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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

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

Detroit's shrunken three looking better, but...

Detroit's shrunken three looking better, but...GM is screwedI will never set foot on a Government Motors lot again, and, according to polls, I am not alone. So, unless the liberals give up their Civics and Priuses and start buying GM vehicles, GM is screwed.Time for a new way to...

Tags: way car, car, pod

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Detroit's shrunken three looking better, but...

One of the most crucial ranking in the auto industry has been released. The bottom of the bottom line: Chrysler, Ford and GM are making better cars now, but still not the best. Most improved brand: Suzuki. That's the heartless conclusion from J.D. Power and Associates. The five...

Tags: Car, General Motors Corp., Chevy, Volt, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-22

With summer imminent, gas prices climbing

Average American gasoline prices are up about 17 cents in two weeks. But still lag nearly $1.40 per gallon behind last year's record climb in the U.S. Higher gas prices make hybrid cars, alternative fuel, solar power and all manner of greentech look just a little more attractive...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-14

Fuel Efficiency Adviser

A typical car's trip computer shows information like average miles per gallon, range to empty, and distance traveled, but if you want to know more about your car's performance--a lot more--then the Fuel Efficiency Adviser deserves a place on your dashboard. Billed as a device to help you drive more...

Tags: Investment, Fuel Efficiency Adviser, Fuel Efficiency, advisor, car

Product reviews 2009-06-11

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

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

Oil-staters win hybrid competition!

Texas A and M has turned out its share of petroleum engineers over the decades that crude oil has fuelled the Texas economy. Just recently the university beat the field in a race featuring student built hybrid cars! And the race was not even held in...

Tags: Texas, Brigham Young, Web Site Development, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, 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

Hybrids to increase market share, but...

Big money on Wall Street is betting hybrid autos will become a bigger part of the mass market this decade, but will remain a minority privilege for those who don't need a price-tag bargain. That's the conclusion of a study just out from J.P. Morgan. By the year...

Tags: Car, Japan, Hybrid, Toyota Prius, Morgan, Price Margin, Sales Strategy, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 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

Submerged cities? Global warming's boon to future archaeologists

Submerged cities? Global warming's boon to future archaeologistsI'm sorry Harry, it's time for me to be truthful with you.It's not that your articles aren't interesting, they are. And it's not your delivery isn't engaging, it is. It's those incredibly wacky flat-Earth types that come here to "right...

Tags: global warming, glacier, Submerged city, Submerged

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

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

U.S. battery company tries to power up

We all know Micihigan leads the country in unemployment and in dinosaur car companies. Amidst the nostalgia for days go by, some entrepreneurs are pushing for a re-birth. An Ann Arbor start-up is wanting to a big in the world of batteries. Sakti3 has backing...

Tags: Battery, Department Of Energy, Sakti3, Sakti, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Here comes some R and D: nanotech in carville

Some brave Angelenos will be working on nano-tech for combatting global warming. Yes, right there amid freeways and palpable smog and all the gas-burning cars in Los Angeles, some engineers will be using federal money to find nano-ways to more efficiently capture solar energy. Also, they're looking for...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Car, California, Nanotechnology, DOE, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Photos: Electric and hybrid cars hit the streets

Take a look at some of the most recently available electric cars and hybrids, including the Electric Mini and the 2010 Ford Fusion. by CNET News.com

Tags: Car, Hybrid Car, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-05-01

You think the income tax laws are convoluted?

Let's ponder how fouled up the U.S. laws are concerning vehicle fuel efficiency. The bigger the vehicle, the more inefficient it is allowed to be. Thus the laws may actually encourage bigger cars and less fuel efficiency. Only determined customers buying ever smaller vehicles could combat the federal...

Tags: Car, Vehicle, Income, Income Tax, Taxes, Personal Finance, Payroll Solutions, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-21