2024 Fiat 500e Review
The Fiat 500 goes electric on a new electric-specific platform for 2024! I slide behind the wheel to review this small city car.
Oct 15, 2024•10 min
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BMW Goes Contrarian: 2025 BMW M5 Touring wagon comes to America
In the middle of America's continuing love affair with all things truck, crossover and SUV, comes BMW with a performance wagon - a passenger car! Offering the new high performance hybrid, BMW believes that there are just enough folks who would be willing to purchase an over-the-top wagon that retails in the six-figure realm.
Oct 15, 2024•12 min
The Rebirth of the Lincoln Motor Company
Most consumers are aware of the large Lincoln Navigator, which has been the nameplate's flagship vehicle for almost 30 years. But how well is the rest of their small line-up known by consumers? More importantly, can Lincoln even make the short list of vehicles to consider when consumers shop for new wheels? The Ford luxury nameplate is in the midst of a major makeover that it believes will make them a relevant choice for the upscale luxury vehicle buyer.
Oct 15, 2024•11 min
How One Small Town Shut Down an Entire Industry
One of the major casualties of Hurricane Helene was thousands of miles away from the actual event - the semiconductor industry. Turns out that the domestic supply of a critical raw material, was rendered unavailable as the extreme weather event flooded the mines and damaged the town. Believe it or not, the raw material is quartz, and the town in question is Spruce Pine, located deep in Western North Carolina.
Oct 15, 2024•11 min
Tesla Semi Fire!
We discuss the impact of a new Tesla Semi truck that veered off an Interstate highway in California, crashed and caught fire. The Interstate was closed for nearly 16 hours as firefighters fought the blaze and worked to keep the public safe from noxious fumes.
Oct 15, 2024•10 min
Introducing TechMobility Topics!
If you are a first time listener, I share my purpose for this program and how I go about the research for the topics we discuss during this podcast episode.
Oct 15, 2024•12 min
NOT DEAD YET: Congestion Pricing in the Big Apple
Although the Governor of New York put the brakes on congestion pricing for the Big Apple back in June of this year, it seems that the concept is not dead yet. The powers that be are looking at charging a lower rate, with additional exemptions for city employees. We review.
Oct 07, 2024•11 min
Urban Planners Consider Superblocks
Urban planners are considering a concept called a superblock as a way for urban residents to have walkable streets without having to give up their cars. Will it work in the United States? We review.
Oct 07, 2024•11 min
2024 Volvo XC60 Recharge Review
Since 2009, its been Volvo's best seller: the XC60. Now exclusively a mild-hybrid in the United States, I got the opportunity to spend a week behind the wheel. These are my impressions.
Oct 07, 2024•10 min
AM Radio for Every Vehicle?
The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has has advanced to the full US House of Representatives after a recent vote that moved it forward from a House panel. Automakers contend that its not necessary, while safety and anti-poverty forces say otherwise. What say you?
Oct 07, 2024•11 min
The six-teen foot wide solution
A three story sixteen-foot wide townhome in Pittsburgh might just hold one of the keys to affordable housing in the United States. We dig deeper to find out why.
Oct 07, 2024•11 min
Using Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel
Did you know that hydrogen is good for more than fuel cells! It can serve as a "drop in" fuel to replace gasoline in internal combustion engines with minimal modifications. It could be the answer to vehicle fleets as operators look to decarbonize. We discuss.
Oct 07, 2024•10 min
Homeless Flight Attendants
For many years, the life and career of an airline flight attendant had been one of high glamour and sophistication, flying around the world to exotic locales and living that jet-setter lifestyle. As with almost everything, reality doesn't square with the fantasy spun by Hollywood about the career for years.
Oct 07, 2024•11 min
Bollinger Motors Starts Production
Bollinger Motors, an EV truck maker now based in Oak Park, Michigan, was the first EV manufacturer we covered when this program was launched back in 2017. The company just announced the start of production of its all-new Bollinger B4, a medium-duty cab and chassis with big plans and even bigger potential.
Oct 07, 2024•12 min
Monster Trains, Monster Traffic Headaches
Longer and longer freight trains may be a boon for railroad efficiency, but it can be a headache for motorists when trying to navigate a busy grade crossing. We take a look.
