latimes.com - 3/29/2009
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Reporting from Forest City, Iowa -- In the realm of conspicuous consumption, few things are larger than the RV, the multi-ton vehicular brontosaurus that has taken generations of families on the great American highway adventure. But in the worst economic crisis since the Depression, the RV is ...
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The RV: Going the way of the dinosaur?
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... to RVs, which are not essential purchases, can easily cost a quarter of a million dollars and are relentless binge drinkers of fuel. "This is the worst it's ever been," said Robert Olson, chairman and chief executive of Forest City-based Winnebago Industries Inc., the market leader and the brand synonymous with RVs. "But you always have to look at a silver lining. . . . I think the industry will come back. "It's a culture. It's a lifestyle. It's a maker of memories," Olson added. LA Times
Drumbeat: March 29, 2009
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... NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Auto sales in the first two weeks of March were down 40% compared to the same period last year, according to industry analysts at J.D. Power and Associates.
Tesla Unveils Four-Door Electric Sedan
HAWTHORNE - Electric car start-up Tesla Motors Inc unveiled its newest, cheapest vehicle on Thursday, a four-door sedan that can carry five adults and could travel up to 300 miles per charge.
The RV: Going the way of the dinosaur?
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Housing & urban design - March 30
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... which falls in the 2,500-square-foot range. "If you look at all the ground rules and best practices guidelines for perfect ecotopia villages, you're going to see all the things you find in a [Canadian] trailer park," says Andy Thompson, designer of the Sustain MiniHome, an extremely green mobile home manufactured in Toronto. Problem is, those parks are filled with, you know, trailers. The formaldehyde kind. Well, Thompson has a solution to that particular problem. (26 March 2009) The RV: Going the way of the dinosaur? Tim Jones, Los Angeles Times The economic crisis threatens ...
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