Bill Vlasic's Once Upon a Car

This term I have my students reading 4 auto books: Rudi Volti's short historical overview, (2004). Cars and Culture: The Life Story of ...

Bad idea, good idea

Why equip cars with external-sounding speakers? I thought you'd never ask. As it turns out, it can be a really bad idea. Or a really goo...

The next chapter in car infotainment: seamless mobile integration

Tina Jeffrey According to a survey from Forrester Research , 50% of North Americans who plan to buy cars in the next 12 months say that tech...

Peak Oil is Here

I will write a follow-up post asking what I got wrong and what (if anything) I got right with my analysis below. When done, I'll put in ...

Econ 244: The Auto Industry

Until end-May I will blog (with students) at Economics 244 (economics of the auto industry). Follow me there! the prof

12 autonomous car articles worth reading

You know what's fascinating about autonomous cars? Everything. They raise as many questions as they do answers, and many of those questi...

QNX helps drive new autonomous vehicle project

Have I ever mentioned the QNX-in-Education program ? Over the decades, it has supported an array of university research projects, in fields ...

GM & Toyota: Of course they generate scandals!

I'm part of a discussion list on Japan [hosted by the National Bureau of Asian Research in Seattle] where comparisons of GM and Toyota n...

Can you power cars using AA batteries

What did you think of the post " Clubbing together for an electric revolution! " yesterday? I am sure most of you must have realis...