Putting media kits for their cars on USB drives lets automakers to get very creative. We've collected some of the wilder USB drive media kits we've recieve over the course of many auto shows and new model launches. by CNET News.com
CNET has a gallery of some of the new German-made cars debuting in Frankfurt this week. Hybrids, plug-ins, high efficiency cars. Here they come...eventually. Lexus LF. Photo courtesy CNET. There's now evidence that Toyota, maker of the top-selling hybrid Prius, has decided to...
Honda is the latest Japanese carmaker to promise electric cars for the American market. No launch date given. Here's the rundown so far: Nissan will release its Leaf here next year. Mitsubishi released its i-MiEV earlier this year. Toyota will have its first electric in 2012. ...
Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?US Manufacturing is overThe USA is now officially an importer of everything. If it is not made in CHINA, assembled in CHINA, or have CHINA origins I don't think people would know how to react.Just wait till the ripple effect the hundreds of thousands...
So let's follow the money. The car-makers of the world are all hurting from Toyota to Chrysler. Sales are awful. The new emissions standards in the U.S. will be the toughest this country's ever seen. The new regs come with some pleasant promises for car makers:...
Automakers at the 2009 Geneva auto show seem to think we need a new class of vehicle, a cross between a compact sedan and a small SUV. Three automakers, Nissan, Hyundai, and Dacia, showed off concepts based on this type of vehicle. by CNET News.com
Detroit automakers and their wealthier Japanese competitors have one more obstacle to rebuilding car sales. They are about to face a spate of new state-level auto emissions restrictions across the United States. Some current and planned models may not make the cut. It's being leaked about D.C....
Carmakers could go bananas over coconutsSigh.Has anyone, you know, run scalability numbers?There are a *LOT* of uses for coconut husk? Great! Replace all that nasty petrochemical eco-terrorist plastic? Terrific! Create bio-diesel from the coconuts themselves? Even better!*HOW MANY* coconuts are we going to need???? Oh--nevermind... :)alternative fuelsHmmm, now who is...
I won't have to blog about the Detroit automakers again until next yearBailouts without pre-conditions? The economy is screwed :( ntntKick the canThis was to keep the big 3 from falling under W's watch, nothing more.Then it is a bonus for us, as well,as we will not have...
There'll be no word on loans to Detroit's Shrinking Three from the White House until the U.S. President returns from his trip abroad. So the American-owned carmakers, the UAW and the many parts suppliers, not to mention dealers and potential customers if there are any left, will just twist...
It's all over but the recriminations and finger-pointing. This calendar year there'll be ZERO loans approved in Congress for the Detroit Shrinking Three automakers. Any federal action to prevent the threatened implosion of General Motors, still the number one selling auto maker in the U.S., will have to come...
They're still test-driving the newest proposal to lend money to General Motors and Chrysler, two of Detroit's "Shrinking Three" automakers. Quick aside: which manufacturer has sold the most cars in America this year? Answer: GM, not Toyota. Seems the car-loan package is in a nasty cul-de-sac with...
A proposed bill has been sent to the White House for vetting. It apparently calls for immediate bridge loans to be made available to the Detroit Shrinking Three automakers. We do know the loans would come from a $25 billion dollar package approved earlier this year. Originally...
There're hints the White House and Congress may compromise on a $14 billion loan package for the fainting auto makers in Detroit. That would be enough that the current President can say he saved the auto firms on his watch. Chrysler and GM would continue to move on...
Khosla: Don't Save the DinosaursFacts, schmacts who needs themHere's an interesting articlehttp://freep.com/article/20081205/COL14/812050400Love them pollsI note there isn't an "I disagree" response that doesn't disparage the proponent. Maybe something like: "I disagree because helping the automakers is better than letting them fail", or maybe, "I disagree, but the automakers shouldn't...
Well-known greentech VC Vinod Khosla has an opinion piece in a national news mag today...and it calls for letting Detroit's auto dinosaurs wander around among the financial ferns until they die, or evolve into more agile creatures. Khosla's argument is cogent and backed by much of recent...
After today's Senate hearings the Detroit Big Three are nowhere nearer getting any federal aid than they were after their last visit. Whatever you may think of the automakers "plan" to change and become viable, there is no plan in the Senate itself that would lead to a bill that...
Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovationGreat idea!! But, yes, the car manufactureres would have to be draggedkicking and screaming. Though, the current economic climate just might be the thing that forces them into it. Of course there would be a lot more component...
