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Reports From the Field
Oldsmobile (1897-2004)
Cadillac (1902- )
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Corvair (1960-1969)
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Auto Trivia
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Pics to Ponder
January 2017
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Cars, like
other
appliances
now, will
become throw
away items.
We wont
repair them.
Well just
pitch em and
get another as
a
replacement.
While recently perusing a tool catalog I could not help but notice how far battery technology has advanced. Today battery powered tools have far more power (voltage) than
just a few years ago and the price per volt for this technology is becoming more and
more reasonable. That is the way it is supposed to work, right?
Battery power is also the wave of the future when it comes to our cars. It has taken a
while, and there is still a way to go, but I do foresee my grandchildren not ever having to
go to a gas station for a fill-up. I also doubt they will even have to tether the car to an
electrical outlet when not in use. Rather, the garage floor shall contain an electromagnetic charging pad. Pull the car in, park it and it will start charging itself.
The Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) says that soon cars shall be powered by
48v systems. So we go from 6v to 12v to 48v? I would call that a quantum leap. What
will that 48v system be doing, aside from powering woofers and tweeters? Here is an
SAE list of but a few things we shall be seeing:
Electrically-accelerated turbochargers
Electro-mechanically actuated valves
Electrified-axle modules that enable quick and easy all-wheel-drive
Electrically-actuated dampers for adjusting the suspension
Engine start-stop systems
On-demand operation of most ancillaries, including HVAC
Of course, all this electrification will serve to further reduce the number of shade tree
mechanics. Cars, like other appliances now, will become throw away items. We wont
repair them. Well just pitch em and get another as a replacement.
The other drawback I see is, what do we do with all these no longer functioning batteries at the end of their useful life? While I am a firm believer in recycling, I cannot
deny my chagrin at learning when I took a bunch of dry cell (flashlight) batteries to Batteries +Bulbs for recycling that it charged a fee for this.
Another innovation on the horizon, per the SAE, has to do with motor oils. We have
already progressed from dino to synthetic in order to be better stewards of our environment. But ever changing driving habits call for more refinements in this area. The
length and time of average trips by car keeps decreasing. It is now at 22 minutes and
7.5 miles per trip. This makes for extreme driving conditions. Us car buffs know that
running an engine for a short time, never letting it warm up, does more harm than good.
A motor oil that will facilitate rapid warm-up (time needed to get metal parts, coolant and
oil to operating temps) can reduce fuel consumption by double digits. That would be
significant, to say the least.
Autonomous vehicles are coming. What the heck is an autonomous vehicle? That is
a fancy way of saying driverless car. Ford says they shall be here by 2021. They
have already been spotted on the roads. The question I have is, will they be
accepted by the public? Will the proverbial road trip or vacation be as inviting with no
one behind the wheel? Certainly not to our ilk, who thoroughly enjoy driving their cars!
In the ever changing workplace, the wave of the future is cobots (collaborating
robots). They shall put an end to labor intensive, back breaking, dirt under the
fingernails jobs. Cobot is nothing more than a term used to make less threatening the
prospect of a robotic run manufacturing plant. Instead of assembly line workers, plants
shall have on-site a full-time mathematician. His job shall be to read and interpet bits &
bytes and program software and self-learning autonomous intelligent vehicles (AIVs) to
timely transport needed components to the assembly line.
The bottom line is that no matter how intelligent the factory floor becomes, there will
still/always be a need for humans on the line; sadly just not as many. Those that do
remain shall have to be both highly educated and skilled.
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The idea
behind eight
wheels was
to vastly
improve the
ride and,
believe it or
not, reduce
tire wear!
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Auto Trivia
This bit of info was found in my email back in November. It is from the folks at Rock Auto. I must
admit it caught me by surprise, which I guess is exactly what it was intended to do:
Which 2017 model was assembled with the most (by value) equipment (parts) from the US and Canada?
A. Chevrolet Camaro
B. Toyota Camry
C. Lincoln Continental
Duh? The correct answer is the foreign car company, Toyota!
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