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SF Bay Area plugs in

The mayors of the San Francisco Bay Area's three largest cities gathered Thursday to announce their ambitious new initiatives to make the region the electric vehicle capital of the country. CNET's Kara Tsuboi has this report.

Tags: Electric Vehicle, News, kara tsuboi, gavin newsom, electric cars, hybrid cars, san jose, oakland, san francisco, green, environment

Videos 2008-11-21

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2010 Lexus RX 450h

Photo gallery:2010 Lexus RX 450hRemember that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza said, "I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable?" Well, sitting in the 2010 Lexus RX 450h is like being draped in velvet, and, with the economical hybrid drivetrain, it is socially responsible. Lexus vehicles show...

Tags: Lexus

Product reviews 2009-11-03

The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?

Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Americans are impatient with global warming

Americans aren't 'impatient with global warming'They have just realized that the shills have been whining about global warming for nearly 20 years now, and the fact is according to the TEMPERATURE RECORDS..... the last 20 years have been no 'warmer' than the 20 years before that!Get that through your head:...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars

E-pollution this blog.This is an IT tech site. Just a reminder.Actually, no ...... it's a tech site, period. What do gadgets have to do with IT? What do cameras have to do with IT? It rather unfortunate that you can't find, or don't have, anything...

Tags: battery, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., electric car, IT Tech

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?

Oh, ZDNet is a car site now?Harry, write something about IT.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?Yes, get a 1998 Maxima GLE and 37 mpg on trips at 70 mph.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?There was a typo in my earlier message. Yes, get...

Tags: car, Yes Get, Maxima

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?

Ford wants it both ways: using less fuel, have fun driving. To that end they are working with some engineers at the University of Michigan to test drive and then virtually test drive hyrbids and electric cars to find what works both for saving fuel, and having fun while...

Tags: Car, Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars

Nissan will work with Sumitomo to recycle batteries from Nissan brand electric cars. They say this will allow them to lower the price on their plug-ins. A new venture will be formed to recycle the lithium-ion batteries. In the hybrid and electric car field Nissan is hustling...

Tags: Car, Electric Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Battery, Plug-in, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, FORD GOES ELECTRIC Ford Motor, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Green scooters at the Tokyo Motor Show - photos

The Tokyo Motor Show has always shown off new and interesting motorcycles alongside the cars on display. As environmental concerns grow, companies are developing electric two-wheelers, and showing off their new concepts in Tokyo. by CNET News.com

Tags: Tokyo, Photograph, Tokyo Motor Show, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-21

Fuel efficient cars? Hyrbids run over competition.

Link to a Link to a LinkHow many links much I go to to see the !@#$ing list?Seriously. I think the L.A. Times should get an "F" in site design and you should get an "F" for not linking directly to the list. American muscle - I will...

Tags: American Muscle, car

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000

it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...

Tags: car, General Motors Corp., electric car, small electric car

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000

GM Spark, photo courtesy of GM. But, of course, this car will not be sold in the U.S. or Canada. The all-electric Spark will go on sale next year in India. There GM partners with Reva Electric Car Co. The standard combustion engine Spark, sells...

Tags: India, Car, Electric Car, General Motors Corp., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-15

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

Uncle Sam: less wasteful?

At first thought, the idea of ......disconnecting elevators to the first six floors sounds like a great idea, but what about the handicapped - there would have to be a way to let them use the elevator ... universal access to all places and all that jazz ...LudoThis blog is...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, Uncle Sam, dictator

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Smart Planet: Electric vehicle charging stations, the new gas pump?

Electricity powered cars: NOT environmentally friendlyIt costs more (=takes up more resources) to set up and maintain the electricity infrastructure and to produce the electricity, than to use normal gas.Same goes for the electric car. You have to look at the whole lifecycle concept, which also includes design and manufacturing...

Tags: car, electric vehicle

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The Senate Dems' energy and climate bill debuts

The official name is "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act." I though the American power act had to do with invading weak countries like Grenada, Panama, Iraq and Afghainistan. This must be some other kind of power? This has to do with fossil fuel, electricity and...

Tags: Bill, U.S. Senate, Senate Dems, Transportation, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-30

European car buyers getting electricified

The Frankfurt auto show is reflecting a change in the car buyers' interests. A survey in the US recently indicated about half of potential new car buyers would like a hybrid of electric. It appears the mood in Europe may also electrifying. Of course, in neither the...

Tags: Car, Car Buyer, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-25

VCs find living dinosaurs...in Detroit

Despite the billions in loans and bailouts and the much abllyhooed re-org of Chrysler and GM, some prominent Silicon Valley investment leaders find Detroit's auto industry hopeless and heedless of the needed innovation. They see a new American auto industry far away in miles and mentality from Detroit once-bug-three....

Tags: Detroit, Plug-in, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-18