Your car looks like a box. So does every other car. It’s boring, even shocking when you consider how awesome cars used to look. What’s gone wrong? And to what extent has the design mess contributed to the decline of American auto manufacturing? A recent letter to the Wall Street Journal comes close but misses the point….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Who cares about the drivers in CA, right? They can just pay for everything. According to a new report: California legislators approved a $52 billion infrastructure plan on Thursday meant to address a massive backlog of repair and maintenance projects, while creating thousands of new jobs. State drivers…
By Eric Lieberman The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is now investigating Tesla and their Autopilot technology after it was reported that a crash in early May had killed a driver while the feature was being employed. In a blog post published earlier today, Tesla expressed sorrow for the incident, but stressed “this is the first…
By Ted Goodman Google co-founder Larry Page is secretly building flying cars, and has been for six years, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. Page has apparently personally invested in two aviation startups devoted to creating flying cars. Page has funded one startup, named Zee.Aero, with more than $100 million since its creation in 2010,…
By Michael Bastasch New car prices fell rapidly during the 2000s until President Barack Obama imposed strict fuel economy standards as part of his global warming agenda. Since then, new car prices have dramatically increased. A recent report by the conservative Heritage Foundation confirms what economists predicted for years: top-down regulations on fuel economy have…