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Alternative fuels still in first gear

Alternative fuels still in first gearIt's not so much the fuel price...as the price of the automobile. Consider the Honda Accord Sedan, and Hybrid Sedan. The gasoline version is $18,625. The Hybrid Sedan is $31,090.The problem is that the cost of going to a fuel efficient automobile is...

Tags: alternative fuel, gasoline version

Discussion threads 2006-10-30

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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

On the future of Open Source thought leadership

After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...

Tags: Software, Leadership, Richard Stallman, Open Source, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Auto marketing wars: Nissan claims over 300 MPG

only if this happened a long time agowe wont have depended on foreign oil so much.. but better late than never...How many of those 230/300 MPG miles?How many of those 230/300 MPG miles were spent coasting downhill, driving at 25 MPH on a test track or other unreal world, hypermiling...

Tags: marketing, MPG, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

News to know: Clearwire; Google Caffeine; innovation; Office and Nokia; VMWare; Windows 7

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: Clearwire bets on fourth quarter WiMax tipping point Garett Rogers: Google to Caffeinate search results ...

Tags: Innovation, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Nokia Corp., Clearwire Corp., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile Operating Systems, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Virtualization, Microsoft Office, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-12

The next oil crisis: is your state immune or addicted?

You want a planned commune? or Liberty?"The political issues these rankings bring to mind? Sprawl and zoning, or lack thereof. Government regulation of housing and development. Lack of urban concentration of population. Mass transit or not. Trains. Buses. Bicycles. Sidewalks, which have become a sign of downscale housing in some...

Tags: oil company

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Life or death struggle in the Senate

This week the 100 members of the U.S. Senate, their staffs and legions of lobbyists swing into action on the Waxman-Markey bill. Not since the stimulus bill promised a cash payment to millions of Americans has there been a proposed law with such far-reaching ramifications. Energy supply. ...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-06

2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d

Photo gallery:2009 BMW X5 xDrive35dWith a twin-turbo diesel engine, the 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d lacks the immediate acceleration of the V-8 gasoline version we tested previously, but BMW handling characteristics are there in full force, and the improved fuel economy is a bonus. This full-size SUV features all-wheel drive, and...

Tags: X5 xDrive35d, BMW AG, IDrive, BMW X5, car

Product reviews 2009-04-07

2009 BMW 335d

Photo gallery:2009 BMW 335dWe know that modern diesel cars no longer spew foul-smelling black smoke from the tailpipe, that the engines don't rattle so much you'll think the sun visors are going to fall off, and that they can accelerate quicker than the time it takes the light to turn...

Tags: car, BMW AG

Product reviews 2009-03-24

2009 BMW 335d photos

BMW's new diesel 3 Series features amazing torque that leads to drastically different vehicle dynamics than the gasoline version's. A new version of iDrive improves the cabin tech greatly. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, BMW AG, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-03-24

Why Apple doesn't make a netbook

Why Apple doesn't make a netbookNetbook = cheap Apple = OverpricedA simple equation.the other sideYes, Apple has the money to wait out the economy.But should it?What percentage do netbooks have to take to make Apple take notice? They're at 7% now, maybe 10% by the fall, 15% by...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Time for us drivers to plug in?

Automakers, both foreign and domestic, both Detroitish and Japanese, are hoping we American drivers will be electrified. At least they hope we'll go for electrified cars. One MSM story today wonders ig continued low gasoline prices will kill public appetite for hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles for months,...

Tags: Car, Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Volt, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-11

Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-over

This isn't the usual dry-mouth, aching head, nausea beyond weltschmerz kind of hangover, this one is going to be financial. Lost jobs. Plants shutdown. The kind of thing we expect everywhere at any time in this current phase. It's not drinking that's the trouble among humans this...

Tags: Plant, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Detroit? Climate Change? Waiting games continue

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...

Tags: Game, Automobile Company, NASCAR, Manufacturing, 401(k), Human Resources, Benefits, Retirement Plans, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-14

Lucid Automobile Records 8.02 (Windows)

Are you spending too much money on Gasoline? Lucid Automobile Records CarCar can help you save money on your gasoline purchases by helping you determine the proper grade of gasoline to use in your vehicle. Are all gasoline products the same? Do the additives used by different gasoline brands, such...

Tags: Gasoline, Lucid Enterprises, Microsoft Windows, Branding, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-12-13

Give 'em the cash, forget fuel efficiency

The chorus of disagreement in Washington over a measly 25-billion dollars is something to behold. For the record that's less than 4% of the money that's been earmarked by the federal government to save the banks, insurance companies, the mortgage mills and other big-spenders on Wall Street and their...

Tags: Detroit, Cash, Mortgages, Insurance, Federal Government, Finance, Capital Structures, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Steve Jobs for President. Of GM?

Steve Jobs for President. Of GM?Technical innovations?Is the iPod or the iPhone successful because its technology is far in advance of any available to other companies? Or because existing capabilities are being used to design devices appealing to the public?Wouldn't Steve Jobs be a more appropriate replacement for Mr....

Tags: Investment, labor cost, General Motors Corp., Steve Jobs, car

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Electric cars on the streets

I took these pictues in the driveway of a home in Dulwich, South London, Britain. The car is called the Gee-Whiz i. It's being marketed by GoingGreen. The prices on these little two-seater, all electric cars runs from 9465 to just over 11,100--British...

Tags: Car, London, Battery Life, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-10-30

2009 Dodge Durango Hybrid

Photo gallery: 2009 Dodge Durango HybridIt takes a long time to lose a bad reputation. The 2009 Dodge Durango Hybrid looks like the kind of big SUV that says you don't give a damn about the environment and are OK with importing the majority of our oil. But looks can...

Tags: Dodge Durango, Dodge Durango Hybrid, SUV

Product reviews 2008-10-24

Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…

Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…Actually, all of the biggest web companies all use Linux because it is somuch more flexible and powerful. Of the biggest, MS is the only one using Windows.And, yes, the applications availability on the Desktop is a problem for Desktop Linux, but, the is...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, EEEPC, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-06