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Product Detail

Car of the Future
Car of the Future
Series: NOVA
Grade level: Grade 7+
Closed captioned: Yes
Described Video: Yes
54 min on 1 DVD
Home and Educational Use
In Stock - ships within 2 business days
List $24.95
Member $21.21
 
Tom Magliozzi has a problem. The wacky co-host of NPR's Car Talk needs to replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. But where do you turn to in today's car market? Is new technology about to transform the way we drive? Join Tom and brother Ray as they take a light-hearted but shrewd look at America's four-wheeled future. "Click and Clack" explore everything from a glitzy Detroit auto show to the earnest homebuilders of Boston's AltWheels Festival, from a hydrogen-powered bus fleet in Iceland to a green think tank in Colorado. They check out hybrids that plug in to a household outlet and an electric sports car that goes 0 to 60 in 4 seconds. Tom and Ray meet experts in biofuels and lithium batteries, mixing sharp observation, slapstick, and probing interviews. With soaring prices at the pump and worries about the global greenhouse, it's no laughing matter. But the car guys turn an expert, comic eye on the promise and pitfalls of tomorrow's auto tech.
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Item # WG42439
ISBN # 9781593758189
UPC # 783421424395
2008

Reviews

"A mix of serious science and good-natured Magliozzi madness, the film slips talking heads and global-warming information into the fun without force-feeding." - Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post

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