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Cars: the next wave of Japanese electrics

Wave of new electric and hyrbids coming from Japanese carmakers. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Photos: Steam Car team eyes record

Can an aircraft-shaped vehicle finally beat a record set by a Stanley Steamer in 1906? We'll find out this month. by CNET News.com

Tags: Team, Car, Photograph, Team Management, Aerospace & Defense, Management, Manufacturing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-08-07

Cash for clunkers...waiting for the data dump

The federal department of Trsanportation is NOT yet releasing the data on over 150,000 federally subvsidized auto sales under the cash for clunkers program. And apparently the U.S. Senate will vote to add $2 billion to the DOT's funds for the clunker-mania. Before they see the data already...

Tags: Car, Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?

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:...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Standards, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Whistler 1.0 (Mobile)

Whistler tracks product and food recalls, health updates including the latest swine flu news, car component recalls, environment issues and disaster news straight from your most reliable US government health, environmental, and industrial agencies. With the latest news updated on your device as they arrive, you can rest easy that...

Tags: Food, Car, Mobile, Health Care, H1N1 Flu, Satish Narayan, Whistler, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-05-15

Spring preview: Car Tech

There are many great new products to tech up that old car. Add a GPS device for effortless navigation, get a radar detector to avoid speeding tickets, or put an all-in-one GPS and entertainment unit in the dashboard. by CNET News.com

Tags: Car, Radar, Entertainment, GPS, Aerospace & Defense, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Manufacturing, Marketing, Hardware, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-03-24

Photos: Terrafugia's flying car flies

The Transition "roadable aircraft" makes its debut flight over upstate New York. It's still just a proof of concept, though, and another prototype is yet to come. by CNET News.com

Tags: Car, Photograph, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-03-18

New auto emission regs could block some car sales

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....

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Emission, California, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sales, Manufacturing, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-26

The Green Enterprise: Foam finds new life [video]

At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., J. Brian Hennessy, chief marketing officer of Mobius Technologies, explains how the company has found a way to turn industrial waste--things like old insulation and the foam from car seats--into resins and glues. These glues are strong enough to be...

Tags: Car, Video, Manufacturing, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Auto industry moves into passing lane...maybe

Nothing is certain if you're watching the Detroit drama. Will they, won't they? Our lame duck Congress does not yet know its own will on this one. There is expected to be some bill offrinhg auto makers a loan drafted by tomorrow. Not even the usually...

Tags: Car, Chevy Volt, Chrysler LLC, Detroit, General Motors Corp., Harry Fuller, Management, Manufacturing, Senator, Strategy, U.S. Congress

Blog posts 2008-12-07

Foam finds new life

At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., J. Brian Hennessy, chief marketing officer of Mobius Technologies, explains how the company has found a way to turn industrial waste--things like old insulation and the foam from car seats--into resins and glues. These glues are strong enough to be...

Tags: Car, Manufacturing, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, green, recycling, waste, industrial, chemical, glue, foam, building

Videos 2008-12-05

Khosla: Don't Save the Dinosaurs

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...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., VC Vinod Khosla, Chevy Volt, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-05

American auto industry low on fuel and popular support

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...

Tags: Automobile Company, Car, Detroit, Harry Fuller, Manufacturing

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovation

The single most important development in the chip industry was not a new technology it was a new business process. In 1987 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC was formed, it was a chip company with a difference--it would make chips for other chip companies. This was...

Tags: Car, Chip, Hardware, Innovation, Manufacturing, Network Technology, Networking, Semiconductors, Tesla Roadster, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-12-03

From private jets to car pool? Detroit may be getting the message.

Nothing definite will happen concerning the Detroit Big Three automakers before December 2nd. But the saga of the sagging auto sales and the wilting industrial giants in Michigan is rich with plot points and maneuvering. Here are just a few of the things happening or being said: ...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Airline Flight, Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybrids

The auto industry may be in a tizzy, but that doesn't mean you can't get a great deal on a new vehicle. And who doesn't love a little holiday cheer in the form of a four-wheel gift? Here are 2008's best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and...

Tags: Car, Page, SUV, Honda Motor Co., Minivan, Manufacturer, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Collision course for American-owned car makers

America's auto makers were very handy in protecting themselves against having tougher fuel efficiency standards. Just this past year as fuel prices spiralled ever upward the feds finally increased the fuel efficiency standards after thirty years of stasis. So now those auto makers in America and elsewhere are...

Tags: U.S., Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, U.S. Congress, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric car

Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric carIf only we the normal peoplecould afford one!RE: Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric carThis is a major move being missed by the so-called news media. An *American* firm with American technology building energy-sensible automobiles in America with American workers....

Tags: Tesla, EIA, car, manufacturing site, electric car, manufacturing

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Tesla plans San Jose manufacturing site for electric car

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed has convinced green car maker Tesla Motors to build a proposed $250 million facility in north San Jose, adding approximately 1,000 clean-tech jobs to his community by 2010. The deal will be disclosed today during a press conference in California. The first...

Tags: Car, San Jose, Clean Technology, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, Clean-tech Job, Mayor Reed, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Images: Crowdsourcing for car design

With population growth and the environment in mind, French automaker Peugeot gets designers to propose far-out ideas for future city driving. by CNET News.com

Tags: Car, Crowdsourcing, Manufacturing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-09-01