Posts Tagged ‘ cars ’

Tesla: Exceeding Expectations

I’m a sucker for new technology, especially when it is smart and clean.  And I have followed the development of the next car from Tesla for a number of years. It’s called the Model S, and it hopes to compete head-to-head with internal combustion luxury cars like the Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5 Series. However, [ READ MORE ]

The True Cost of Oil

Before you start groaning at the gas pump (and you’re still allowed to groan), take a look at this animated video from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Via Treehugger[ READ MORE ]

Brazilian Activists Paint Guerrilla Pedestrian Lines!

Photos: Urban repair squad @ Apocalipse motorizado. Via Treehugger: We’ve seen some examples of guerrilla bike paths and signs before, so it couldn’t be long before it got to pedestrian lines. The stereotype would say that if a World Cup soccer match is on, a Brazilian would be glued to the TV, right? Not these [ READ MORE ]

Stunning

Unlike most industries, automotive design arguably already hit it’s zenith years ago. Though the features available in cars today are mind boggling, their pure forms are, frankly, pretty lame compared to some of the designs that erupted out of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The Portland Art Museum is currently showing a traveling exhibit called [ READ MORE ]

75 Years Later

Every so often a concept car will come along that initially may make you gasp. The BMW 328 Hommage is one of those. It’s strange, ‘dead-eye’ look is both off-putting and extremely simple and beautiful. The skintight metal wraps the car in an impossibly low stance, and the absence of rearview mirrors add to the [ READ MORE ]

Gas Prices

Alright, people. Many of you are whining about high gas prices, and I’ve heard all your complaints. “Obama needs to do something about gas prices.&#[ READ MORE ]

GM is Not Made up of All Old White Men, Afterall.

After GM and Chrysler filed for bankruptcy last year, it was hard for a car geek like myself to give them much respect.  Visions of executive boardrooms with bloated, out-of-touch white men running the show,  filled my head. Late model American cars like the Sebring and Impala epitomize the worst thinking in automotive design today. [ READ MORE ]

Traffic of the Future

Traffic of the Future, originally uploaded by veloopity. Another vintage futurist painting. This one is German. The cars are so sexy with fins…and the monorail jetting by in the background[ READ MORE ]

Test Drive

It was the kind of accosting that makes the hair on the back of your neck rise, and the uneasy tension able to sneak in.  Almost a drubbing, as if we had done a misdeed, and truly overstepped our bounds.  All of this, over a visit to test drive a Honda Accord. Trevor and I [ READ MORE ]

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