Tonight (Friday) was fun. Electric Avenue was very electric. They do a charity ball every year at the North American International Auto Show; it is the biggest party I have ever seen. Black tie and 10,000 people. Everybody had fun but everybody took it seriously, and went out of their way for it to be special. In the last 6 events they have raised $35 million.
In the morning we had off and visited some of our experts. We saw our EEGR engine run. 250cc, Turbo and still with too much horsepower: about 75 hp, which is what happens when you have high compression (for efficiency) with a turbo (for acceleration). We are reducing it for efficiency but it was interesting in particular as it sounds completely different than anything you have ever heard.
The knowledge base in Detroit is incredible and irreplaceable. Right now Detroit and Michigan need our government help, and trust me, letting this slip would be suicide to the American way of life in the long run. There is something really special here in Detroit that took a long time to build and that would be very hard to replace. - Oliver