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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]]

A bit ago I wrote about high-performance carbon, the tuner culture and how carbon could change how cars are being made.

As a big fan of the eccentric & genius Buckminster Fuller I was intrigued by the idea of buckypaper in an article about how this new material could change the way that cars, airplanes and more could be revolutionized. Buckypaper is described as “… [[Continue reading]]

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]]