NEMPA-MIT Conference Set for May 9
Online registration for the NEMPA-MIT conference—Mass vs. Efficiency: Hitting the Automotive Sweet Spot—and the annual awards dinner, both on May 9, is now open
Online registration for the NEMPA-MIT conference—Mass vs. Efficiency: Hitting the Automotive Sweet Spot—and the annual awards dinner, both on May 9, is now open
This is a little embarrassing, but for the second time in three years the New England Motor Press Association’s Winter Vehicle Test Day had to be postponed on account of, well, winter.
NEMPA isn’t often visited by carmakers unless they have a formal presentation to make, but when five representatives of VW’s national communications team stopped by one evening after Thanksgiving, it really was simply to meet, greet and socialize.
Eighteen NEMPA members and Ford staffers gathered at the Venezia Restaurant on the Boston waterfront on August 16 for an informal evening with Eric Kuehn, chief engineer for Ford’s Global Electrified Programs.
NEMPA’s 2012 tech conference, in conjunction with MIT and sponsored again by United Road Services, is now open for business online at http://conference.nempa.org/
At the yearly Ford dinner celebrating the Boston Auto Show, in John Henry’s suite at Fenway Park, NEMPA stalwart Bill Griffith was presented a cake for his 65th birthday. It was an appropriate setting; in addition to being a contributing automotive editor for the Boston Globe, Bill is a voting member of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Thanks to everyone who made the trek to Boston to attend this year’s Christmas/Hannuka/Kwanzaa/New Year’s get-together at the Globe.
For at least the 15th consecutive year, NEMPA’s Ragtop Ramble and Crustacean Crawl-our annual thank-you to the carmakers and agencies who work with us-took place in late July. The turnout, in cars and people, was as good as it’s ever been.
The sun was out and the weather was warm, and a fine time was had by all. Full report coming soon . . .
The vehicles have been driven, notes taken, and votes cast. After all was said and done, the Jeep Grand Cherokee earned the top spot in the 2011 NEMPA Winter Driving Awards