High Performance Carbon Fiber & How Tuners Might Help the Environment
The other day, after returning from a trip out of town, I went to pick up my dogs from the kennel (they like to call it summer camp). As I parked on the street in this semi-industrial, older area of Long Beach, I happened to glance across the street and did the complete cartoon double take. Wha?
Sitting in front of this strip of anonymous looking workshops was a… [[Continue reading]]
Ford is Becoming a Big PZEV Dispenser
It is always interesting to hear different manufacturer representatives talk about their green efforts which are sometimes major advances, occasionally gestures of good intentions and every so often admitting that they would like to jump on the green bandwagon are making changes as fast as their corporate machinery will allow. The economy and the recent erratic fuel prices have hit all of them creating an unpredictable future for all sales… [[Continue reading]]
Greening of Car Manufacturing and more About PZEV
So you have a cell phone plan and you go over minutes every month for years but the phone company never charges you…sounds like a dream come true, right?
Well, that will never happen and that kind of monitoring has a reason! It costs them (mostly man hours) to maintain their systems. The way the government is monitoring the environment is kind of the same way.
Car manufacturing… [[Continue reading]]
Tesla Crunched in San Francisco: Carbon Fiber is Expensive! AddThis
Steve says:
Sadly, after likely having waited for over a year to get his new electric supercar, this unlucky San Francisco Tesla owner reportedly crashed only hours after taking delivery. While there were no reports of injuries, that carbon fiber bodywork won’t be cheap to fix.
This crash actually happened right outside of my friend’s apartment building in San Francisco, though he is… [[Continue reading]]
Changing the Way You Drive Increases Safety & Reduces Traffic Jams
High fuel costs are impacting us in ways that we probably never realized. It is now being reported that traffic reduced 9% nationwide between January and May of this year. That number seems pretty low to residents of larger cities and in Los Angeles, I can tell you from personal experience that journeys that used to take 1 1/2 hour will often only take 45 minutes. It is changing the… [[Continue reading]]
Redux: Who Killed the Electric Car (GM & the EV1 from an Insider’s View)
This blog was written 1 1/2 years ago by a good friend who an industry expert & veteran of the automotive industry. Steve loves all things cars and has taught me an unmeasurable amount about the industry. I wish that he would write more often but for now I wanted to share this insightful review of the movie, Who Killed The Electric Car.
I wasn’t able to see this… [[Continue reading]]
Hybrids Are Retaining Their Value: Cars as an Investment? GASP!
My friend is Beverly Hills hairdresser- stylist type to the stars. She has always been conservative, well spoken and beautiful! (One time we went to the beach together with the kids and as I sat next to her in my one-piece while she was in her Chanel red RED bikini and I felt like the hairiest creature since Planet of the Apes). Mind you she does weigh under 105lbs and… [[Continue reading]]



