Glib, charismatic and larger than life, Carmichael enjoyed her first 15 minutes of fame during the fuel crisis of 1974. At the time, she was billing herself as a maverick who planned to ârule the auto industry like a queenâ by selling a low-cost, high-efficiency three-wheeled vehicleâthe Daleâdescribed in promotional literature as âthe most exciting new car of this centuryâ and âdollar for dollar, the best car ever!â You didnât have to be a professional fact-checker to realize that this was too good to be true. Sure enough, within a year, Carmichael was indicted after authorities discovered that the Dale...