Green Car Congress
MAY 24, 2018
Teams spent the last four years (2014-2018) harnessing those ideas into the ultimate energy-efficient, high performance vehicle. Teams also spent several days presenting to judges and proving how they have developed into the next generation of engineers and business leaders who are prepared to enter the auto industry and related careers.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
As we drive down a street in downtown Los Angeles, our system’s synthesized voice provides navigation instructions. And indeed, the auto industry is beginning to embrace technology that works in the manner of a virtual assistant. So we put the idea on hold, expecting to revisit it when the time was ripe.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library The engineers at AC Propulsion (ACP) were familiar with the basic precepts of bidirectional EV power. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show. A strong V2G patron has yet to emerge.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. If you want to attract attention, keeping a company in stealth mode for several years is a good way to do it. Can Rivian follow that trajectory? Stay tuned.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s — Tony 11. — Scott 18.
Baua Electric
JUNE 9, 2024
Think of it as Pinterest Plus: They’re using AI as a mood board generator that still requires expert inputs, explicit and highly limited tasks, and no hallmark ideas permitted beyond an intellectual firewall that might be used by competitors to synthesize their own brand attributes. Experiments like these satisfy a certain demand.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Toyotas Mr. Asakura expressed skepticism about the concept of a plug-in hybrid car that would run only on battery power for 40 miles, the idea central to the Chevrolet Volt concept. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable."
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