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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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2009 Lexus GS 450h

Photo gallery:2009 Lexus GS 450h Our perfect power train combines high performance with excellent fuel economy, an ideal that the 2009 Lexus GS 450h comes the closest of any car we've seen to delivering. Lexus claims 5.2 seconds to 60 mph, yet this big, comfortable sedan consistently registers fuel economy...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Lexus, Lexus GS

Product reviews 2009-06-30

California not politically bankrupt

California not politically bankruptInterstate CommerceActions like this really blow my mind. The Federal Government abuses the Commerce Clause to uniformly regulate nearly all products that 'can' or 'may' be sold across state lines. Why do they now decide to not enforce uniformity?To me this is just another example...

Tags: Quality, car, standards, Computer Associates International Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Taxpayers are NOT bailing out Ford Motor, or are we?

We all know the sorry saga of two-thirds of the former Detroit Big Three. GM in bankruptcy, shedding brands and trying to become competitive once again. Chrylser is now essentially a distribution arm for Fiat, a second tier car company that had no American market share a year...

Tags: Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-23

From Big Blue to Big Brown as IBM expands into sewage management and other green initiatives

IBM representatives were in San Francisco on Tuesday to announce a partnership with the city around several green initiatives and also to launch several broader initiatives that include the development of advanced battery technologies at its Almaden Research Center in San Jose. I met with Alan Ganek,...

Tags: Battery, IBM Corp., Engineering, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-23

(Photos: The all-electric Javlon car)

(Photos: The all-electric Javlon car)The Javlon that separates from jargon.The cars they are making can be marketed to drivers in both our nations, and in South America and the European Union, too

Tags: Javlon, all-electric, car, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Survey: Don't just measure, do something!

You know all those carbon footprint calculator tools that you can find all over the Web? Well, it seems not that many people are actually using them. A recent poll finds that just 7.1 percent of Americans in this survey group at least have attempted to figure...

Tags: Carbon Footprint, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-19

Sunwize on wise use of solar

Were near the longest period of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere. So in honor of the pending solstice, I spoke with a man who's mission is to spread the harvesting of solar energy. David Kaltsas, SunWize Executive Vice President, explained how his firm is helping spread residential use...

Tags: Solar Energy, Tax Credit, Solar System, David Kaltsas, U.S. Sunwize, Personal Finance, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-19

Is there a green fossil fuel?

Is there a green fossil fuel?Natural Gas is the intermediate future for cars tooIt can also be used as a transportation fuel for existing vehicles with minimal conversion costs. Eventually, I think we'll all be driving extended range electric vehicles which run the on-board generator using CNG. That would help...

Tags: fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Ford plugs in

Ford Motor is providing some test cars to Hydro-Quebec, a large electricity company in Canada. These are Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles which the insiders insist on initialling as PHEVs. The Ford PHEV cars are in the Escape model line. Courtesy: Ford...

Tags: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Ford Motor Co., Ford PHEV, Hydro-Québec, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-10

2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid

Photo gallery:2010 Mercury Milan HybridA new technology for production cars in 1997, gas-electric hybrid drivetrains have had only 12 years to mature, yet they've been subject to serious scrutiny and plenty of backlash. The system in the 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid should silence the critics. In this application, hybrid technology...

Tags: Milan Hybrid, Mercury Milan, car, Mercury

Product reviews 2009-06-09

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?Green Y2KDennis, needed questions...I asked a similar question couple of weeks ago - are we headed towards a green Y2K?http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/05/the-green-y2k.htmlI was at Gartner then and we were warning the world about Y2K. The bigger the total remediation cost we projected the more...

Tags: Y2K, global warming, Climate Change, IT SPEND, information technology, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid

Photo gallery:2009 Toyota Camry HybridThe Prius may stand out as the iconic hybrid, but for those not needing to broadcast their green credentials to such a degree, Toyota also has the Camry Hybrid. Other than hybrid badges on sides and rear, the 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid looks just like any...

Tags: Toyota Camry, Camry Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Toyota Motor Corp.

Product reviews 2009-06-04

Bright idea needs money

Bright Automotive wants to green the delivery truck and corporate vehicle fleets of America. If only they can get some money. I recently blogged about Bright's hope to begin production in 2012, both electric cars and delivery vans. They've teamed with a solar company to turn parking...

Tags: Car, Indiana, Bright Idea, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Hybrids to increase market share, but...

Hybrids to increase market share, but...Pretty glacial statements . . .Pretty cold language around here. Why the scare quotes around re-tool? Why the talk about hidden agendas again?Do you just hate them because they exist or something? Is there [b]any[/b] way they could earn your trust?Now that they're finally turning...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, battery, X-REV, hybrid, car, electric vehicle

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Hydrogen fuel cell cars hit the road. GM hits panic button.

An eighteen hundred mile demo tour has begun. Hydrogen powered cars will wend across North America for days, having left from Chula Vista today. The run ends June 3 in Vancouver. Here's the official website for Hydrogen Road Tour 2009. The site includes...

Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, VW, General Motors Corp., Hydrogen, Daimler, A-Class F-CELL, Fuel Cell Car, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Microsoft: 'We touch every piece' of auto business

If you're a first responder, which would you prefer to use to get to the site of a car crash? Google Earth? MapQuest? If you work for OnStar, Microsoft's Virtual Earth is now the preferred choice. Last week, OnStar announced that it now uses...

Tags: Car, Vehicle, OnStar, Microsoft Corp., Service, Ford Works, Car2Go, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-21

2009 Lexus IS 350

Photo gallery:2009 Lexus IS 350Further shedding its image as a maker of boring luxury cars, Lexus turns its 2009 IS 350 into a tuner car. The IS 350 already featured fairly sporty performance, but now you can add bolt-on performance parts from the company's F Sport accessories, similar to the...

Tags: IS 350, Lexus

Product reviews 2009-05-20

How dead are American hydrogen cars?

Has the dream of hydrogen-powered cars gone up in a puff of vapor? Has it evaporated? Was it all hot air? It was back in 2003 that the American President asked for over a billion dollars to make our auto fleet more hydrogen-powerful. Some hydro-advocates still...

Tags: Car, Hydrogen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-20

HP recalls 70,000 "fire hazard" Li-Ion batteries

HP recalls 70,000 "fire hazard" Li-Ion batteriesThis was bound to happen! As battery technology gets better "Stronger longer life" I think they become inherently more dangerous. Makes me wonder about many of the electric applications for these batteries including cars. Ultimately what kind of fire/explosive hazard will we be driving...

Tags: Engineering, battery, li-ion battery, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20