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Automotive News backtracks on shift to electric vehicles

February 26, 2021 Steve 0

The editorial board of Automotive News sounds schizoid. Earlier this year an unsigned editorial argued that the “debate over the wisdom of converting the world’s automotive fleet from fossil fuels to electrical propulsion is now […]

Is the love affair with the car really over?

November 6, 2013 Steve 0

American society’s relationship with the automobile is changing but the press corps hasn’t kept up. That’s the theme of a cover story in the journalism field’s leading professional magazine. The November/December edition of the Columbia Journalism […]