by Wallace Wyss - Polestar, the Swedish electric automaker, announced a second prototype. We won't knock that, Tesla has introduced two roadster prototypes and still not produced the production version. Called the Polestar O2, the hardtop … [Read more...]
Editorial: A Shotgun Marriage Proposal
February 15, 2022 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - For you newcomers (born after 2000) you might not know the old American phrase "shotgun marriage." That's when a young man has been instrumental in creating an offspring but it so happens he's not the marrying kind. That's when … [Read more...]
Electric Vehicles: More Changes to Come
January 31, 2022 By 2 Comments
by Mike Gulett - It is inevitable that the internal combustion engine will soon be replaced with electric motors powered by batteries or maybe some vehicles will use hydrogen fuel cells depending on the application. In addition to this big … [Read more...]
Design Critique: Mercedes Vision EQXX Electric Concept
January 6, 2022 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Mercedes is taking Tesla seriously now as a worthy adversary, though Mercedes has been around at least 100 years longer. Their latest show car has many innovations that go beyond their present electric sedan but could be … [Read more...]
GM Could Have Been The World Leader In Electric Car Technology
December 31, 2021 By 17 Comments
The 1966 GM Electrovair II Electric Car could have led GM to world leadership in electric vehicles today, instead... by Mike Gulett I know in 1966 no one was really thinking seriously about electric cars but yet General Motors designed and … [Read more...]
Editorial: The Times They Are A-Changin’….
December 22, 2021 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - It is the title to a Bob Dylan song but I never thought those words would be so true as now vis-a-vis the automobile. For years our American automakers would plod along at a snail's pace; Ford adding a hood scoop here, … [Read more...]
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