Phew, I'm Back!

Yes, it has been a while since I have been on here. There has been a lot of stuff going on. No, not a single problem with the Tahoe... Yes, GM people have asked.

There are a LOT of people reading this blog. One of my favorites is the Prius owners' blog, fully sponsored by Toyota, I might add. Hmmm... interesting that a blog sponsored by an auto manufacturer suggested that both this blog and the AllAmericanHybrid.com website must 'obviously' be sponsored by GM and what a sneaky way for GM to support their large vehicles that nobody wants.

Nope, unlike the Prius blog site, we are completely self supporting with only a few individuals providing donations through AllAmericanHybrid.com and no advertisors at this point (but we are actively looking!).

My next comment relates to something that disturbs me about many blogs that have specific objectives in mind. While we are actively inviting anyone into this discussion, whether you agree with us or not (and you are not advertising), I signed up and posted a thank you on their blog: "Thank you for bringing attention to AllAmericanHybrid.com, we are a fully self-supporting blog that is not provided funding from any manufacturer, at this point in time." (but we are fully willing to accept advertising or donations... hint hint - no, this wasn't posted on the site).

The post lasted all of 1 minute before being pulled off.

Thank goodness we support North American manufactured hybrids, electric and alternative fuel vehicles in a country that does not like censorship!!

Anyways, back to my original point. In addition to a number of other consulting responsibilities, I am the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (IEEE-DEIS) website. That has been an adventure with developers and committee members being, literally, all over the world and our Associate Editors being placed at every point in the globe, as well.

In addition, we have launched the Motor Diagnostics and Motor Health News eMag (http://www.motordoc.com/subscribe.htm) and the AllAmericanHybrid.com eMag (http://www.allamericanhybrid.com/addnews.htm).

In support of the industry, we are now the sole-sponsor of a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program electric race vehicle and have launched our first of many scholarships. We are testing this out on one high school before expanding the program.

PLTW is an high school program that is used to encourage students into joining the engineering community and provides college credit towards their college career through sponsoring universities (and there are a lot of them!).

We, of course, are accepting donations to support such things. At this point in time, SUCCESS by DESIGN has committed our time and resources, but we wish to help be a conduit for others that wish to support such programs via http://www.allamericanhybrid.com/donations.htm.

We also have been pleading and begging people to comment on these blogs. We know how many are reading them, I view the stats every day (over 10,000 hits and a minimum of 1500 views per week on this blog alone). I cannot believe that many of you are this shy! We even opened it up so that you can post anonymously and I would love to hear some feedback or questions related to our experiences!