The name change even if April Foolsy is indicative of what this change is all about. The Volkswagen literally translates into German ‘the people’s car.’ It was Germany’s open emulation of America’s people’s car, the Ford Model T. In terms of their looks and layouts, they were as different as a square and a circle. Henry’s […]
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The “Voltswagen”
• April 29, 2021 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Car Care, Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, Mass Transit
2021 Ram 1500 TRX Review
When does 450 horsepower seem kind of limp? When you’re behind the wheel of something with more than 700 horsepower. That’s the difference between the Ram 1500 TRX and its chief rival, the Ford F-150 Raptor. What It Is The TRX is the answer, in triplicate, to the Ford F-150 Raptor, which for a little while was the […]
Drive 55 Everywhere . . . Or Less
• April 23, 2021 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Eric Peters, FHWA, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, MUTCD, NMA, NMSL, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets, VISION ZERO
Speed limits are about to become limitless as in, whatever those who set them say they are. This has always been true, to an extent in that all speed limits are, to a degree, arbitrary. People are subject to a ticket, i.e., being extorted by armed government workers, acting on behalf of the government simply […]
2021 Genesis GV80 Review
The Genesis GV80 does not have a V8, as its name seems to suggest it might. But it does have something else that’s getting hard to find in a crossover SUV–especially in something that costs less than $50,000 to start. Rear-wheel-drive. None of the other models in its class—the Lexus RX, the Acura MDX, and the Audi Q5 —are […]
Getting Googled: What does a Connected Car Really Mean?
• April 15, 2021 • 1 Comment • Auto Industry, connected cars, Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Technology, VMT
For generations, Ford worked closely with Firestone, which provided the tires installed on new Fords and developed them to work with specific Ford vehicles. That relationship soured in the late ’90s when Ford and Firestone were publicly vilified over Ford Explorer SUVs sometimes rolling over while being driven on Firestone Wilderness A/T tires. To this […]
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