Yearly Archives: 2015

A very cool story about one of the best race cars of the 1990s

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A very cool story about one of the best race cars of the 1990s
 
Before Ross Brawn became a legend creating championship winning F1 cars for Michael Schumacher, he worked for Tom Walkinshaw where he led the development of the Jaguar XJR-14/Mazda MXR-01/TWR-Porsche WSC95.?

The Strange Orphan Story Of The Most Successful Le Mans Car Ever

The car above is Mazda’s last prototype to race at Le Mans. Only it wasn’t just a Mazda. It was a Jaguar. Only it wasn’t a Jaguar, it was a TWR. Only it wasn’t a TWR, it was a Porsche. This is the strange story of the orphan prototype that won Le Mans twice in a row and nobody seems to remember it existed.

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Eight years ago today, the Chevy Volt concept was the subject of my first story to go really huge

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Eight years ago today, the Chevy Volt concept was the subject of my first story to go really huge

Back then, Digg.com was still relevant and this was my first story to hit the top of the front page thanks in part to links from sites like DailyKos. As an engineer and a tech geek, I was hugely excited by what +Chevrolet was proposing with the E-Flex powertrain and thought this car had so much potential. Over the next four years I went on to write hundreds more articles on the development of the Volt and many other green vehicles that I compiled into an e-book.
http://www.amazon.com/Recharging-Car-Sam-Abuelsamid-ebook/dp/B005GY0SZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420627913&sr=8-1&keywords=recharging+the+car

This morning I'm heading out get an early look at the second-generation Volt before it gets a full public reveal next week at the Detroit Auto Show. Hopefully some of that original unrealized potential from eight years ago will come to fruition this time. ?

Detroit Auto Show: It’s here. GM’s plug-in hybrid is the Chevy Volt Concept

September 2008 Update: To see the production version of the Volt, click here.

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Eight years ago today, the Chevy Volt concept was the subject of my first story to go really huge

Back then, Digg.com was still relevant and this was my first story to hit the top of the front page thanks in part to links from sites like DailyKos. As an engineer and a tech geek, I was hugely excited by what +Chevrolet was proposing with the E-Flex powertrain and thought this car had so much potential. Over the next four years I went on to write hundreds more articles on the development of the Volt and many other green vehicles that I compiled into an e-book.
http://www.amazon.com/Recharging-Car-Sam-Abuelsamid-ebook/dp/B005GY0SZC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420627913&sr=8-1&keywords=recharging+the+car

This morning I'm heading out get an early look at the second-generation Volt before it gets a full public reveal next week at the Detroit Auto Show. Hopefully some of that original unrealized potential from eight years ago will come to fruition this time. ?

Detroit Auto Show: It’s here. GM’s plug-in hybrid is the Chevy Volt Concept
September 2008 Update: To see the production version of the Volt, click here.

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Someone will launch an autonomous vehicle this decade but it won't be Ford, says its CEO

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Someone will launch an autonomous vehicle this decade but it won't be Ford, says its CEO

+Ford Motor Company will keep focusing on bringing advanced driver assist systems to a wider audience. I would guess that one of the German automakers will be first out of the gate with a vehicle capable of fully autonomous operation, but it will probably be in very low volumes. ?

Ford CEO Fields Predicts Driverless Cars on Roads in Five Years

Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields said that an automaker probably will introduce a self- driving vehicle within half a decade, but it won’t be his company, which is focusing on less expensive features that assist in driving.

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Someone will launch an autonomous vehicle this decade but it won't be Ford, says its CEO

+Ford Motor Company will keep focusing on bringing advanced driver assist systems to a wider audience. I would guess that one of the German automakers will be first out of the gate with a vehicle capable of fully autonomous operation, but it will probably be in very low volumes. ?

Ford CEO Fields Predicts Driverless Cars on Roads in Five Years
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields said that an automaker probably will introduce a self- driving vehicle within half a decade, but it won’t be his company, which is focusing on less expensive features that assist in driving.

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2015 Acura TLX – Nice, But Not Special

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2015 Acura TLX 09

It’s been nearly three decades since Honda became the first Japanese automaker to launch a separate premium brand. The original Acura Integra and Legend hit the streets four years before the first Lexus and Infiniti dealers opened their doors for business. Yet, despite that head start, Acura has never quite managed to define itself as a brand. I recently spent a week with the all-new 2015 TLX sedan to see if it provides any additional clarity.

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