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Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?

Oh, ZDNet is a car site now?Harry, write something about IT.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?Yes, get a 1998 Maxima GLE and 37 mpg on trips at 70 mph.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?There was a typo in my earlier message. Yes, get...

Tags: car, Yes Get, Maxima

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Electric cars and "MPG"

What is the MPG for these cars afterbattery depletion?we should have a separate rating for thatRE: Electric cars and Have you come across the Tesla. Luxury class, up to 360 miles per charge, quick charge about 15 min, 5 min battery pack change. Seems to really blow the...

Tags: car, electric car, MPG

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

230 MPG. 367 MPG. Pick a number and market it! Doubts are voiced.

What difference does it make?I mean seriously, what if its only half that, its still better than anything you can buy today. As to the "hype", is this the first time you have heard marketing hype?Wow, Polarized Vote OptionsSeems like the vote options are either, "It's really good/the next...

Tags: MPG, General Motors Corp., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

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

Chevy Volt: 230 mpg in city driving; Are you a buyer?

Why the focus on MPG for an electric vehicle?The real question is: How much in increased electricity costs will one incur from recharging this vehicle "at least once a day"?That plus the added price tagare warning me away from this. If I thought I could save money versus buying a...

Tags: car, mpg, battery

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

If green is the new black, then 100 MPG is new green

If green is the new black, then 100 MPG is new greenGreat, another $450 million down the sewerYup, let's make sure those Indiana folks vote Dem by showering them with money borrowed from our children and their children. Hey, how about the concept that if an idea makes sense,...

Tags: car, MPG

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI

Photo gallery:2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDIAfter winning the 2008 Green Car of the Year award, the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI has become the poster child for Volkswagen's green efforts and one of the most difficult vehicles to keep on the showroom floor. But while most look at the TDI's fuel economy...

Tags: Performance management, Jetta TDI, Volkswagen Jetta, mpg, Volkswagen AG, fuel economy

Product reviews 2009-02-27

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?Chapter 11! Chapter 11! Can they hear me?Burn GM burn, your cars suck, your business plans suck, your management sucks, your inability to cut expenses suck. Stop begging for handouts and fix your own problems. GM is not the US economy, we have bigger...

Tags: Australian Federal Government, General Motors Corp., car, MPG

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Scary virtualization dream for Halloween

Scary virtualization dream for HalloweenScary virtualization dream for HalloweenMy company could virtualize my job...Oh wait, I think they're already working on that...Selling motorcycles......would be a lot more fun anyway!RE: Scary virtualization dream for HalloweenDon't care if they virtualize my job, as long as they don't virtualize my salary ...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Halloween, Scary virtualization, virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-10-30

2009 Honda Pilot EX-L 2WD

Photo gallery:Honda Pilot EX-LLet's face it. The Honda Pilot has always looked like a brick on wheels. The new for 2009 Pilot, with its CR-V inspired grille, looks even worse. It doesn't get much better on the inside, with a dash dominated by cheap plastics and questionable material choices. As...

Tags: Twin-Peaks, mpg, Honda Motor Co.

Product reviews 2008-08-29

iPhone gas application roundup

On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...

Tags: 3G, AccuFuel, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Finance, Gas Finder, GPS, Handhelds, Hardware, jason D. O'Grady, Managerial Accounting, MPG, Personal Technology, Roi/Tco, Vehicle, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2008-07-25

MPG 1.0 (Mobile)

MPG is a powerful tool that makes monitoring your vehicle's gas mileage simple and fun. Is your SUV guzzling gas? Is your hybrid saving you money? With MPG, you'll instantly see how your driving habits affect your gas mileage. If you are hypermiling because of rising gas prices, use...

Tags: Mobile, Appigo, MPG, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-07-11

Toyota dominates new hybrid vehicle ranking

Toyota dominates new hybrid vehicle rankingI would rather have...something like this Volvo.http://www.volvocars.us/footer/about/NewsAndEvents/Volvo_Recharge_Concept.htmI have never been real fond of the idea of a hybrid. Seems like a poor stop gap."A person driving less than 100 kilometers a day will rarely need to visit a filling station. In the USA, this...

Tags: Engineering, Manufacturing, MPG, battery, Toyota Motor Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

CinemaNow unveils download-to-burn DVD service

CinemaNow unveils download-to-burn DVD serviceAll ready deadThis service will sink before it's start! unless a bunch of extremly stupid peoples join in. The idea might be good bu it miss 2 important incredients: 1. Mpg is yesterday news. Movie should be offered in DivX and the sole reason it is...

Tags: Consumer electronics, CinemaNow, Mpg, DVD, copy protection, movie

Discussion threads 2006-07-19

Additional Resources

X-Prize competition for ultra-efficient car speeds ahead

X-prize competition for cars1) Ummm, shouldn't that read 5.5 "million" dollars?2) Would it be possible to add some summary of whether qualifiy cars must be in some way fewaible - for example, can travel at least 55 mph for at least 50 miles on a single charge (or what ever...

Tags: X-Prize competition, car, X-Prize

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

FLV Crunch 1.3 (Mac)

This program can convert flv, MPEG, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, Quicktime MOV, 3GP, RealPlayer files, Windows Media Player files, and AVI files into a format that your computer / phone / dvd player / pda / iPod can play. Your file can be converted into a MPEG 1, MPEG 2,...

Tags: FLV, Apple Macintosh, WMV, 3gp, MP3, G 3, Digital Video, Digital Media, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-05

AoA Audio Extractor Platinum 2.2.5 (Windows)

AoA Audio Extractor Platinum - Audio Extractor, Audio Converter, Sound Recording, Voice Changer, Karaoke Recording, all in one. Audio Extractor: extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV Flash Video, Youtube, DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV, iPhone Ringtone, WMA and AC3 formats....

Tags: AoA Media, Audio, Microsoft Windows, Video, WAV, MP3, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Aneesoft Free Apple TV Video Converter 2.2 (Windows)

Aneesoft Free Apple TV Video Converter for Windows is an easy-to-use and totally free Apple TV video converter that can convert all popular video formats to Apple TV MP4 video formats. It can convert almost all video format, e.g. AVI, MPGMPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, VOB, FLV, ASF, RM, RMVB, 3GP,...

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Video, Apple TV, Video Format, Aneesoft, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Aneesoft Free PS3 Video Converter 2.2 (Windows)

Aneesoft Free PS3 Video Converter for Windows is an easy-to-use and totally free PS3 video converter that can convert all popular video formats to Sony PS3 MP4 video formats. It can convert almost all video format, e.g. AVI, MPGMPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, VOB, FLV, ASF, RM, RMVB, 3GP, 3G2, M4V,...

Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Video, Video Format, Aneesoft, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Aneesoft Free Zune Video Converter 2.2 (Windows)

Aneesoft Free Zune Video Converter for Windows is an easy-to-use and totally free Zune video converter that can convert all popular video formats like AVI, MPGMPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, VOB, FLV, ASF, RM, RMVB, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, DAT, MKV, etc to MP4 or WMV video formats for Microsoft Zune, Zune...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows, Video, Video Format, Aneesoft, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Marketing, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-05