Noah Gedrimas, Vice President of Strategy at GPR, explained how his companies ground-radar system could provide true autonomous vehicle operations and Alex Gruzen, CEO of WiTricity, discussed how wireless charging could revolutionize EV ownership and operation. To view the video version August IMPA meeting, click HERE. To listen to an audio version of the August …
Jason Fischer, General Motors’ executive chief engineer for autonomous technology, provided the organization with an extensive presentation on autonomous driving and GM’s evolvement within this area. By clicking on the audio or video links here, the presentation can be listened to and/or viewed in its entirety.
Tom Moloughney, industry consultant on EV charging, manager of the site www.evchargingstations.com and a senior editor at Inside EVs, provided a broad overview of electric-vehicle charging during the March 2023 IMPA meeting. Clicking on either video or audio will open a recording of the session including the lively question-and-answer period which followed the presentation.
Both the video and audio recording of February’s meeting featuring Strategic Vision’s President Alexander Edwards is now available. The analyst provided a provocative presentation including * an irreverent look at why folks buy their cars, trucks and SUVs * the surprising reason Tesla took off – buyers discovered they had bought a performance car * …
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 is the deadline for submitting entries to IMPA’s Ken W. Purdy Award for journalistic excellence. Entries are welcome from across a wide spectrum of media platforms. To see details and enter, click the navigation bar above.
After a three-year hiatus, the International Motor Press Association has revived its prestigious Ken W. Purdy Journalism Award. The man for whom the award is named may have been the best automotive writer this country has yet produced. And he was a better editor than he was a writer. To those younger writers who knew …
Paul Weissler, long-time IMPA member, Board member and Membership Committee chair/member, died in January following a long illness. Paul, a freelancer, wrote for publications like Popular Mechanics and Mechanix Illustrated, concentrating on technical automotive subjects. Born in the Bronx, NY, to Joseph Samuelson and Bella (née Barash) and then adopted by Max Weissler after Joseph’s …
To view the video of the January 17th IMPA meeting featuring Cason Grover of Mitsubishi, click on this sentence. To listen to the audio of the January 17th IMPA meeting featuring Cason Grover of Mitsubishi, click on this sentence.
The ballots have been cast and the IMPA officers and directors for 2023 are: President – Evelyn Kanter1st Vice President – Bill Howard2nd Vice President – David FluhrerSecretary – Rob CalemTreasurer – Mike GeylinPresident Emeritus – Slaton White Directors:Judy AntellRob DudaSam FioraniJeff JablanskyPaul LicataTamara Mlynarczyk Scotty Reiss
Long-time IMPA member Raymond Basil Tahan passed away suddenly at St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville on December 30th. He was 74. Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, he later lived in Belleville before moving to Rockaway Township 35 years ago. Ray served in the United States Air Force during Vietnam. His passion for cars …