By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist My pal Dom alerted me to a new annoyance — inevitably touted (and likely, soon to be mandated) as a “safety” measure: Third brake lights that flash or blink instead of merely illuminating, along with the main brake lights. He posted a video of this phenomenon over at Clover Cam, […]
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EPA to Mandate a Four Gallon Minimum
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The government can force you to buy health insurance — so why not gas, too? The EPA has just issued another mandate — this one requiring that people who buy gas at stations where E15 (15 percent ethanol content) is sold buy at least four gallons of fuel. (See here […]
The Electric Car Sinkhole Gets Deeper
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist In just a few months from now, it will be $2,500 easier to “buy” a new electric car. I put “buy” in quotes because in fact, other people will be paying a good chunk of the purchase price — to the tune of a $10k direct cash payment (it is […]
Goodbye, V-8s – This Time, Maybe For Good
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist V-8s are on the way out — again. The first mass extinction occurred circa late 1970s/early ’80s — as a result of the first round of the government fuel economy edicts known by the acronym, CAFE — or Corporate Average Fuel Economy. CAFE mandated that cars (but not trucks) achieve […]
V2V: The End of Driving… by You, Anyhow
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist You’re going to love — or dread — this. Vehicle to Vehicle communication — V2V, as its designers style it — is a system that will — that already is — automating new cars. Rendering them driverless. Putting the car in charge. Well, putting a wireless network in charge, that […]
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