Lindsay Brooke’s recount of the development of the Chevrolet Volt for the SAE’s Vehicle Electrification web site won the “Best of the Internet” award at The 20th Annual International Automotive Media Awards. The deadline passed for nominating books for this year’s Dean Batchelor Awards (judges need time to read them). But the Articles, Audio/visual (TV,… Continue Reading
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Musings From An Automotive Dinosaur
Comparing the starting of a blog with the starting of a traditional career in print media, I say that the single most important difference is that the traditional guys had to earn their way into the business.
David E. Davis, Jr. Memorial
A memorial service for David E. Davis, Jr. convened luminaries from within and without the auto industry to celebrate his iconic presence in their lives. Ronald Ahrens provides this report. DAVID E. DAVIS, JR. MEMORIAL The literary efforts of David E. Davis Jr. had a profound and beneficial effect on the American automobile industry and… Continue Reading
The Battle Is Over Between Old and New Media
Tom-Tom rants, raves, rambles and ruminations are volunteered and express the opinions of the writer. Autowriters.Com invites readers to submit a tom-tom. Your reward: a byline and an audience of your peers. All submissions are acknowledged, queued and used at the editor’s discretion. In a recent President’s Message posted within the Motor… Continue Reading
March 2011 Lane Changes
Karl Brauer has left Edmunds.com after 13 years there. He says a new opportunity awaits and in the meantime he can be reached at: brauerkarl@gmail.com . . . Former Oregonian writer Bob Kehoe has switched his email to: drive.two@frontier.com. – – Also moseying to the frontier is freelance tech writer Mike Mayrigan who now can… Continue Reading