Mandatory Automatic Braking For All!
I recently wrote about the Fading Away of the manual transmission (see here). As it turns out, I was wrong.
Manuals will not fade away.
They will be regulated out of existence.
Here's how...
Race Cars are Doomed… Because Uncle
Uncle does not want you to modify your car.
Even if it never gets driven on the street.
This is new.
But first, some background.
Uncle - as manifested by the Environmental Protection Agency -...
When Eight Air Bags Aren’t Enough
They''re running out of places inside new cars to put more air bags - so now they're looking at putting them outside the car (news story here).
These bags would deploy externally...
Cheap Gas… Big Problems
Some happy news: Gas is officially cheaper than it's ever been.
In my area - southwest Virginia - it is about $1.59 per gallon as of Feb. 7. Of this, about 60 cents...
Electric Cars Could Work… If The Government Got Out Of The Car Business
The tragedy is, electric cars could probably work. If the government would get the hell out of the way.
The feds postulate requirements - basically, design parameters - that are at odds, that...
Another Volt… Called The Bolt
Why does GM continue to throw money at electric cars?
Perhaps because it's not their money.
It's yours. And mine.
In the form of apparently endless taxpayer-extorted "help" (via federal taxation) to spur the...
Is it a “Good Idea”?
The other day, I wrote about ethanol - the corn-sourced alcohol that's used as a fuel additive in almost all the "gas" sold in the United States. Air quotes used because...
Cruzing on Empty
Ethanol - corn alcohol - won't take you as far as a gallon of gas.
But that doesn't mean it is isn't powerful stuff.
Politically powerful stuff.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is feeling...
Anarchy Works!
"Anarchy" is one of those words that many people react to emotionally - having been conditioned to do so.
The word has become generally synonymous with chaos and disorder. Dog eat dog. As EPautos' king...
Paying for Electric Cars… Twice
Imagine that the government decided to tax you to finance a step ladder project to the Moon.
In a very real way, that's exactly what's happening. In California right now - and...