Last Wednesday night Tesla made an announcement. Many of us waited with baited breath to discover what was up their... Read More
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Jerry Mooney is a professor of Language and Communications and the author the novel History Yoghurt and the Moon. His dad and grandfather loved to work on cars and he fell in love with a Buick Riviera when he was a teenager. While this ignited a lifelong fascination with automobiles, his favorite vehicle, however, is his custom built chopper. Jerry also enjoys traveling and has been to 17 different countries.
I was probably going too fast. I was passing left and right, weaving through traffic, eyes forward looking for my... Read More
When I went to Las Vegas last week I didn’t go to visit clubs, gamble or even take in a show. Those were activities for another trip. This time I attended the Automotive IQ System Safety conference. I met engineers, auto executives, and computer programmers who shared the same concern about autonomous... Read More
There was a time when I was frustrated by the auto industry’s lack of interest in creating electric cars. Then... Read More
George Hotz aka “geohot” became a teenage celebrity when he was the first to jailbreak an iPhone. His celebrity grew... Read More
Tesla announced this week they will begin producing a new version of the Model S and Model X, the P100D. This latest iteration of the Model X and S increases battery capacity, improving both speed and range. Tesla’s batteries now range from 60 to 100 kilowatts. The P100D upgrades are sure to... Read More
As you may recall, Volkswagen got caught cheating last year. The largest automaker built into its diesel cars the ability... Read More
In the discussions surrounding autonomous vehicles, safety is often the first concern. Invariably, the concern is that self-driving cars would... Read More
During Tesla’s quarterly shareholder’s meeting, Elon Musk admitted to making mistakes but brazenly indicated that an overhauling was coming. This is obviously more important in the wake of receiving hundreds of thousands of pre-orders for the newly revealed Model 3. Ramping Up Production Improving the process should be something we expect... Read More
The much anticipated Tesla Model 3 was revealed tonight in a relatively short presentation. It was much anticipated because people... Read More
Our nation’s highways are teeming with automotive gridlock. Everyday commuters are backed up bumper-to-bumper, many of whom are driving alone... Read More
Faraday Future finally stopped teasing car enthusiasts and unveiled their concept car, the FFZero1, at CES 2016. This Batmobile-esque display seemed, at first, to merely be a new toy for eccentric billionaires. But there’s more . . . The FFZero1 is not short on features that would cause the super-rich... Read More