Todd Halterman
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He was immediately hooked when his father brought home a rusty, flea-bitten Honda Black Bomber with missing serial numbers in the early 70s. After much begging and whining, Todd took possession of the bike and his odyssey began.
His collection now includes a Triumph Trophy 1200, a Honda CX 500, a Triumph Bonneville T100 and his daily rider, a Kawasaki Concours 14.
His work has been published by the Associated Press, The Grand Rapids Press, Advance Newspapers, The Chicago Reader, HBO and the Chicago Tribune. He also has worked as a technical writer and developer for Fortune 500 companies such as BAAN, Steelcase and Corning, Inc. Todd graduated from Michigan State University.
Mexican Officials Say Decree Will Help Cartel de Noreste Skim Money From Importing US Cars
20 Oct 2021, 07:38 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / In a market already squeezed by shortages of used cars and unusually high prices, a decree in Mexico to legalize millions of imported used cars - most from the United States - has been slammed by that country's powerful auto sector players as ...
Czinger 21C Crushes Production Lap Record at Circuit of the Americas With AI
19 Oct 2021, 18:02 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / The Czinger 21C beat out the previous record, held by a McLaren P1, and it took care of business in an astonishing 6 seconds less. This Czinger 21C is modern automotive technology personified, and to create the 21C. To create the 21C, Czinger ...
Cummins Powered 1941 Dodge WC Power Wagon Restomod Sells for More Than a Quarter Million
19 Oct 2021, 17:20 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / This thing is fantastic. Dodge WC trucks from 1940 to 1945 are beloved the world around, but they were hardly equipped for modern driving. But this wildly modified 1941 Dodge WC Power Wagon is capable of cruising at "75 miles per hour, and sea...
Tesla Dominates EV Sales and Moves Two of Every Three Sold
19 Oct 2021, 16:11 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / As the EV car segment in the U.S. doubled year-over-year during the first eight months of 2021 from 2020, car registration data from Experian reveals that 294,218 electric vehicles have been registered from January to August 2021 - and the vast maj...
Packard Plant Drama Continues as Iconic Auto Site for Sale Again in Detroit
19 Oct 2021, 15:40 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / In what marked the beginning of the end for the City of Detroit itself as a manufacturing powerhouse, the Packard complex dedicated to the production of the classic marque produced their last vehicle in 1956. The brand name itself was discontinued ...
Judge Boots GM Labor Lawsuit Against Fiat Chrysler Out of Court
18 Oct 2021, 22:04 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / A judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by General Motors Co against Stellantis' Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that accused the rival automaker of fraud and unfair competition, which arose from a labor and bribery scandal. GM sued FCA in 2019, a...
These Are the Oldest Car Dealerships in America
18 Oct 2021, 21:06 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Don’t even go there, friend, because once you open this can of worms, the claimants spill out all over the ground and begin to muddy up the argument. But I suppose that’s what arguments are all about, so feel free to add your contest...
The Story of the Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation Is One Weird, Salacious Tale
17 Oct 2021, 15:53 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / The history of the Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation, an American ‘automaker’ begun by Geraldine Elizabeth "Liz" Carmichael in 1974, became one of the strangest stories in American automotive history. The vehicle at t...
SailGP Touts Global Teams and a $1 Million Prize for Oceangoing Races
17 Oct 2021, 15:30 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / When you have a ton of disposable cash and lust for yacht racing like Oracle DEO Larry Ellison, it appears the next step is to form your own version of Grand Prix racing for the fastest ocean-going vehicle. Ellison and his yacht-racing mentor, ...
Indiana-built ELMS EV Van Company Signs Deal With CATL for Battery Swapping Deal
17 Oct 2021, 13:10 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / ELMS began in 2020 as a plan B startup from Chinese automaker Chongqing Sokon Industry Group. Three years earlier, Sokon subsidiary SF Motors purchased a plant in Mishawaka, IN, with a plan to build an electric SUV called the SF5. The SF5 never...
Some Arguments Against a Nation Packed With Electric Cars and Trucks, Dismantled
16 Oct 2021, 14:26 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Consider this: what if all cars were EVs and all caught up in up in a three-hour traffic jam? What would happen as a result of all those dead batteries? And to take matters further, what if the weather was brutally cold? Without battery power, t...
Model Predicts Traffic Accidents Before They Occur Using Artificial Intelligence
16 Oct 2021, 13:05 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Trained with historical crash data, road map inputs, satellite imagery and GPS location, a sophisticated AI model can now prepare high-resolution crash mapping that researchers say will lead to safer roads. The connected matrix of concrete and a...
World's Largest Collection of Auto Cigarette Lighters Is A Hot Orange Blast from the Past
16 Oct 2021, 08:30 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / At least in the United States, cigarette lighters began to show up as standard equipment in cars sometime around 1925–1926, and by 1928, the Connecticut Automotive Specialty Company in Bridgeport patented their version of the cigarette lighte...
A Classic Gasser Volvo P1800 Added to the Hot Wheels Legends Tour
16 Oct 2021, 01:44 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / It's powered by a 600-horsepower Chevy 454 V8, and it is, as amazing as it sounds, a Volvo. The term “Gasser” is a reference to a style of drag car that was popular in the late 1950s through the 1960s that ran on gasoline as fue...
Motorcycle Cannonball 2021 Won by 68-Year-Old on 1911 Harley
15 Oct 2021, 16:35 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / A 68-year-old Fargo, North Dakota man, the son of a former motorcycle dealer, won the 2021 Motorcycle Cannonball. The Cannonball has been called “the world’s toughest antique motorcycle endurance run,” and Dave Currier rode the...
Acura Posts Pricing, Option Package Changes, and Availability Info for the 2022 RDX
15 Oct 2021, 16:14 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Accura’s first compact luxury crossover was rolled out in 2006, and it initially shared the same platform as used in the Honda Civic. Later, the RDX transitioned to a standalone model with its own architecture. The third-generation R...
The Honda CB750 Changed the Way Motorcycles Were Made, Raced and Sold
15 Oct 2021, 07:56 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Though now highly prized for their potential as re-imagined cafe racer machines, the venerable Honda CB750 was - back in its infancy - the bike that changed the game. So how did it happen that the Japanese took over the worldwide motorcycle manu...
These DIY Tubeless and Airless Bicycle Tires Are Brilliant
15 Oct 2021, 03:03 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / If you’ve ever been riding your bicycle along through the city or the country on a beautiful day only to suddenly notice you have a flat tire, this solution is for you. Airless car tires have been a sort of Holy Grail quest, and Michelin...
Stunt Supermoto Rider Makes Like a Bull in a China Shop and Breaks All Kinds of Glass
14 Oct 2021, 18:19 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / The Corning Museum of Glass is an institution that houses more than 50,000 delicate and lovely glass objects in upstate New York that was opened in 1951. I used to work at Corning as a consultant, so I know all about it. It is actually kind of...
Vietnamese Automaker Vinfast Plans US Deliveries Late in 2022
14 Oct 2021, 17:13 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Vietnamese automaker VinFast says they’ll start taking pre-orders for delivery to the U.S. market for the company’s VF e35 and e36 electric SUVs during the first half of 2022 - and then deliver them by the end of the year. "It&#...