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Electrics from Japanese carmakers

Volt is not electricVolt should be considered as Hybrid. It has gasoline engine, Leaf is pure electrics. Volt is not electricVolt is propelled by an electric motor.The gasoline engine produces electricity for the electric motor, it does not propell the car. You could reason that "electric" cars...

Tags: Engineering, Volt, car, gasoline engine

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

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.

It all began this week when General Motors claimed a 230MPG rating for its still unreleased elecltric Volt. Then Nissan claimed a 367 MPG for its unreleased Leaf. And that car won't even have a gas tank! So are the auto makers basing their claims on the...

Tags: Mile, General Motors Corp., Volt, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Manufacturing, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Auto marketing wars: Nissan claims over 300 MPG

GM says Volt will get 230 MPG in city. Nissan raises the ante for its Leaf--green leaf, get it. They now claim well over 300 MPG. Neither car has been officially rated by the EPA. The Volt is to go on sale next year, the Leaf...

Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Volt, Marketing Research, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-12

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

Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?

Newly nationalized General Motors goes online...any greener?Tragic endIf GM had been allowed to conduct its affairs based on its own marketing expertise, I would have assumed it would do just fine, once the onerous union agreements were modified.Now, it appears to be doomed. The corporate management puppets are echoing...

Tags: Government, Engineering, NOW IT, Volt, General Motors Corp., battery

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

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

Never has an un-launched car carried such a heavy load

Never has an un-launched car carried such a heavy loadI hope soI hope so. IMHO electrics and plug-in electrics are the best clean technology going forward.Pragmatists won't buy itWealthy enviro-nazis will. There aren't very many of them, though.I'm all for expanding our knowledgebase, but from what I've read so...

Tags: Taxes, Personal finance, car, Obamasiah, tax

Discussion threads 2009-03-14

Never has an un-launched car carried such a heavy load

Insight. Courtesy Honda. General Motors just reached a point where he didn't have to ask for another government bail-out...right away. But the biggest question in GM's future may still be the Volt. Will it give GM a jolt? Help it charge into the future?...

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

Blog posts 2009-03-14

GM makes headlines if not profits

Chevy Volt. Courtesy: General Motors and U.S. Taxpayers. General Motors may not be making a lot of money right now, but they are making headlines. The Detroit Auto Show is in the throes of "press days" and today's announcements about the Chevy Volt (due...

Tags: Car, Battery, General Motors Corp., Volt, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-12

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

Asking a paranoid question

Asking a paranoid questionI don't know...But I'll venture an answer anyway, because this is all in the name of fun...I don't think inserting instructions is possible.Disruption almost certainly is, although I would have to question the economy of targetting specific interconnects between components. The problem is that anything you...

Tags: Servers, volt, Asking, motherboard

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

(Photos: Cracking open 'Shocking Tanks')

(Photos: Cracking open 'Shocking Tanks')Not 18 voltsYou can't get an electric shock from 18 volts. Maybe the battery is 18 volts but to get an electric shock that can be felt it mus be significantly higher than 18 volts. My electric scooter is 24 volts and I don't feel anything...

Tags: volt, Shocking Tanks, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

IBM introduces Power6 chip

IBM introduces Power6 chipInteresting - are they lower voltage?For the last many years, companies have been lowering the voltage that the CPUs use. It has gone down from 5 to 4 to 1 volt. The maximum that you could go down would be .71 volt as .7 volt is needed...

Tags: Semiconductors, chip, IBM Corp., IBM POWER6, volt, transistor

Discussion threads 2007-05-21

(Images: GM's electric Volt)

(Images: GM's electric Volt)VOLTThe way it is. I want a car that looks like that concept car... it is aggressive in styling and appeals to a large sector I am sure... I especially think that those who are predisposed to go alternative power would like something really out in front...

Tags: alternative power, Volt, General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-09

Additional Resources

The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

Don't tase me in the chest, bro

Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...

Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Photos: OnStar EV Lab connects to Chevy Volt

General Motors opens its OnStar EV Lab to provide online services and battery management tools to electric Chevy Volt drivers. by CNET News.com

Tags: Battery, OnStar, Photograph, Engineering, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-10-19

Carwatchers watching Tokyo

ZDNet is now a car news site?Harry, where is IT in this blog? As a reminder"ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers the best tech news, and resources for IT hardware, software, networking and services."So Harry, I have 4 questions for...

Tags: Blogging, car, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-18

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