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Uber and Hyundai Motor Announce Aerial Ridesharing Partnership

Uber and Hyundai Motor Announce Aerial Ridesharing Partnership

The air vehicle concept Hyundai released today was created in part through Uber’s open design process, a NASA-inspired approach that jump-starts innovation by publicly releasing vehicle design concepts so any company can use them to innovate their air taxi models and engineering technologies. ... Continue reading

2019 Mazda Mx-5 RF Review by David Colman

2019 Mazda Mx-5 RF Review by David Colman

Since its introduction, Mazda's two seat sports car has evolved through 4 production cycles (NA/NB/NC and ND). The ND, Mazda's latest interpretation of the Miata for 2019, also comes in 4 different guises. The baseline model is dubbed Club, next up comes the Grand Touring, followed by the retractable hardtop variant (R ... Continue reading

NHTSA WEEKLY RECALL SUMMARY - January 6, 2020

NHTSA WEEKLY RECALL SUMMARY - January 6, 2020

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Nuggets - Week Ending January 4, 2020

Nutson's Auto News Nuggets - Week Ending January 4, 2020

HAPPY 2020! Carlos Ghosn Escapes Japan; VW EV; VW Dieselgate, RAM Outsells Chevrolet Pickups, Norway Goes 42% Electric; Big MB Recall, McQueen Mustang For Sale, RIP Car Guys in 2019 ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday January 4, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC, Saturday January 4, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert. Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, pr ... Continue reading

Hyundai December 2019 US Sales and 2019 Total Year Sales

Hyundai December 2019 US Sales and 2019 Total Year Sales

Hyundai Motor America reported total December sales of 64,720 units, a slight 1% decrease in comparison with December 2018. ... Continue reading

1995 Chevrolet Impala SS Review

1995 Chevrolet Impala SS Review

Chevrolet Impala SS (1995) ... Continue reading

A New Open Letter to Marlo Lewis, Jr., Senior Fluffer at Competitive Enterprise Institute and Lap Dog to Big Oil

A New Open Letter to Marlo Lewis, Jr., Senior Fluffer at Competitive Enterprise Institute and Lap Dog to Big Oil

A couple of days ago, on Wednesday, December 18th, Marlo Lewis responded to my open letter rebuttal of an anti-ethanol editorial he wrote and published in September of this year. According to his website, Marlo Lewis is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a group that has received funding fro ... Continue reading

Claims of Ethanol Wrongs Always Make Me Write

Claims of Ethanol Wrongs Always Make Me Write

Writing about wrongs brings holiday cheer By Marc J. Rauch Author of "The Ethanol Papers." Earlier this month, the venerable St. Louis Post Dispatch website published an anti-ethanol editorial written by Stanford L. Levin, emeritus professor of economics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. ... Continue reading

Happy New Year 2020

Happy New Year 2020

Our wish - this new decade filled with peace, understanding, health and prosperity. ... Continue reading

Carlos Ghosn, Former Nissan-Renault CEO, 'Escapes' from Japan

Carlos Ghosn, Former Nissan-Renault CEO, 'Escapes' from Japan

According to an AP story, Carlos Ghosn, the highly respected CEO of the Renault-Nissan- Mitsubishi alliance has suddenly turned up in Beirut, Lebanon. Ghosn was supposedly out on bail awaiting trial for charges that were never really made clear. ... Continue reading

ExxonMobil Makes Tremendous Scientific Breakthrough - They've Discovered ALGAE!

ExxonMobil Makes Tremendous Scientific Breakthrough - They've Discovered ALGAE!

Who says that Big Oil isn't contributing to finding ways for America to become energy independent? They better start stamping out some more Nobel Science Awards in Sweden because the boys and girls at ExxonMobil have made what will probably be the greatest scientific discovery of all time (next to John Harvey Kellogg's ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY - December 30, 2019

NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY - December 30, 2019

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

2019 Volkswagen Arteon 2.0T SEL Premium R-Line W/4motion Review by David Colman

2019 Volkswagen Arteon 2.0T SEL Premium R-Line W/4motion Review by David Colman

Beauty and serenity meets performance By David Colman Special Correspondent to THE AUTO CHANNEL I may be wrong, but I believe this VW holds the longest descriptive title in the history of automotive journalism. For those of you uninitiated in the arcane ways of VW patois, here goes the translation. ... Continue reading

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