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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]]

NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle Loves His Ford Lightning

Today are the trials leading up to this Sunday’s Pepsi 500 at the Auto Club Speedway in what I fondly call Fontucky, aka, Fontana, California. Between practice loops, I managed to grab Greg Biffle and talk with him about his loyal fans and if he thinks that they are also loyal Ford owners because of him. He said that he thinks that because NASCAR fans are some of

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]]