Great story, great cause

I co-authored this book, my first. That takes care of the full disclosure. The bigger news is that “Miller’s Time,” introduced last weekend, is a truly great, compelling story. That fact is solely due to its subject and my writing partner, Don Miller, whose life story would qualify as a work of fiction if anyone […]

Early shoots of green – enviro-conscious cars in 1973

With the OPEC oil embargo against the United States just starting to lead to nationwide gas shortages, the first-ever Symposium on Low Pollution Power Systems Development at first glance seemed rather fortuitously timed.
Yet, as the very name of the symposium stated, its aims were less to reduce oil consumption by making vehicles more fuel efficient […]

What is Old is New Again

Having spent a couple days in New York City attending the media preview of the New York International Auto Show,  we couldn’t help but notice that automakers’ heritage has become a great branding tool, even for cars that aren’t blatantly “retro”-styled – although those that are seem to get an extra helping.
In a repeat of the […]