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As I recall, GM's EV1 was purely a move to satisfy an impending requirement that all car manufacturers that sell in California must manufacture some true zero emissions cars. When the deadline arrived, California capitulated, and changed their law to only require near zero emissions cars...

As plug-in electric and hybrid cars become more common, the state and federal governments will require a GPS based mileage meter that automatically bills you for a road tax based on the number and location of miles you travel. Oregon has already done a successful trial on this. -Chuck

Hi Mike, When I spent an extended time in LA/Malibu in the 60's, the state was clean and neat. The air was brown in the valley, but nothing is perfect. I thought it was an idyllic place... Beaches within walking distance, convertibles, surfing, pretty girls... I returned in the '90s, and the...

I read about it in the Washington Post, but a simple google search finds quite a lot of links. Here's one: Gas Tax slowly replaced by GPS-Enabled Road Tax WMO and WVO are going to get taxed. I knew it the first time I saw an article on a veggie mobile. It is just a matter of when the states...

Try not to be presumptuous. I am a very polite person, especially when I am behind the wheel. I am not an aggressive driver by a long stretch. And I would sooner die than live in California. It used to be such a pretty state back in the '60s, but now... well at least the Los Angeles basin...

BMW is now selling an electric only car, and Honda, Ford, and Toyota are selling, or will soon be selling, plug-in hybrids that can take on a charge from your house power. Various nanny states are in the legislative planning stages of requiring all cars to carry GPS powered road tax meters that...

I've been stuck behind a Prius that was trying to get up to highway speed more times than I care to think. They are much less peppy than the old '81 210, with its 1.5L engine... And no way it took 20 seconds to get an '81 210 up to 60MPH. They were little dragsters compared to the B210 MPG...

The old 5 spd Datsun 210's got 40+MPG around town, and 45 MPG on the highway. Crazy is all the money people are spending on hybrids to get the same kind of gas mileage they could get for cheap in 1981. -Chuck