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- Family runs house on Prius-power
- Family runs house on Prius-power$24,000 is one heckof an expensive generator. You're better off just buying a 2 KW generator for about $800 that can power your entire home.There is a point you miss hereSo the only difference here is was the fact that they ran off the batteries and...
- Tags: Prius-power
- Discussion threads 2009-01-09
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- Car Envi Deluxe for iPhone 3.0 (Mobile)
- Car Envi Deluxe for iPhone brings thousands of Web-based automobile photos to your iPhone. From the 1909 Ford Model T through the 2011 Chevy Volt, from powerful American muscle cars through sleek European sports cars, from the electric Tesla through the green Smart fortwo and Toyota Prius, Car Envi Deluxe...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Car, Mobile, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Make room for another e-reader as Creative shows off prototype
- Market is ripeFor Chinese factories to crank out more hardware and suck more dollars out of the middle class.Clue in America.Transition product I do believe that e-book readers are largely a transition product which will eventually be made more or less obsolete by advances in netbook/smartbook etc. technologies. Multiple devices...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, E-books, e-reader, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars
- Nissan will work with Sumitomo to recycle batteries from Nissan brand electric cars. They say this will allow them to lower the price on their plug-ins. A new venture will be formed to recycle the lithium-ion batteries. In the hybrid and electric car field Nissan is hustling...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Battery, Plug-in, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, FORD GOES ELECTRIC Ford Motor, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Fuel efficient cars? Hyrbids run over competition.
- Among 2010 model cars available in the U.S. the EPA says nine of the ten best for fuel efficiency are hybrids. Only the Smart Car from Daimler, with really just a two-person capacity, made it into the top ten. Prius again led the fleet. Others in top...
- Tags: Car, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Netbook disillusionment and why Compaq is still a brand
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said that disillusionment with netbooks kicks in after about 36 hours. Assuming Dell's right, and he may be, does that mean cheap laptops in the $399 range will trump them? Speaking at the Churchill Club Tuesday night Techmeme, Dell said that the appeal...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Brand, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Compaq Computer Corp., Christopher Dawson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Soak the rich? Ban the Beamer?
- This is a tech site.ntTo be more specific:this is a computer tech site.But you knew that.lolgood idea. Well, he *has* to fill his weekly quota anyway.And, tech will be a big part of making cars more fuel efficient and less polluting.Blog post or beginning paragraph?Hey Harry make a one sentence...
- Tags: car
- Discussion threads 2009-10-03
- European car buyers getting electricified
- The Frankfurt auto show is reflecting a change in the car buyers' interests. A survey in the US recently indicated about half of potential new car buyers would like a hybrid of electric. It appears the mood in Europe may also electrifying. Of course, in neither the...
- Tags: Car, Car Buyer, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Car news from Frankfurt. Color it green.
- CNET has a gallery of some of the new German-made cars debuting in Frankfurt this week. Hybrids, plug-ins, high efficiency cars. Here they come...eventually. Lexus LF. Photo courtesy CNET. There's now evidence that Toyota, maker of the top-selling hybrid Prius, has decided to...
- Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Frankfurt, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Cash for clunkers: top sellers, lead junkers
- Here's the score on America's cash for clunkers. Top sellers: 1) Toyota Corolla 2) Honda Civic 30 Toyota Camry. The hyrbid Prius was only 7th. Top-selling US-owned brand: Forde Focus at #4. On the dump-this-car end, Ford scored big. Three of the four...
- Tags: Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Branding, Manufacturing, Marketing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- U.S. hybrid car sales
- Is this noteworthy?I was under the assumption that ALL car sales are down, not just the hybrids. Bottom line people are not buying cars before Cash for Clunkers.So one could say "sales are down" on any category of vehicle, whether trucks, SUV, or diesel.I would be curious about hybrid...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, sales, hybrid car sale, car, hybrid car
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Cash for clunkers: what's new?
- So, the 3 billion has been used upbut only 2% has been paid out?You do the math.Wow, maybe proofread the blog?That must be one of the highest errors-to-words blog I have seen in a long time.May be a good program now......but think about this.A friend went to a Toyota dealership...
- Tags: Blogging, Document management, blog
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- U.S. hybrid car sales
- Hybrid sales are way down this year compared to 2008 but a turnaround in July shows the curve heading upward for now. Helped along, no doubt, by "cash for clunkers." 2009 sales of hybrid cars in America: just over 161,000 while a year ago at this time nearly...
- Tags: Hybrid Car, Hybrid Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- 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
- Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about them
- Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about themI heard it here firstI hadn't seen these commercials, nor did they strike me as particularly buzzworthy. Are people really talking about them outside of Silicon Valley or perhaps the IT universe?You nailed the marketing problem on the head......
- Tags: Palm Pre, Palm Inc., advertisement, Pre
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- (Nissan Leaf EV photos)
- Nissan Leaf EV photosLooks like a cockroachThe Prius the new Honda hybrid and now the Nissan, they all look like cockroaches just missing the windup key on the top of the roof. Thanks but no thanks. I like my Porsche & Volvo S80 just fine.
- Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan Leaf, photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Australian postal service bans lithium battery air lifts
- Australian postal service bans lithium battery air liftsI'm sick and tired of all the snakes, er, Lions on this plane!Weird, as it is [i]very unusual[/i] for the Austrailian government to wildly [b]overreact[/b] to things.I'm glad I don't drive a Prius...Amusingly, do a web search for "Prius customer". The very...
- Tags: Engineering, lithium battery, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-30
- 2010 Toyota Prius photos
- The Toyota Prius became the iconic hybrid car after its last update, which launched in 2004. Will the newest update make as much as an impression? by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-07-07
- Debating the value of green subsidies
- Debating the value of green subsidies It pisses me off!I hate when a bunch of so called "innovators", people building businesses thinking they understand market forces start claiming the government should TAX another company DIFFERENTLY because its "not fair". Thats bullshit.Yes, we need to cut down on pollutionYes, we need...
- Tags: Government, priu
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Report: consumer confusion over netbooks and notebooks
- Report: consumer confusion over netbooks and notebooksNo wonder...Microsoft refused to work with netbooks. I said it before this all happened - People will buy a netbook thinking it's just a low end notebook and expect it to do everything they want.If Microsoft did follow the crowds, I'm betting the OS...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, notebook, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
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