Oct 01, 2024•11 min
Microsoft Calls on Congress for Tougher Laws on Tech
Tech giant Microsoft recently called on Congress to enact tougher laws to make it illegal to defraud people using AI-generated voices and images and to require AI companies to build tech to identify fake AI images made with their products. Critics and smaller tech companies have been skeptical of the approach, saying that new legislation as opposed by the tech giant may make it harder to upstarts in the segment to compete against them. What say you?
Oct 01, 2024•11 min
2024 Toyota Sequoia SUV review
Its the large, powerful and so-capable Toyota Sequoia SUV. Ride with me as I put it through the paces.
Oct 01, 2024•10 min
Wells Fargo to get Volkswagen auto loan referrals
While 85 percent of auto loans are sourced at the new car dealership, its often the automaker's wholly owned finance arm (called a captive finance company) that offers the best terms in order to help the automaker move the metal. Will consumers suffer as a result of this change by Volkswagen?
Oct 01, 2024•11 min
Nothing Runs Like a Deere
Deere & Co is a 187-year old farm equipment manufacturer. While it as certainly survived the winds of change and challenge over its long history, current conditions have demanded a new playbook. This is how the company is responding.
Sep 30, 2024•11 min
UL Solutions Opens Advanced Battery Lab for EV Batteries
UL Solutions, known to American consumers for years as UL Labs, a safety certification organization, has intensified its commitment to EV battery safety and testing by recently opening a $72 Million facility in Michigan. Listen to learn why this matters to you.
Sep 30, 2024•11 min
Are Self Driving Cars Making a Comeback?
As they say, don't call it a comeback! Self driving cars have been plying the nation's highways and surface streets for some time now. While the current focus is over-the-road big rigs in "middle mile" situations, autonomous robotaxis are still very much a thing, with Waymo leading the way.
Sep 30, 2024•10 min
Volvo Quits Car Subscriptions
Announced with great fanfare back in 2018, Volvo is bailing out of the car subscription business. Listen to learn more.
Sep 30, 2024•10 min
An EV Battery Chemistry Update
Over the time I have hosted this podcast, I have shared with you a number of new and evolving EV battery chemistries. In short, Lithium-ion or more precisely, Lithium-Nickel-Cobalt-Manganese batteries are no longer the only game in town. I bring you up-to-date during the episode.
Sep 24, 2024•11 min
How Many Vehicles Do You Own?
How deep is your personal love affair with vehicles? How does the United States rank in vehicles owned per capita? It might surprise you to learn that the US is NOT number one in this area. Listen to this episode to learn more.
Sep 24, 2024•11 min
A Safer Alternative to High Speed Pursuits
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, from 2015 through 2020 there was an average of 370 fatal crashers per year nationwide due to police pursuits. A company called StarChase believes it has a better way - A GPS tag that can be attached to a fleeing vehicle to track its movements.
Sep 24, 2024•10 min
Back to the Future Redux: 2025 DeLorean DMC-EV
If you are a fan of 1980's adventure movies, then there is none as iconic as the Back to the Future franchise starring Michael J. Fox. The real star however was a converted DeLorean DMC-12 with its futuristics looks made for the perfect time machine. Now you can own an reimagined all-electric version for your self.. and no, it doesn't not come with a nuclear fusion reactor or require 1.21 gigawatts to operate!
Sep 24, 2024•11 min
A Boeing Starliner Update
Eight days. Eight months. What is time when you are in outer space. NASA decided that Boeing's Starliner was too risky to send the astronauts back in, so it will be sent back to Earth without a crew. This also means an extended stay for the two as they will be shuttled back to Earth in a SpaceX ship.
Sep 17, 2024•11 min
How the Genesis brand is coming into its own
In 2007, Hyundai Group announced that they would be developing an upscale automotive nameplate. I laughed. Image the chutzpah of a previously modest purveyor of mass market vehicles to think they could compete at that level. By 2015 when Genesis emerged from Hyundai's shadow, people stopped laughing. Then there was this incident at the 2017 New York International Auto Show that brought the event to a full stop. Listen to learn more.
Sep 17, 2024•11 min
2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio review
This is a performance car disguised as a compact crossover SUV. This is what you should experience when you think of Alfa Romeo. Ride with me to discover more.
Sep 17, 2024•10 min
Would you willingly buy a 25-year old car?
Imports of 25-year old cars from Japan and Europe have grown to nearly 20,000 per year, up from just a few hundred back in 2009. The reason? US law that allows vehicles to be imported into the country that are 25-years old or older that were never offered in the United States. Its a new phenomenon.
Sep 17, 2024•11 min
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