Cash Now. What’s Later?

If you talk to nearly anyone in and around Detroit, the word is that Ford is on fire, hitting on all cylinders, doing a magnificent job, and so on and so on and so on. Because it borrowed money when money was still available unlike the Other Two, Ford managed to avoid having to go to Washington with hat in hand. And as it turned out for the Other Two, it was essentially not hat in hand but head in hand as the top people at both of those companies seemingly met Dr. Guillotine’s invention.
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Cars And Connectivity
I was in the bookstore with a friend recently, wandering the aisles as he looked for a book on some arcane programming language. In that section of the store, I stumbled upon a book by Jaron Lanier entitled You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto. – Read More

The Cost Of Regulation
Recently, Gary Vasilash asked: What Price The Future? Granted, his question was limited to the price of the Chevy Volt, which he compared with that of hybrids currently on the market. – Read More

A Different Voice
After about a year of doing autofieldblog, we’re going to be taking a short break—but that doesn’t mean that we’re going away. Rather, we’re bringing in a new voice—or a familiar one to many of you. Chris Sawyer, associate partner and executive editor of Cars In Context, will be providing insights and analyses during the next couple of weeks in a way that only he can.
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Foust’s Flying Fiesta
This is a Ford Fiesta. Soon you will be able to go to your local Ford dealer and buy one. It probably won’t be painted with the Rockstar Energy colors. It probably won’t be at Summer X Games 17, as this one is at Summer X Games 16 in the LA Coliseum. But then you’re probably not Tanner Foust, who is behind the wheel of this Fiesta. – Read More

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Not Battery Fast Charge, Battery Switch
While others are working to introduce battery fast-charging methods to electric vehicles, Better Place has developed a different method of 'recharge'.
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