I was at a talk on dematerialization a few weeks ago, and one of the speakers told “the parable of the Prius” to illustrate Jevon’s paradox that efficiency gains do not necessarily reduce energy consumption (and from a climate perspective, greenhouse g…

© 2004-2011 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. The Vancouver International Auto Show will return to BC Place April 3rd to April 8th, 2012. There are handfuls of contests and giveaways that you can enter at the show on top [...]

By Liam Lahey | Insight Have we ever known gas prices to plummet instead of spiking? The cost of gasoline in Canada continues to rise, helping to propel overall inflation in this country, recent figures from Statistics Canada suggest. And those inflated prices at the pump aren’t going anywhere as the nation thaws and moves [...]

Here’s a challenge from Eran Ben-Joseph: name a great parking lot. Couldn’t do it, could you? Neither could I, and neither could Ben-Joseph. In a new book ReThinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking he explores the horribleness of a…

The other morning I was driving my two oldest to middle school as I always do.  But this morning there was something different.  Something terrible.  Right in front of my other younger children’s elementary school was a car that had…

Clark Gable — Duesenberg SJRita Hayworth — 1941 Lincoln ContinentalMarilyn Monroe — Singer roadsterA wonderful collection of photos at Caught at the Curb Via Book of Joe

Hands-free exemptions in cell-phone driving laws are nonsensical. That much has been obvious to me and a lot of other people for years. The problem with phoning while driving isn’t just that your hands and eyes are busy with the phone, it’s because your BRAIN is busy in a remote conversation that you’ll ultimately get [...]

Pickup trucks are among the top-selling vehicles in Canada. We polled our automotive gurus to help you find some tough, rugged value.

On the weekend I had an argument with @unambig (Adrian), a former blogger turned journalist in BC, and @BSnowsell (Brandon) a Saskatoonian Conservative. They’ve said they are against government involvement in making infrastructure for sustainable transportation. Adrian is upset by the carbon tax, and Brandon wants no money put into giving electric powered vehicles a [...]

You don’t need a mid-life crisis to fuel your need for speed.

Don Cherry has a lesson to teach Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
Cherry has spent a career promoting the hockey fighter, sometimes known as the enforcer or goon. The problem is that the science of brain injuries has caught up with (and passed) his assertion th…

A sexist Volkswagen ad speaks to the dangers of North America’s corporate car culture. (Illustration by Coco Riot.) Over recent weeks, viewing news updates at CBC online has become increasingly frustrating, due to a high-rotation, pre-roll spot…

With the race for the Republican Presidential nomination now seemingly down to two candidates – Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney – suddenly Romney is in the uncharacteristic role of underdog.
Astonishingly (to me), polls show Gingrich some 10 points ahead of Romney in the upcoming Iowa primary; 8.6 points ahead in South Carolina; 16.5 ahead in [...]

Japanese sportscar enthusiasts on their way to Hiroshima were involved in a very costly accident when one of the drivers lost control of his vehicle and spun across several lanes of traffic. Eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and two Mercedes likely worth m…

File this one under “Things I’d rather not share with you because it lessens my chances of winning however because I’m a beautiful person have decided to let you know all about it but don’t tell me if you win or I’ll hate you and myself forever”. (#reallyhopeyouwin #notreally) It’s the Nissan Innovation Challenge! Simply [...]

So, there I was Friday night, all set to go out for the evening. I threw my gear in the trunk, opened the driver side door and… discovered that I no longer had a passenger side window. Well, okay, I did have one, but it was no longer a one piec…

Physicists have achieved an impressive feat of molecule-scale engineering: a four-wheel-drive “car” that can run across any conductive surface, powered by electrons.

The new political cause on campus? More parking, please.

It’s a road trip story and it’s about cars but the authors aren’t in a car — they’re on a Greyhound bus. Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyeni reflect on how cars have shaped our culture, health, economy and physical environment.
To find out more about Redey…

If I had one of these I wouldn’t have to cook on my  exhaust manifold.Robert Martin offered a novel addition to the automobile in 1919: a stove. His invention would direct hot gases from the engine to a cooking chamber in the passenger compar…