White Papers

New Automotive Age Dawning - Wanted: New skills, training, manners of thinking. We may well look back in the rearview mirror on the year 2004 as the dawn of a new automotive age. This year marks the beginning of the proliferation – and apparent public acceptance – of motor vehicles powered by something other than the gasoline internal combustion engine that has been around for a century or more. New propulsion systems for motor vehicles are under development to increase fuel economy and lower pollution, as is required by laws in California and overseas. Now their proliferation begins, setting the stage for the future...  (more)