January 2012
6 posts
Hello, Blog. Don’t panic - I know this picture looks kind of scary, like I’m having surgery or something, but that’s not it. I’m having a blast living in a virtual world here at AVL right now, being tested by their virtual reality machines that simulate real road and driving conditions. I mean, it’s not as fun as actually being on a road trip, of course, but...
Neil Young (my driver and bff) this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. (AP Photo by VIctoria Wills). Here’s more from Sundance with Neil and Jonathan Demme.
And here’s one of my favorite things:
Neil behind the wheel!
But no, that’s not my wheel (hmmph!), it’s Victoria’s (as in Ford Crown Victoria, born 1956), whom he drove around with in Journeys, the...
Less of This and More of That? Not Me. I'm More... →
That’s what they’re saying about all these new, greener car designs. ”Less of this and more of that.” And hey - it’s all good. It’s all progress. But I’m different. I’m proud of my fellow eco-minded brothers and sisters coming down the line. But … I’m not like them. (But I can pretend - Kurt Cobain said th … Oh never mind.)...
New Green Cars Bloomin' in Detroit →
Hello, Blog. I’ve been reading about the auto show in my hometown of Detroit in my spare time while I’m at work here at AVL. ”Industry’s Green Shoots Blossom Into Optimism” is a look at the new green vehicles on display there right now. Of special note, from my cousins at Ford:
FORD C-MAX HYBRID AND ENERGI Ford’s first standalone hybrid nameplates, the C-Max...
Coming soon to a highway or byway near you: Me! Hello, Blog. I have been thinking very hard as my team gets me ready for - wait for it - The Road. At last! But there’s work to be done before then, right now it’s me and the pavement, and I don’t mean that nice place where the pavement turns to sand. Whew. I mean the pavement in the parking lot where I am being put through...
December 2011
13 posts
UNDER THE HOOD: A ROAD MAP
STORIES
The White Buffalo, The Ghost Dance, and Me
The Milk Moon, The Ocean, and Me
Foggy Trip
The Blue Heron
The Road Trip Diaries, Author Unknown - Kansas Afternoon, 1963 - Night, January, 1964 (Colorado)
Blue Moon
The Hawk
Thunderbird
Devil’s Den
Ol’ Black Eye
The Messenger Brought Me A Letter
The Phoenix, The Incas, and Me
The...
“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, What if I had never seen this...”
– Rachel Carson, on protecting and preserving the wonder and beauty of Nature. Rachel Carson was, among other things, the author of Silent Spring, one of the first books advocating for our environment, and is a great hero of mine. x LV
Here I am, Blog, just differently. I do things differently. Cars my age, they don’t do the things I do. x LV
All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
- William Wordsworth
To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie— True Poems flee—
- Emily Dickinson
Oh Blog! At last I will, quite literally, be poetry in motion, a true poem! (As I have oft described my self here, and as I have always known...
Ford Seeks To Make Lincoln A Glamour Brand Again →
Again?! Haven’t we always been? Hmmph. x LV
Economy was gettin' so bad, I had to lay myself... →
Involuntary Lay-Offs, Even For Cars.
<LV scans list with lightning speed> Whew! I’m not on the list. Of course I didn’t lay myself off, Blog. We’ve got work to do. We’ve got to save Mother Earth! I’m still here. All we do is work, work, work. And think, think, think. x LV
This Day In History, Part One:
via life:
98 years ago, Henry Ford rolled out the very first moving assembly line to create cars. His method of mass production via assembly line is better known as “Fordism.” To honor Ford, let’s take a look at one of his most beloved cars of all time: the Mustang. Production of the Mustang began in March, 1964; the new car was introduced to the public on April...
November 2011
29 posts
Lincvolt is at the alignment shop being balanced over the weekend and will return Monday for a couple more days of work before getting on a carrier and going south to AVL in Orange county. After Thanksgiving, Bruce Falls at AVL will install the High Voltage system and test it on the AVL Dyno between Christmas and New Year’s day. When Lincvolt returns to Brizio Street Rods it will only...
It's A Gas, Gas, Gas: Honda Civic Natural Gas Wins... →
“This year’s Green Car of the Year finalists underscore that there is no single solution to our transportation challenges,” Cogan said. “Virtually every automotive manufacturer is exploring green technology in several forms.”
And some other people (and cars) are exploring, too. Like the LincVolt Team, Neil Young, and me. There is no single solution. There are so...
And speaking of horses: In Los Angeles, Driving The Dark Horse in The Green Car of The Year Sweepstakes.
The 2012 Green Car of the Year Award will be presented Thursday at the Los Angeles auto show. The diverse field of finalists includes two all-electric vehicles, a gasoline-electric hybrid, a diesel-powered model and another that runs on compressed natural gas, or CNG. (pictured here)
My...
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that...”
– Rachel Carson
“If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the...”
– Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder.
Me, too, Rachel Carson. Me, too. x LV
Neil Young Sings Happy Birthday to Mother Earth at... →
N. is a good friend of our Mother Earth. He even sings to her! I love that about him. (I’m pretty sure I felt the Earth spinning a little bit faster when he was singing to her. Did you feel that?) x LV
Happy Birthday, N.! Here’s a timely tip: Let’s put me back together and get our kicks out on Route 66 ! x LV
“There is no such thing as ethical fossil fuel, regardless of geographical...”
– Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, The Devil in the Tar Sands.
Hello, Blog. Today I am very busy. I am working with the guys here in the garage to put myself back together again, as always, but I am very distracted with another, secret, project. But I can tell you. I am collecting blue sky (see above), in jars, to take with me on my big adventure. (We have lovely skylights here at Brizio’s, thank goodness.) Oh yes, I know, I know,...
Canadian Rock Icon — Forward Thinker — and My Driver and Bff! I am so proud of him. He is the fire, and the spark. More at Neil Young dot com. x LV
Oh Blog! I’m so excited! I’m getting ready to go on an adventure. Off I go, see below! (via my own personal newspaper, the LincVolt Gazette)
I’m beside myself with anticipation, and excitement, and determination. I feel like my old friend Jack Kerouac just pulled up alongside and looked right into my front seat …
The Road Is Life! (Especially when...
Chevy Turns 100 →
And now it’s hi volt age! Congrats on your centennial, my American sister. It’s old but it’s good. x LV
October 2011
16 posts
