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2020s
Media Analysis
Is Ate Up With Motor the ‘canary in the mineshaft’ for auto history media?
Right before Christmas Aaron Severson (2023) warned that “the future of Ate Up With Motor is looking quite bleak.” This strikes me as a wake-up call to the automotive history field. Severson is arguably one […]
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Have you checked out the Society of Automotive Historians lately?
If not, you may find it to be worth cruising over to the Society of Automotive Historians’s website (go here). This international nonprofit organization has just rolled out a new design that looks great and […]
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Letters to the Editor
Reader argues that Sergio was right about auto industry consolidation
George Denzinger wrote a comment in response to our 2043 predictions post that deserves separate treatment because of its length and focus. As little as I cared for Sergio Marchionne’s proclamations, he was correct about […]
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Drive-By Musings
What do you think American automobiles will be like in 2043?
A while back I asked Indie Auto readers, “If you could have foreseen the future in high school, would today’s cars surprise you?” George Denzinger subsequently suggested in our “Story Ideas Bank” that we prognosticate […]
Design Notes
Is Tesla Cybertruck a brilliant breakthrough or a gimmick?
(EXPANDED FROM 3/12/2021) When Tesla’s Cybertruck was unveiled a few years ago, Electrek commentator Benjamin Winters (2021) dismissed the design as “objectively bad.” When he received pushback, Winters countered by arguing that “I’m an industrial […]
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Media Analysis
AROnline may get a reprieve and Jalopnik fiddles with AI-written content
Good news and bad news on the automotive media front. The good news is that AROnline has had a number of offers by individuals and groups to keep the website online, at least as an […]