by Wallace Wyss - I still remember when the Corvette “aero coupe” came out in ’63, how exciting it was--a fastback coupe with wow, a split rear window. But then, as time went on I lost a little of my excitement, when I saw a.) the side vents … [Read more...]
The Cheetah Racecar Should Have Been A Big Success – So What Happened?
December 26, 2015 By 30 Comments
by Mike - Bill Thomas created the Cheetah to compete with the Shelby Cobra in 1963 and produced 16 or 17 examples between 1963 and 1965. Thomas had help from Chevrolet in the beginning because they wanted to beat the Ford powered Shelby Cobras at … [Read more...]
The Self-Driving Car Is Almost Here – Part 2
June 12, 2015 By Leave a Comment
by Mike - This is the second installment in the self-driven car series. - Part 1 is here. Google Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, wrote in a Google US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on June 3, 2015, “The increasing … [Read more...]
The Self-Driving Car Is Almost Here
June 11, 2015 By 12 Comments
by Mike - Self-driving cars, or autonomous cars, have been a dream of dreamers almost since the automobile was invented. Norman Bel Geddes, the 20th century industrial designer, futurists and pioneer of streamline design said in his 1940 book, … [Read more...]
1966 GM Electrovair II Electric Car – Why Did They Stop?
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