After a hectic couple of weeks where I’d overbooked myself (literally — I was editing two books at once), I got a reprieve. I took two days mostly off, followed by a light workweek. But rather than spending that time playing video games or watching Tyra and Ellen and Oprah and her afternoon TV minions, [...]

Read the list on About.com.
As CAFE standards rise over the next few years, supercar builders like Bentley and Ferrari are going to have to green their fleets if they want to keep selling cars in the U.S. — just like Ford, Honda, and the rest of ‘em. This list of current cars and concepts shows [...]

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This article was a blast to write, and timely. I got the assignment during the height of Toyota’s 4-million-car recall, and the finished product was on the Autos home page at HowStuffWorks.com for a while. I’m pretty proud of this one, actually.

Last week, I cleared out some time in my schedule to bring my car in for a recall repair at the dealership (no, it’s not a Toyota and it has nothing to do with brakes). I visited the manufacturer’s web site — that’s how I found out about the recall — and made my appointment [...]

A quick look at Colin Chapman’s lightweight legacy on About.com.

About a month ago, I bought myself a little Asus netbook. It’s wee, and blue, and I love it. I will love it more when I have to lug it around an auto show for two days and it doesn’t tear my shoulder apart like my five-and-a-half-pound laptop did, no matter what bag I used.
But [...]

All pictures in this gallery were taken by myself at the 2009 L.A. Auto Show. This car is a teeny little thing, but small, fast, and green are likely going to be the big winners in the next few years.