Archive for January, 2012
More from Detroit
We’re trying to post ’em as fast as BP snaps ’em.
The Audi Electric A3
2013 Doge Dart Introduction
James Lentz, President & Chief Operating Officer, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
L to R: Scott McKee, Director, Public Relations, Kia Motor America; Robert Fogarty, Washington Auto Show Chairman; George Doetsch, Chairman, Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association (WANADA); John Anderson, Director, Government Affairs, Kia Motor Corporation
Toyota's Fuel Cell Concept will be appearing at the Washington Auto Show
Coda Automotive Event Marketing Director Erin Goodhart with the all-electric sedan that's headed to the D.C. show.
All eyes on Detroit
It’s a red letter day in Detroit — the start of Press Preview Day at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, or NAIAS if you can swing the logo.
Naturally, it’s the grand pooh-bah of domestic auto shows, replete with tons of debuts, entertainment and, of course, media.
Here is a glimpse of the excitement, courtesy of Barbara Pomerance, who is on site with the leadership of The Washington Auto Show. I’m skipping captions as the pics are self-explanatory.
What’s next in sharing: your parking spot.
The whole “collaborative consumption” trend — the sharing, selling, splitting, recycling, etc. that’s spiked amid the limitless market of e-commerce and the limits of our pocketbooks — has spawned a new brainchild. Now we’re swapping parking spots.
Park At My House crosses the pond tomorrow to launch in D.C., Boston and New York. The company is seeded by BMW’s i Ventures, a newly-formed venture capital fund investing in mobile technologies.
