By: Tim Plouff The physical search started in early January, however, the mental calculations for a new sports car started months, if not a few years, earlier. Fortunate to have owned a 350Z Roadster for ten years, the heart started to wander despite the excellent handling, performance, and reliability of my blue ragtop. Shared adventures […]
By: James MacPherson Electric cars currently account for only two percent of the new vehicle market. The auto industry, however, believes this will change. Major players, such as General Motors and Volkswagen, are predicting a rosy future for electric vehicles, or EVs. As Bob Lutz, former head of global product development at General Motors, wrote […]
— Association Also Honors Executives and Industry Standouts — Cambridge, Mass., May 29, 2019 — At its annual awards dinner, held at the MIT Media Lab, the New England Motor Press Association honored four individuals for their outstanding contributions to the automotive industry and awarded trophies for the organization’s annual NEMPA Winter Vehicle, Ragtop and […]
The 2019 New England International Auto Show kicked off today with media presentations from Toyota, Honda and FCA. Toyota provided an overview of the 2019 RAV4 Hybrid, the 2019 Prius AWD-e and the 2020 Corolla. Alex Darling, Toyota Vehicle Product Training Specialist talks about the 2019 RAV4. Now in its fifth generation, the 2019 RAV4 […]
The weather could not have been better for the 2018 NEMPA Ragtop Harbor Cruise and Ramble. The warm sun was only eclipsed by the feelings of being together again doing what we all love – catching up and experiencing the best the automotive industry has to offer. The legendary Ragtop Ramble is a top-down ride […]
By Bill Griffith The last thing most businesses want is more government regulation. Don’t count those working on the autonomous vehicle among them. “We need ‘Policy Help,’ ” says MIT researcher and administrator Bryan Reimer Ph.D. Reimer was the keynote speaker May 30 at the 8th annual NEMPA MIT Technology Conference at the university’s Media […]
