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.
Airbnb Little Talladega Features A Hotel-Sized Home and a Pair of Dedicated Racetracks
24 Sep 2021, 01:14 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / If you have a serious amount of love for your cars and a hankering to spend a little quality time driving around in the front yard, then the Little Talladega Airbnb rental is right up your alley. And of course, it also includes a fantastic garag...
TOP Mountain Motorcycle Museum Comes Back From Devastating Fire
23 Sep 2021, 22:49 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / They say it’s the highest museum in Europe for vintage motorcycles, and a year ago it burnt to the ground and took a vast collection of interesting and valuable bikes with it. During the early morning hours of January 18 of 2021, fire cre...
Rivian Employee Crashes Test Truck Near California Offices
23 Sep 2021, 21:18 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / This month came with mostly good news for EV truck maker Rivian as the first production Rivian R1T electric pickup rolled out at the company’s Normal, Illinois factory. But the inevitable has happened, as it does to most vehicles sooner or...
The R RYZR EV Concept Is a Wearable Fusion of Motorcycle and Car
23 Sep 2021, 14:32 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Calling it a “fusion between a car and a motorbike,” SAIC Design Studio say their R RYZR EV represents the “ultimate symbiosis of man and machine: a car that you actually wear.” The concept integrates a jacket and a vehic...
When The Hateful Yugo Starred in a Brutally Unfunny Comedy With an All-Star Cast
22 Sep 2021, 21:20 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / The Yugo - also known as the Zastava Koral - is a subcompact hatchback once manufactured by Zastava Automobiles - and it was designed in Italy as a shorter variant of the Fiat 128. The first Yugo prototype was built in 1977, and things went swiftly...
This Mazda Cosmo 21 Was the One They Should Have Built
22 Sep 2021, 20:44 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / The space-age-inspired Cosmo 21 prototype was built to be a rotary-powered sports car based on the Mazda Miata NB, and it was a magnificent piece of design - and a model Mazda should have built in numbers. As American automakers rode a wave of n...
Air Force Rolls Out an F-117 Nighthawk Attack Plane For Training Mission
22 Sep 2021, 20:10 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / On Tuesday, September 21, the Air Force brought a distinctive aircraft back to the skies over California. It released a video of an F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack plane landing at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in California. The Nightha...
Workhorse Group Suffers Yet Another Setback, Suspend Delivery of Electric Van
22 Sep 2021, 16:39 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / The announcement today by Workhorse Group, the American makers of electric trucks and vans, that it will suspend the deliveries of their flagship C-1000 electric van, is yet another recent setback for the company. Workhorse says the vehicles now...
The 1967 Cadillac Eldorado Changed Everything in American Automotive Design
22 Sep 2021, 16:05 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / In the early fall of 1967, Cadillac debuted a car of startling originality that was also a sort of heresy when it came to the offerings from the American luxury brand. The phrase ‘El Dorado’ - a metaphor used to represent an ultimate...
Manley Steps Down at Stellantis to Join AutoNation Inc
21 Sep 2021, 18:59 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Stellantis N.V. has announced that Mike Manley will step down from his role as Head of Americas for Stellantis. Manley will now become the CEO at AutoNation Inc., America’s largest automotive retailer. Stellantis is a Dutch multinational ...
This 1968 Ford Mustang GT 428 Cobra Jet 4-Speed Is A Dream Come True
21 Sep 2021, 18:30 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Ford Motor Company built the first-generation Ford Mustang from March 1964 until 1973. The introduction of the Mustang resulted in an entirely new class of automobiles which became known as the 'pony car,' and the Mustang's long hood...
States Battle to Be First to Offer In-road Wireless EV Charging Systems
21 Sep 2021, 17:34 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Motor Bella, an outdoor event operating in place of the Detroit Auto Show, was the scene of some interesting news as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that the state would be the first roll out wireless electric vehicle charging built into r...
Own the Only TVR T440R On the Planet
20 Sep 2021, 20:08 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / There was only one TVR T440R ever built, and should you have the means, you can own it. This fantastic-looking example has recently been recommissioned, and the second owner says it’s time for another owner to take a seat behind the wheel....
Video of White WMC250EV First High-speed Rider Tests In EV Land Speed Record Quest
20 Sep 2021, 19:30 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / White Motorcycle Concepts have now released a video of the initial rider tests of their ‘revolutionary’ electric-powered motorcycle they plan to take to Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat next summer to beat the World Land Speed ...
Tom Cruise Risky Business Movie Porsche 928 Pulls $1.98 Million at Auction
19 Sep 2021, 14:35 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / A 1979 Porsche 928 featured in the film “Risky Business” just sold at auction for a stunning $1.98 million, and that price represents a world record auction sale of any Porsche 928 - from any year. The 928 was a sort of entry-level...
E-Bike Buyers Tax Credit On Tap From Lawmakers Aimed at Slowing Climate Change
18 Sep 2021, 17:39 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / A reconciliation package on the table in Congress includes a new tax credit for the purchase of an electric bike. Cycling amounts to next to nothing in the U.S. when it comes to the billions of trips Americans take each day, but advocates and a ...
It’s a Sort of BMW Heaven on Earth: BMW Group Classic Center
18 Sep 2021, 15:30 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / The BMW 507 was by all accounts an amazing piece of motoring engineering and design. Just 254 were ever built and all those that remain regularly sell for more than seven figures. In fact, one example, once owned by F1 and motorcycle racing cham...
Check Out These Awesome Car Collections By Famous People Not Named Jay Leno
18 Sep 2021, 14:26 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Jay Leno is a collector par excellence when it comes to his taste in - and reverence for - some of the greatest cars in history. But he’s hardly the only car collecting obsessive. So what does it take to enter the pantheon of car collect...
Who Will Be the Winners and Losers As Investors Place Bets on EV Automakers
18 Sep 2021, 13:22 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / If you’re an investor right now and you’re considering how to place your bets on the next big thing in electric vehicles, the field is narrower than you might imagine. There are currently a huge number of companies from the major autom...
Some Venture Capital Investors Are Focused on Associated EV Technologies, Not Automakers
18 Sep 2021, 11:30 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / Experts say a large share of venture capital funding is aimed at “picks and shovels” and not focused on latching on to the next Tesla or Rivian. For examples of that idea, you can look at a company called Redwood Materials, a group w...