The Government Accounting Office, which is (supposedly) non-partisan and may or may not have a stalwart track record in accurate accounting,* has released some information that is a little less than reassuring to those banking on the auto industry’s bailout billions being recouped. The GAO interviewed a bunch of experts in the financial and auto [...]
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Aaron on NPR’s All Things Considered
May 19th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen I was interviewed on National Public Radio’s show All Things Considered by host Michele Norris regarding green trucking (they found me through my other site GreenBigTruck.com). You can listen to that interview, recorded at this link, or live on tonight’s airing of All Things Considered on your local NPR station.
VW Beetle Beats Tesla Roadster on the Racetrack
May 17th, 2010 Aaron Turpen This is too friggin funny. Of course, it should be noted that the VW (called the Black Current III) has 2 electric motors under the floorboards and a 0-60 time of about 3 seconds while the Roadster is a street car with a 0-60 time of 3.9 seconds. Still, it’s humiliating for the Roadster, since [...]
Welfare Wagons – the WSJ on EVs
May 14th, 2010 Aaron Turpen I saw this opinion piece by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. in the Wall Street Journal and found it amusing. First, he’s right for the most part. I won’t argue against his assertion that subsidizing electric vehicles (or anything else, for that matter) is just another way of taking your money and giving it to someone [...]
Now I Really Want a TomTom
May 8th, 2010 Aaron Turpen I’m not really a fan of GPS units. I’ve never actually owned one of those in-car navigation ones, even when I was a truck driver. I just don’t really like the things. I’m not sure why, but it’s probably because I know how to read maps (and use Google Maps when I need to). Even [...]
It Turns Out My Favorite Car Sucks
May 6th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Well, I’m totally eating crow now. Consumer Reports is at the Michigan International Speedway watching the Automotive X Prize teams in their track trials. They’re the ones responsible for setting up the competitive track sports, since they’re obviously experts in safety and handling testing. Well, to boil it down, the Aptera did really, really, really [...]
