Thomas Kinkade, that "painter of light" guy, is now painting cars - maybe because his galleries and sales of the little, cute Hobbit-type homes he paints haven't been breaking any records lately and he's also involved in a bunch of lawsuits (we always being you the good news, right?). Anyway, Indy got Kinkade to do the cover for this year's Indy 500 Souvenir Program, and here it is
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Join me, Steve Parker, live and worldwide Saturday at 5pm (Pacific) for THE CAR NUT, our weekly talk show where the issues affecting all drivers are brought to the fore. This week: Is the hydrogen craze over? Recently the Obama Administration quietly ended a government program begun under George W. Bush to develop hydrogen-fueled fuel cell EVs. The news didn't get a lot of publicity, but there's more than one car-maker and environmental group angry over this apparent change in government focus on these once highly-touted future vehicles, especially when Washington has unprecedented power over Detroit. Ron Cogan, editor/publisher of Green Car Journal joins us with the facts. Plus a review of a remarkable value, the all-new 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDI with the revolutionary high-mileage clean diesel engine, and of course your phone calls at 213-341-4353.
Honda has reportedly spent over $100 million developing their FCX Clarity hydrogen-fueled fuel cell EV, currently undergoing real world trials in the US as "members" of average families participating in the testing. What happens to the car - and the technology worldwide - now that Washington's focus is off using hydrogen as a fuel? (www.SteveParker.com photo)
SUNDAY, WORLD RACING ROUND-UP
Sunday it's our weekly STEVE PARKER'S WORLD RACING ROUND-UP, the latest from the world of motor racing. On last week's show we spoke with Stanton Barrett, a successful NASCAR driver making his debut as a rookie in this year's Indianapolis 500, about his efforts to get into next week's race. Yesterday was Stanton's last shot at making the 33-car field and we'll find out from him how he and his Curb/Agajanian/3G motorsports team has fared. Did they make the show in their Honda-powered Dallara ... or not? Plus the new Brawn Mercedes Grand Prix Formula 1 team juggernaut keeps rolling along, decimating their still-shocked competition (next weekend is the Monaco Grand Prix, F1's signature event) and NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series, the Nationwide Series cars and Sprint Cup all ran this weekend at Charlotte. In fact, for the Sprint drivers it was the annual NASCAR All-Star Race. I enjoy this weekend because it includes the Pit Crew Competition held in an indoor arena in Charlotte, one of the strangest "sporting" events in the world. We'll talk about all that and more, with your calls at 213-341-4353.
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HFC science and economics meets the real-world of science and economics.
Bush was poorly advise by oil lobbyists and others that wanted to keep selling us something at a gas station. HYDROGEN. This was designed to sucked money away for the plugin car technology that already works today. Knowing that the consumer can just "fuel" their electric cars with their own household electricity was very scary to them. And a HFC car is just an electric car with a very inefficient, expensive and dirty battery.
Posted by: Jeff | May 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM