Toyota Research Institute: Creating the Future
Although the auto industry today is certainly a high-tech industry, let’s face it: It isn’t something that would be unfamiliar to Henry Ford. Cars, by and large, operate on petroleum-based fuel. Cars and controlled by pedals, levers and a steering mechanism. What wouldn’t he recognize on today’s automobiles? Some companies are pushing change. Change characteristic […]
Toyota Through June
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Truck vs. Truck; Steel vs. Aluminum
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UAW and MAGA
Although trade unions and politics are subject that rarely arise on “Autoline After Hours,†that’s far from being the case on this show, where we are joined in the studio by Brian Pannebecker, who is a lift-truck driver at the Ford Sterling Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, (where they make products including rear axles […]
The Local Motors Approach
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The Sound of the Porsche Panamera
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The Sounds of OEM Audio
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The U.S. Military Finds New Roads: Fuel Cell Powered Pickups
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The Vehicular Art of. . .LEGO
A couple years ago I took my elementary-school-aged nephew from Hawaii to The Henry Ford Museum. As his father had grown up in Detroit, I figured that he’d be exceedingly interested (well, as much as someone his age could be) in the remarkable display of cars through the ages that are on display: Roper, Duryea, […]
The Future of Buick
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