2020 Toyota 4Runner A sliding rear cargo deck with underfloor storage compartment off-road worthy SUV with 10-inch ground clearance sturdy and tough roof rack rear glass slides down a household outlet in the cargo area that can supply up to 400 watts 2nd-row seatbacks recline “I love that new 4Runner in your driveway,” was the [...]
2020 Toyota Corolla Handsome side design Standard Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 for $20,000 There is a manual transmission on the Sporty SE model Available Dynamic-Shift CVT or six-speed manual transmission Standard Apple CarPlay, Amazon Alexa compatibility, and Wi-Fi Connect It’s easy to like the Toyota Corolla. Toyota is a well-known brand, and the Corolla has [...]
Shortly after the female Republican Governor of Alabama endorsed HB 314, a law that would ban all abortions statewide, even in case of rape or incest, the calls for boycotting Alabama in all forms started. Kay I'vey signed into law the “Human Life Protection Act” a bill that is intended to be a “vehicle” to [...]
Trucks with fewer emissions than cars The first drayage truck Toyota used to retrofit into a fuel-cell was a Kenworth T660. Toyota pimped the Kenworth Truck Company using two fuel-cell Mirai sedans to create the T660. A Drayage truck’s CO2 emissions are equal to 22 units of Passenger vehicle. Chris Rovik, engineer and executive program [...]
100 lives a day. Start every article with that. One hundred lives a day are taken, and this is the first tool in years that has addressed the problem with a solution. That was the request of Mark Rosekind, the former head of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). A man that looked [...]
Designing mobility in a wheelchair Over 65 million people worldwide are in wheelchairs. Almost one percent of our globe sits in a wheelchair, and yet many of them can't go anywhere. Because getting a wheelchair is only the first step in getting around in this world. The wheelchair needs to be configured, and according to [...]
Los Angeles Auto Show Carmel, CA - Toyota unveiled the 2020 Toyota Corolla and told us that they would be unveiling the hybrid version at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Here is the press release for the 2020 Toyota Corolla • All-New Dynamic Design • TNGA Platform for Outstanding Agility and Comfort • [...]
An Avalon for all generations Jill had a third generation Toyota Avalon. Jill drove that car to its death she loved it so much. She said it was as nice a ride as a Lexus, but less expensive. Jill is one of the reasons the Toyota Avalon is known as the poor man's Lexus. Jill [...]
Good Morning Warren and Friends, Are you concerned about autonomous driving? If so, which aspect, the intelligence behind autonomous driving or the lack of driving? Do you think autonomous driving will lead to a lack of design or better design? If your car were autonomous would you be more interested in exterior or interior design? [...]
Space is precious. We buy homes by the square foot, the more square feet in a home, the more expensive the home. Space is so important in a car that if a car manufacturer can find one extra inch of interior room in a car, they will send out a press release. Some companies have [...]