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Q & A #75 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #75 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. Recent sales figures for the automotive industry look promising. According to Reuters, December 2010 marked the third consecutive month in which domestic auto sales climbed above an annualized twelve million units. For comparison, annual sales from 2000 through 2007 averaged 16.8 [...]

Q & A #74 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #74 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. Three large automakers – BMW, Toyota, and Daimler AG – recently announced they are currently testing laptop-like batteries for their electric cars. The batteries, made of lithium-ion, are being supplied by Tesla Motors. They are much [...]

Q & A #71 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #71 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. If you haven’t been following the automotive industry, you may have missed the new advertising campaigns from Nissan and Chevy. Both are promoting electric vehicles. While electric cars have been on the market for awhile, they have mostly been considered novelties. [...]

Q & A #66 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #66 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. First, the news. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Ford Motor Company is receiving loan guarantees from the U.S. government to help slash its debt. You might remember that Ford was the only car company [...]

Q & A #59 With The Auto Specialist

Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. If you’re reading this column for the first time, I invite you to peruse the archives. We’ve managed to create an impressive compendium of automotive knowledge dealing with engines, transmissions, mufflers, alternators, and nearly every other car part or system. This is all based on helping readers troubleshoot and [...]

Q & A #58 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #58 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for the latest installment of the Auto Specialist. From looking at our numbers, this column is receiving a healthy stream of new readers. For those of you who have recently started reading this regular feature, I’d like to encourage you to explore our [...]