Summary: <p> </p> <div id="attachment_373" style="width: 1290px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"> <img class="size-full wp-image-373" src="https://i1.wp.com/wheelbearings.media/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/wb-34.jpg?resize=1170%2C790" alt="Wheel Bearings 34"><p class="wp-caption-text">Wheel Bearings 34</p> </div> <p>This week Dan takes his turn in the Mazda Miata RF while Sam does a road trip to the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars in the Mercedes-AMG E43. While at MBS Sam talked with Nvidia’s director of automotive, Danny Shapiro, heard Mazda SVP Robert Davis extol the virtues of internal combustion and saw his friend Bob Gritzenger struggle with EV charging infrastructure in northern Michigan.</p> <p>Links</p> <p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2017/08/01/old-and-mazda-miatas-demonstrate-why-driving-matters/">Mazda Miata RF </a></p> <p><a href="http://m.wardsauto.com/2017-car-management-briefing-seminars/green-car-blue-highways">Charging an EV on Blue Highways</a></p> <p><a href="http://m.wardsauto.com/2017-car-management-briefing-seminars/mazda-let-real-world-pick-powertrain-winners">Mazda Dissing EVs</a></p> <p><a href="http://profiles.sae.org/sam_abuelsamid/">Sam’s new monthly column for Automotive Engineering</a></p>
