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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

Plug-in cars? Not so easy does it...

Plug-in cars? Not so easy does it...It's OK to be a contrarianIt's OK to be a contrarian and say this is all bunk, but please present some evidence and cite some references when you do so.It's a waste of our time to be told things like [i]"scientists had a...

Tags: car, hybrid, Plug-in car, plug-in, fuel cost

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Insight available Tuesday

Insight available TuesdayYet another PC Mobile.Yet another ripoff car to let the PC crowd claim they are doing something to help the environment.This is a dead end technology. Choosing a hybrid is not now and never has been an economically sound choice. Compared to similar non-hybrid cars that...

Tags: car, hybrid, Hyundai Accent

Discussion threads 2009-03-21

Car-friendly outlets pave way for electric driving

At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Praveen Mandal, president of Coulomb Technologies, outlines the difficulties in finding places to plug in rechargeable cars and balancing the grid, once automakers release their new lines of plug-in vehicles. He introduces his company's networked "Smarlet" system, which that monitors...

Tags: Plug-in, electric, car, green, fuel alternatives, hybrid, environment, grid

Videos 2008-12-05

2010 Lexus RX 450h and 350

Starting February 2009, that will no longer be the case because the new 2010 RX 350 will be available, followed shortly by the RX 450h hybrid. by CNET News.com

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

Image galleries 2008-11-19

Another bit of positive green investment news. Smart grid is again the focus.

More positive news on the clean-tech investment front announced before the market meltdown but significant nonetheless: Another smart-grid player, GridPoint, is using at least some of its $120 million in recently raised equity financing to buy V2Green, which sells technology for integrating infrastructure for supporting plug-in electric hybrids with the...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Grid, Clean Technology, Hybrid, GridPoint, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'

Some of the folks touting hybrid cars--standard fuel plus electric--think their favored technology runs against the plans of T. Boone Pickens. I recently blogged Pickens' pick of CNG as a great new transit fuel for American drivers. Over at Hybridowners they're saying electric hybrids and eventually plug-ins will...

Tags: Car, Hybrid, Folk, Hybridowners Site, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Renting a car: it'll cost you to save on gas

The priciest rental car? It's a hybrid, of course. Expensive and in short supply as travellers try to cur down on gas use. Not only is there a waiting list to BUY a hybrid car in many parts of the U.S. It is equally difficult to...

Tags: Car, California, New York, Hybrid, Florida, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Daily Debrief: GM goes lean and green

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi chats with CarTech Senior Editor Wayne Cunningham about GM's decision to close four North American truck manufacturing plants. The news behind the headline indicates a trend toward smaller vehicles and a push to roll out the company's hybrid car, the Chevy Volt.

Tags: General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, News, kara tsuboi, wayne cunningham, chevrolet, chevy volt, hummer, green, hybrid, prius, electric car, environment

Videos 2008-06-03

NVIDIA announce GeForce 9M Series notebook GPUs

NVIDIA, responding to user demands for a better visual experience when using notebook PCs, announces the GeForce 9M Series of graphics processors, and a new graphics innovation, Hybrid SLI technology. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Graphics, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, nvidia, gpu, geforce, sli, hybrid

Image galleries 2008-06-03

Additional Resources

News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

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.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Role of governance plumbed in Nov. 10 webinar on managing hybrid and cloud computing types

Increasingly, governance of hybrid computing environments establishes the ground rules under which business activities and processes -- supported by multiple and increasingly diverse infrastructure models -- operate. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Governance, Webinar, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Review: OtterBox Commuter and Commuter TL Series for iPhone 3G/3GS

I have tried cases with my iPhone devices in the past, but kept going back to an InvisibleShield or BodyGuardz plastic skin because I didn't want anything adding bulk to my iPhone 3GS. Silicone cases are very popular today, but I have never been happy with them since I carry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-05

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

2010 Lexus RX 450h photos

Lexus' new cabin tech suite helps the 2010 RX 450h keep on par with other car tech leaders, but the hybrid power train gives it a greater edge, delivering superior fuel economy and low emissions. by CNET News.com

Tags: Leader, Photograph, Lexus, Leadership, Management, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-03

Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient

RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, gasoline engine, disk, diesel, combustion, turbine, battery

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient

Researchers from Michigan State University and the Warsaw Institute of Technology are developing a wave disk engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture. by Chris Jablonski

Tags: Disk, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Securing the Physical, Virtual, Cloud Continuum

Information security best practices have not changed much in 15 years -- strong perimeter defense and defense in depth are still the primary security controls. However, virtualization and cloud computing are radically altering data center operations, leading to a hybrid physical/virtual/cloud computing environment. Securing this new environment demands the adoption...

Tags: Nemertes Research, Trend Micro Inc., Best Practice, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Product Marketing, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing

Webcasts 2009-11-01

FileLocator Pro 5.2 (1025) (Windows)

FileLocator Pro allows you to search your computer for all your important data. You can search for ZIP, RAR and CAB files as well as for PDFs, Word documents and more. Also perform searches in your LAN/WAN network drives. New in this version: now uses XP/Vista visual styles. New Boolean...

Tags: Mythicsoft, FileLocator Pro, WANs, Microsoft Word, LANs, Network Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Word Processors, Networking, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems

Software downloads 2009-11-01