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Showing posts with label Erratum Cars. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 04, 2011

Kenneth Schortgen Jr, Finance Examiner :New car purchases starting in June will have a mandatory black box installed

New car purchases starting in June will have a mandatory black box installed


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Beginning in June of 2011, all new cars manufactured and sold in the United States will be required to have a mandated black box device installed, which can be used to monitor several different physical and technical data points.
On May 24th, a report on the new regulatations to be implemented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) next month expands the program that in February was just in a consideration phase.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is expected to issue new regulations next month, that will require a black box style data recorder be fitted in all new cars.
Similar in concept to the familiar black boxes used in commercial aircraft for decades, the boxes are expected to record information about speed, seat belt use and brake application in the final seconds leading up to an accident, the data can be retrieved for later analysis. – Dvice.com
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The installation and use of these black boxes can have infinite possibilities for local, state, and federal governments to monitor and record data for a number of other revenue programs that are currently under consideration.  In March, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a proposal to institute a tax on mileage to help pay for the federal budget deficit.... http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/new-car-purchases-starting-june-will-have-a-mandatory-black-box-installed 
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Kenneth Schortgen Jr, Finance Examiner :New car purchases starting in June will have a mandatory black box installed
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

20070924 Union Doozy cartoon commentary on UAW walkout by Nate Beeler


“Union Doozy” cartoon commentary on UAW walkout by Nate Beeler

Editorial Cartoons by Nate Beeler

September 24th, 2007

Hat Tip: Don Surber

Is the UAW nuts?

Other recent posts – cartoons by Nate Beeler:

Union Doozy

Dr. Hillary

Pleasantly Unsurprised by Metro

If the Hsu Fits ...

Petraeus' Words of Wisdom

9/11 Quiz

The Best Little Firehouse in Washington

Ejookashun in Americuh

Fred 'Mr. Excitement' Thompson

Sen. Craig's Explanation

A Visit to Walter Reed

School by the Book

Gone-zo

Someone Call a Plumber ...

Sick Vick

GM-UAW strike

'Off a cliff:' UAW felt pushed over edge; GM 'disappointed' by walkout

Prolonged stoppage could prove to be devastating for both

Bill Vlasic and Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News

The United Auto Workers stunned General Motors Corp. on Monday by launching a daring, nationwide strike to pressure the No. 1 U.S. automaker to protect jobs and wages. Hours later, the two sides resumed bargaining on a new labor contract.

After a tense weekend of negotiations, the auto talks of 2007 boiled over at 11 a.m. Monday when UAW President Ron Gettelfinger ordered 73,000 workers off the job and onto the picket line in the first national strike against GM in 37 years.

The dramatic impasse came after marathon talks since the current GM-UAW contract expired Sept. 14, and sets the stage for a high-stakes battle at the bargaining table.

Key issues under discussion as talks resumed Monday afternoon included benefits for active workers, commitments by GM to invest in its U.S. plants and pensions, according to people familiar with the talks. Gettelfinger attended the sessions, as well as GM's Chief Financial Officer Fritz Henderson and North American President Troy Clarke. Negotiations broke off for the night about 8 p.m. and are expected to resume today.

The bargaining focus on core economic issues came after Gettelfinger blasted GM on Monday for demanding a litany of concessions to solve its financial problems.

"Nobody wants a strike," Gettelfinger said at a packed press conference at UAW headquarters in Detroit. "But there comes a time when somebody pushes you off a cliff and that's exactly what happened."

The unexpected strike came despite an apparent deal between GM and the UAW to create a company-financed, union-run trust to cover $50 billion in health care obligations to 340,000 retirees and family members.

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Read the entire article: 'Off a cliff:' UAW felt pushed over edge; GM 'disappointed' by walkout

More information and articles by what may very well be the best source of information on the unfolding events, The Detroit News Auto Insider:

Pickets back at their posts outside GM gates

UAW-GM talks resume; Gettelfinger says strike may speed agreement

Strikers accused of blocking GM entrances in Pontiac, Orion Twp.

What's good for GM is good for the UAW

Workers: Action is fight for way of life

GM can handle short strike

Strikers put in long first day

Reputation of Detroit 3, UAW seen as casualty

Lengthy walkout could hit suppliers

Striker wallets drained

UAW workers strike GM; talks to resume Tuesday

Gettelfinger 'shocked and disappointed' in GM

UAW sets 11 a.m. strike deadline

GM, UAW back to the bargaining table; talks productive but still no deal

Health fund financing on table as GM, UAW bargain over weekend Autos-UAW-talks

Key issues

Job security : The union wants GM to lock in future work for U.S. factory workers by promising jobs, product commitments and investments in U.S. plants. As of Monday evening, those demands had not been met.

Wages, bonuses : The union wants cost-of-living adjustments from GM. A sizable signing bonus also has been on the table as a way to encourage members to ratify a deal.

Pension : The two sides were discussing pensions throughout the day Monday. GM's pension fund has an estimated $17 billion surplus.

Two-tier wages : The two sides were close Sunday night on cutting a deal that would pay new hires less than active workers, according to sources familiar with the talks. That issue was still on the table Monday.

Retiree health care : GM wants to establish a company-funded, union-run trust that will allow it to remove $50 billion in retiree health care obligations from its books. While a deal on a Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association, or VEBA, has not been finalized, both sides appear to agree on the concept.

Source: Detroit News research

At the table

The lead negotiators for GM and the UAW are auto industry veterans.

