Revell USA scale models

In those days I was more into airplanes than cars and my model collection reflected that. I've got this model on my desk now, but when they make a larger scale, more detailed version, i'm pretty sure I'll get one of those too. 

If you're in the Detroit area this weekend or next week and attending the auto show, head to the +Ford Motor Company stand and build one of your own.?


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If you're going to the Detroit Auto show stop by the +Ford Motor Company stand…

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If you're going to the Detroit Auto show stop by the +Ford Motor Company stand build yourself a new 2015 #Mustang

They have the new +Revell USA Mustang models to build and take home ?

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Building the New Revell 2015 Ford Mustang Model With an Expert
Visitors to the Ford display at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit can build one of Revell’s brand-new scale models of the all-new 20…

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Screw Wall Street, I want a price war for my wireless business? 5

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Screw Wall Street, I want a price war for my wireless business?

T-Mobile is scaring Wall Street for all the right reasons
Here’s how you know that T-Mobile is onto something: It’s making Wall Street very nervous for all the right reasons. Reuters recently talked with several financial analysts who all expressed fear t…

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As the press days of the North American International Auto Show wound down this afternoon,…

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In album Bob Lutz at NAIAS 2014

As the press days of the North American International Auto Show wound down this afternoon, I encountered Bob Lutz twice in the span of an hour

Even at 80, Lutz remains remarkably active, being an advisor, board member and investor in numerous companies. Two of the companies that Lutz is involved with are VL Automotive and VIA Motors.

These two companies are like opposite sides of the same coin. VIA developed an extended range electric powertrain for trucks and has begun doing conversions of General Motors fullsize pickups and vans to make them into plug-in hybrids. 

VL Automotive on the other hand is ramping up to take Fisker Karmas and rip out the extended range electric drive system (almost identical to what's going into the VIA trucks) and replacing it with a Corvette ZR1 powertrain. 

Lutz and his partner Gilbert Villareal hope to start doing new-build VL Destinos from Karma chassis by the second half of the year pending a resolution of the Fisker restructuring. In the meantime they already have a bunch of orders for conversions of existing cars at $100,000 a pop will start doing those soon. ?

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Is it possible to parody a genre that has already become a parody of itself?? 1

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Is it possible to parody a genre that has already become a parody of itself??

Hulu’s original TV shows for 2014 are a mix of new series, new seasons and foreign transplants
Competing video-streaming services have discovered that just like other TV options before them, original and exclusive content is one of the best ways to

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This is why I haven't been able to make it to the office for the past three … 1

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This is why I haven't been able to make it to the office for the past three days

It's just been too dangerous to go anywhere?

Too cold for salt: Icy roads cause ‘nerve-wracking’ commute in Ann Arbor area
Commuters report Wednesday that roads and highways around Ann Arbor appear to be the iciest they’ve been in the past three days after a major snowstorm unloaded nearly a foot of snow on the area Sunday.


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