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Media Analysis

Society of Automotive Historians takes partial steps into the electronic age

September 22, 2026 Steve 3

Today is the last day that you can vote in the Society of Automotive Historians’ board-of-directors election. According to an email blast, as of this morning only 73 out of 622 members had voted (SAH, […]

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How useful is Automotive News’ new AI research tool?

March 18, 2026 Steve 0

I tested out Automotive News‘ new artificial-intelligence research tool called AutoNews Answers and found it to be . . . underwhelming. All it does is summarize the news and opinion pieces published by the trade […]

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