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- Chrysler to offer Wi-Fi in 2009 autos
- Chrysler to offer Wi-Fi in 2009 autosMaybe just maybeChrysler should start working on the quality of their cars and leave the installation of gizmos to car owners who like modding their cars. Back to the basics, a quality product that can hold a candle to the likes of Toyota. Disclaimer:...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Ford Motors, Chrysler LLC, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
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- What should open source do in a car?
- Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...
- Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Carwatchers watching Tokyo
- Arguably the Tokyo Auto Show is now more important than the one that opens the calendar year in Detroit. And the show in Tokyo opens officially on October 21, so that means all the competitors are busy seeding the blogosphere with their hints and leaks and hype. There...
- Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., Subaru, Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Plug-in, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-17
- 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
- Photo gallery:2010 Ford Fusion HybridThe problem with some hybrid cars is that they're often more hybrid than they are car. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid doesn't have that problem. Even without considering the gas and electric tag team happening under its hood, the Fusion is a well-put-together vehicle with an...
- Tags: Ford Motor Co.
- Product reviews 2009-09-03
- Electric vehicle grants
- The feds are giving money to over four dozens industrial and research operations connected with the development of electric cars in the U.S. The total grants are nearly $2.5 billion. This is not like we have a major national commitment to electric cars. The $2.5 billion is...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Grant, Battery, Electric Vehicle, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Will more expensive gasoline be the salvation of General Motors?
- GM's now saying the fuel efficiency for their plug-in volt will be the equivalent of 230 MPG in city driving. If the EPA concurs that would make the 2010 Volt the first mass-produced car to top the triple-digit MPG barrier. Volt. This preliminary 230...
- Tags: Car, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, General Motors Corp., Volt, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Can eBay be your new car dealer and reduce GM's inventory?
- Why does GM need eBayI have said for a very long time GM needs a web site where consumers can buy directly from GM and bypass the middlemen. Adding another middleman is not going to help.Also, why can't the car dealers collectively put a web site together and do...
- Tags: eBay Inc., General Motors Corp., car, automobile dealership
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?
- Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?Tragic endIf GM had been allowed to conduct its affairs based on its own marketing expertise, I would have assumed it would do just fine, once the onerous union agreements were modified.Now, it appears to be doomed. The corporate management puppets are echoing...
- Tags: Government, Engineering, NOW IT, Volt, General Motors Corp., battery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- 2009 Land Rover LR2
- Photo gallery:2009 Land Rover LR2Small SUVs and crossovers abound on the roads, terrain where they do very well. But get them in the dirt and they'll perform about as well as your typical sedan. The 2009 Land Rover LR2 fits in the small SUV segment, but manages to retain at...
- Tags: subwoofer, LR2, Land Rover, Land Rover LR2
- Product reviews 2009-06-23
- 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
- Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?
- 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...
- Tags: Government, Manufacturing, emission standard, car, automobile company, Obama, job
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding
- General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingHave You Been To A Dealer Lately?Look at the Saturn Aura, Chevy Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saab 9-3. They are all on the same platform Epsilon. Do they all look alike?RE: General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingI guess you don't realize that the...
- Tags: Branding, American Auto Industry, cost difference, General Motors Corp., car, Cadillac
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding
- Is the future of General Motors its most recognized brand? My gut feeling is yes. Associated Press is reporting that over 1000 auto dealers are going to be forced to close as a result of GM's restructuring, which will include the elimination of...
- Tags: Car, Brand, Dealership, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., Cadillac, Chevy, Branding, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?
- Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?Given that the bleeding of local jobs has helped lead TO this recession,and if people are sincere about ending this recession, then we need to look at the larger scheme and not diddle around with huff'n'puff pieces like this. I mean, doing...
- Tags: Free trade, Taxes, Personal finance, recession, Obama, regulation, tax, outsourcing
- Discussion threads 2009-04-26
- Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployed
- If you cringe each time your boss asks to talk to you in fear that this might be the conversation that ends in you losing your job, then you'll be happy to know that you're not alone. Fear has stricken many employees in the U.S. during...
- Tags: Virgin Mobile, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Never has an un-launched car carried such a heavy load
- Insight. Courtesy Honda. General Motors just reached a point where he didn't have to ask for another government bail-out...right away. But the biggest question in GM's future may still be the Volt. Will it give GM a jolt? Help it charge into the future?...
- Tags: Car, General Motors Corp., Volt, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-14
- Give us more alcohol
- Give us more alcoholThe only use for alcohol in gasoline.......is a very small amount to prevent gasoline freezing in those area which have real winters, like the Northeast. Alcohol is the main ingredient in Dry Gas, which costs.Otherwise, as stated above, alcohol does more damage to a gasoline engine than...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Ethanol, alcohol, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2009-03-07
- Top US advertisers in traditional media in 2008
- Rank Parent Company Ad Dollars Spent 1 Procter & Gamble Co $2,342,319,397 2 General Motors Corp $1,441,747,399 3 AT&T Inc $1,317,893,377 4 Verizon $1,125,700,512 5 Johnson & Johnson $1,059,109,138 6 Time Warner Inc $878,355,332 7 Toyota...
- Tags: Media, Advertiser, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler
- Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and ChryslerWell - Microsoft IS General MotorsDecades ago - Microsoft arrived - using a novel yet familiar business model.They rushed into new, immature markets with poorly designed products & aggressive marketing – and cornered us into accepting their design philosophies before we (or...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, TVs, Word processors, TV & Home Theater, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler LLC, Microsoft Corp., General Motors Corp., TV
- Discussion threads 2008-12-22
- Internet ad spending by top companies for Q1-Q3 2008
- Parent Company Q1-Q3 2007 Q1-Q3 2008 Growth Procter & Gamble Co. 2,526.0 2,342.3 -7% General Motors Corp. 1,730.4 1,659.6 -4% AT&T Inc. 1,351.1 1,317.6 -2% Verizon Communications Inc. 1,018.8 1,125.6 10% Toyota Motor Corp. 1,246.8 1,194.1 -4% Ford...
- Tags: Internet Advertising, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-12-21
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