May 25, 2008
GM’s “Urban” Gasoline and Electric Cars From 1973
Can you believe it? GM did make a prototype gas/electric car way back in 1973. For some reason, it never made it to production but the design does look kinda pathetic and small for an urban vehicle. If GM had kept going with this idea for the last 35 years, they might already be in the fore-front of current electric/hybrid car revolution. What d ... More
November 22, 2006
Useful technology, overpriced - OnStar for GM, Chevy vehicles
Here’s a useful technology that I personally have on my car because I couldn’t opt out unless I got the car with it. The news that OnStar could go black for millions of analog subscribers in ‘08 tells only one story, that a useful technology that is overpriced might become useless and still overpriced. I am not bagging on GM fo ... More
September 30, 2006
Revisiting GM Highwire - car that runs on saltwater
As I played some golf today at Lincoln Park for the first time in like 5 months, I met this cool guy who tipped me about the GM Highwire that runs on saltwater. But that’s not all, you have no pedals. You tilt the handle to accelerate and squeeze to stop. The whole thing runs on hydrogen fuel and exhaust water instead of carbon monoxide. ... More
