My Car Quest

December 12, 2024

Opinion: Are Self-Driving Cars Moving Too Fast?

by Mike Gulett - Are we moving too fast with this new technology for self-driving cars? Should the self-driving car companies be allowed to experiment with the lives and safety of uninvolved people? The California DMV allowed a few car … [Read more...]

Electric Vehicles: More Changes to Come

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...]

The Self-Driving Car Is Almost Here – Part 3

by Mike - This is the third installment in the self-driven car series. - Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. Legal and Ethics An attorney for the California Department of Motor Vehicles raised concerns that "The technology is ahead of the … [Read more...]

The Self-Driving Car Is Almost Here – Part 2

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

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...]

Raymond Loewy – The Great Industrial Designer Also Designed Cars For Studebaker

by Mike - November 5 was the birthday of Raymond Loewy who many consider to be the father of industrial design. He spent most of his career designing company logos, Coke machines, the paint job on Air Force One, trains and a couple of cars for … [Read more...]