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Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: Early In The Morning Edition

I'll be on NPR's The Bryant Park Project tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM talking about whether Japanese automakers create more environmentally friendly cars than American automakers. My answer will be a resounding no. Feel free to play along with some early morning shots of mimosa and some new rules in the comments below. If all of this sounds unfamiliar to you, read through this for the gist of it. [Bryant Park Project]

10:25 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Ray Wert
540 views, 30 comments

alternative energy

"Car of the Future" Nova Episode Stunk, But Here's The Interesting Part

Yeah, so, that Car of the Future episode of Nova with Click and Clack just wasn't all that good, sorry about that. The episode should probably have been called "Moments of forced laughter from two funny old guys in between John Lithgow talking down to the viewer about the car of the future". However, buried in the muck and mire of that episode was an interesting segment about the Rocky Mountain Institute and their work with lightweight materials, like in their Hypercar above, built with all carbon fiber superstructures and components. More »

4:20 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,048 views, 48 comments

Latest by toyotaboy: Nobody has yet figured out an easy, quick, and cheap way to make carbon fiber structures (very labor intensive). Until then, what's wrong with making frames out of aluminum? the nissan Z does it, the lotus elise does. more »

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Captain Obvious of the Day: NPR Says People Steal GPS Receivers

First it was ABC News. Now National Public Radio is getting in on journalism of the abundantly self-evident. The Tote Bag Empire's latest find? Thieves steal GPS receivers! Holy crap, sound the sirens, summon the SWAT team! The last time I checked, a thief will steal anything worth over $5 from a car. Okay, NPR, I'll back off a little bit, you do make some interesting points in your story about GPS and other gadget theft. More »

2:15 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Travis Hudson
884 views, 26 comments

media

Jalopnik Does NPR, Now Stupid With Tote Bags

What can we say? The people at National Public Radio love the smooth-voiced Jalopnik writers so much that they keep asking us onto their shows to talk Detroit Auto Show. First, Wert talked about Toby Keith & Humping Steers on All Things Considered, then went on to talk about Fashion Week For Cars for Make Me Care. Not wanting Ray to have all the fun, I did To The Point to talk about the Chinese with Warren Olney yesterday (John McElroy was on and I only managed to partially embarrass myself). Click on the links to hear the stories.

2:00 PM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Matt Hardigree
550 views, 26 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @lascauxcaveman: Now that sounds about right! more »