GM: Diana Tremblay

Tremblay, GM's chief labor negotiator, took over as the carmaker's vice president of labor relations for North America on Jan. 1, 2006. She had previously served as executive director, labor relations-UAW. During the current negotiations, Tremblay has remained focused and reserved. When GM assumed the lead bargaining role, she talked about the company's priorities: "Health care is the largest single competitive issue we face as a company. For every dollar GM spends on health care, the transplants -- Toyota -- spends one cent." She has worked at GM for 30 years and began her career in engineering and manufacturing for its Powertrain Division.

UAW: Cal Rapson

One of the most seasoned of the UAW's top negotiators, Rapson is said to be popular and respected by many UAW officials at the plant level. He played key roles in the 1990 and 1993 contract talks at GM. Two years ago, he negotiated a groundbreaking contract with heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. The deal, which included a controversial two-tier wage system, ushered in a new era of cooperation between that company and its union workers.

Source: Detroit News research

Related Articles and Links

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Striker wallets drained

Letter from the UAW, GM negotiating committee to local union presidents, chairpersons

GM statement regarding UAW work stoppage

Official statement: Teamsters to honor UAW picket lines

Video: UAW strike, Day 1

PDF: Timeline of UAW on strike

What are your thoughts on the UAW going out on strike against GM?

Complete coverage of the 2007 UAW contract talks

Friday, June 15, 2007

20070613 Model Ts visiting Westminster on June 19

June 14th, 2007

Westminster Eagle…

I’m looking forward to June 19th, 2007 when the Model Ts visit Westminster.

One of our spring projects has been to get the family’s 1929/1930 Model A out for a drive and get some maintenance accomplished.

As you can see from the picture above – I help my wife take care of work on the car

Anyway – writing for the Westminster Eagle last Wednesday, June 13th, 2007, Kym Byrnes says:

On June 19, the streets of Westminster will be filled with more than 60 Model T Fords as the antique cars, and their owners, journey down Main Street as part of a weeklong summer tour hosted by the Blue & Grey Chapter of the Model T Ford Club of America (MTFCA).

Vernon Keeler of Keymar is a member of the Blue and Grey Chapter, and expects to be on hand with his family's 1926 Model T Roadster pickup.

According to Keeler, the chapter is based in Hagerstown, but has members throughout the region, including his wife, Dottie Keeler, who is the current president.

For the summer tour, though, Model T owners come from as far as Colorado, Arizona, Maine and Florida, and spend the week, June 17-22, traveling to different locales in Maryland.

On Tuesday, June 19, members will travel to Westminster to visit the Wheeler Automotive Museum on Railroad Avenue, arriving at an estimated time of about 10:30 a.m.

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Keeler, who said Model Ts move at about 35 miles per hour…

(Editor’s note: Which seems a bit slow but many folks are unaware that 35 mph was the national speed limit during World War II…)

For more information on the club, visit www.clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/mdbluegrey

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Thursday, April 05, 2007

20070404 Ford for the spring of 1947


Spring 60 years ago - - Ford for the spring of 1947

“Ford’s Finer in ’47. Spring’s smartest styling … inside and out.”

Hat Tip: http://www.jitterbuzz.com/lif0414.html

Car ads were back. Ford announced that "Ford's Finer in '47." ( the advertising agency had opted to ignore the general editorial proscriptions on aliteration (sic)...) Spring was the time to renew all things and, of course to buy a new car. This was the first year that most manufactured goods had become available in quantities sufficient to generate advertising. Hitherto, autos were a scarce commodity because of war production -- anything available was snapped up. Now, gasoline, tires and leisure time were available. This year, Ford cose (sic) to sell the 1947 models on "smart styling." This was very logical, because nothing else had changed from the 1940 models because the industry had been making tanks for six years and had not had the opportunity to change much of anything besides the instrument panel and the grille. The ad even mentioned that the '47 had "new hub caps." Ford's slogan had been altered slightly to say, "There's a finer Ford in your future."

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

20070329 The Bugatti Veyron at top speed

The Bugatti Veyron at top speed

March 29th, 2007

For all you gear heads out there.

Pictures from: http://www.bugatti-cars.de/bugatti/index.html

Bugatti Veyron test ... 407 km/h...!!!... 257 miles per hour.

I wonder what Mark Tapscott thinks?

I looked up the car at Answers.com:

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is currently the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407.5 km/h or 253.2 mph).[1] It reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS in its Molsheim (Alsace, France) factory and is sold under the legendary Italo-French Bugatti marque. It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. It is also the world's second supercar with 16 cylinders, after the Cizeta Moroder V16T.

Lots more information click here: Bugatti Veyron

Top speed was initially promised to be 252 mph (406 km/h), but test versions were unstable at that speed, forcing a redesign of the aerodynamics. In May 2005, a prototype Veyron tested at a Volkswagen track near Wolfsburg, Germany, and recorded an electronically limited top speed of 400 km/h (249 mph). In October, 2005, Car and Driver magazine's editor Csaba Csere test drove the final production version of the Veyron for the November 2005 issue. This test, at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track, reached a top speed of 253.2 mph (407.5 km/h). The top speed was verified once again by James May on Top Gear, again at Volkswagen's private test track. During the test he said "At this speed the tires will last for 15 minutes, but that's not a problem as the fuel only lasts for 12". He also gave an indication of the power requirements, at ~150mph the Veyron was using approximately 270BHP, but to get to its rated 253mph top speed required almost the full 1000BHP the engine can produce, due to exponential increases in drag at high speeds.

Now watch the video…

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x157l2_bugatti-veyron-at-top-speed

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