HIGHLIGHTS
- Interests include prototyping, western saddle horseback riding, hydroponics, 3D modeling, 3D printing, architecture, ceramics, history, cars, and many more.
- Enjoys writing long features specifically.
- Previous work experience: Various short jobs and internships in the design industry.
EXPERIENCE
Holderith started work at The Drive as he ended college and the pandemic began in 2020. Since then, he’s written features about everything from finding Ford’s long-lost turbine-powered semi-truck, “Big Red,” to a group of Russian Offroaders crossing 2000 miles of Siberia in home-built 4x4s. He’s interviewed the crew chief of an SR-71 Blackbird, gotten sick from acceleration in a Tesla Model S Plaid, and driven one of GM’s legendary Futurliners.
EDUCATION
Holderith graduated from Philadelphia University (now Jefferson University), with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design in 2020.
NOTABLE WORK
- We Found Ford’s Incredible Turbine-Powered Semi-Truck ‘Big Red’ That’s Been Lost For DecadesThe Drive
- Russian Off-Roaders Crossed 2000-Miles of Siberia to Reach One of the Most Isolated Cities on EarthThe Drive
- Driving a Legendary 1939 GM Futurliner Is Like Nothing ElseThe Drive
- Cold War Engine Swap: Meet the 1963 Buick Wildcat With an A-12 Archangel Start-Cart EngineThe Drive
- The Incredible Story of the US Army’s Earth-Shaking, Off-Road Land TrainsThe Drive
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Mercedes-Benz Officially Confirms It’s Ditching the Manual Transmission
By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 6, 2020
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By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 5, 2020
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By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 5, 2020
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By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 2, 2020
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By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 2, 2020
Ford Engineers Took My Advice and Turned the F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid Into a Mobile Kitchen
By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 1, 2020
The Ringbrothers’ 430-HP Chevy K5 Blazer Restomod Was Built Especially for Rapper Future
By Peter Holderith / Published Oct 1, 2020
The Pushrod Leaf Spring Suspension Is Just the Start of This Crazy Ford F100-Lexus LS400 Mashup
By Peter Holderith / Published Sep 30, 2020
2022 Honda Civic Sedan and Hatchback Are Evolution, Not Revolution: Patents
By Peter Holderith / Published Sep 30, 2020
Electric Ford F-150 Patent Drawings Show Swappable, Range-Extending Gas Generator Disguised as Toolbox
By Peter Holderith / Published Sep 29, 2020
This 1977 Ford Pickup Project Has a Wild Pushrod Leaf Spring Suspension and a Lexus V8
By Peter Holderith / Published Sep 28, 2020
Crashing a 100-MPH Train Into a Nuclear Fuel Container Is Our Kind of Science
By Peter Holderith / Published Sep 24, 2020