Supplies for the weekend project have arrived
2010 +Volkswagen USA? Jetta SportWagen, meet +Android? Auto and Apple Carplay
2010 +Volkswagen USA? Jetta SportWagen, meet +Android? Auto and Apple Carplay
I contributed an article to CIOStory about automotive network security
Automotive Network Security
By Sam Abuelsamid, Senior Research Analyst,Navigant Research (Automotive Network Security) Over the last four decades, the automobile has follo…
Good luck getting a combined 40 mpg in the real world with any other current American car without a hybrid powertrain.
2015 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel – Exceptional Real World Efficiency | Sam’s Thoughts
Five years ago this month, I accompanied David Kiley out to Bob Lutz's farm to film the exit interview that David was conducting for +Popular Mechanics. As Lutz prepared to retire for the final time +General Motors, he shared some thoughts on some of the people he worked with and came to know during the course of his career. Given, this weekend's news about Ferdinand Piech's departure from the Volkswagen AG supervisory board, I thought I'd share one of the clips that didn't make it into the final cut.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a5791/bob-lutz-exit-interview/
A 50 year career is over
At the time, it seemed like an interesting concept but they were proceeding with some dubious product ideas. I'm frankly surprised the company lasted as long as it did.
Exclusive: the secret struggles of Quirky, a seemingly successful startup
In February of this year, the staff of the New York startup Quirky gathered at the company’s headquarters on the West Side of Manhattan. Hundreds of community members also tuned in to a live stream…
However, the long-term survival of the company may well depend more on pivoting into being an energy storage company rather than an automaker.
Elon Musk’s big bet on batteries | MNN – Mother Nature Network
Details on the new +Cadillac PHEV are limited but the battery has the same cell count and capacity as the second generation +Chevrolet Volt so I do a bit of speculating.
Cadillac Announces the CT6 Plug-in Hybrid in Shanghai | Sam’s Thoughts
My old friend +Tommy Simon? is back on camera having traded in his lab coat for a rain coat