Steven Rattner, the Obama administration’s so-called Car Czar, has a new book out and he weighs in on the sloppiness of the stimulus funds, the “fad” of green jobs and how the Volt will do nothing for GM’s bottom line. Tell us how you really feel. Read more »
If you’re sold on a plug-in car, one of the next questions to answer is whether to lease or buy your chosen model. Here are five things to consider as you hunt for a plug-in car deal that fits your budget, driving habits and preferences. Read more »
Mobile technology, including vehicle navigation systems and mobile apps, will act as a safety net to beat back “range anxiety” for the first generation of electric vehicles. Read more »
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As plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars gradually make their way to dealers’ lots over the next 12 months, we are likely to see more aggressive price cutting and hardcore marketing deals in an attempt to lure consumers away from their good ol’ gasoline vehicles. Read more »
We’re very excited to present our Green:Overdrive video show where our motto is: if it’s green, we’ll drive it. Each week we’ll be driving a different green vehicle and bringing you our impressions and interviews with the companies. Read more »
General Motors is the latest to recognize the power of Google’s Android mobile operating system. On Tuesday GM and Google announced that they plan to connect the automaker’s in-vehicle communications system, OnStar, with phones running on Google’s Android operating system. Read more »
French-Japanese allies Renault and Nissan, and German automaker Daimler AG, have a deal in the works to cooperate on development of hybrid and electric vehicle tech, and to share platforms for small cars. How could that shape the green car market? Read more »
That didn’t take long. I shared my list of the 10 iPhone apps I wanted on the iPad and today comes word that one of them will be there. Barnes & Noble indicated today that an iPad version of the eReader app will be available soon. Read more »
Huge electronics conglomerates in Japan and Korea — Sharp, Panasonic, Samsung, LG — have long been leaders of gadget, battery and mobile innovation. China has also spent decades as the low-cost manufacturer always “just about to emerge” as the electronics innovator and massive purchaser. Now it’s […] Read more »
Nielsen is taking steps to integrate its measurement of TV and online video viewing, telling clients that it will soon install Internet meters into Nielsen homes to come up with cross-platform metrics for what content consumers are viewing. As part of a new initiative called “TVandPC,” […] Read more »
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From roadside assistance and carjack halting to smart charging for plug-in vehicles — that’s the leap General Motors aims to make with its OnStar system. The communication system will let owners of the upcoming Chevy Volt program charge vehicles at different times to take advantage of […] Read more »
With billions of dollars in government funds coming down the pipeline for advanced batteries courtesy of the stimulus package, and the auto industry gearing up to make its first real go at marketing plug-in vehicles for the masses, the race to build lithium-ion batteries for vehicles […] Read more »
Detroit and Silicon Valley may end up joining hands over one of the thorniest aspects of the auto bailout: dealer networks. Earlier this year, the White House auto task force described General Motors’ dealer network as “burdened” with an excess of “unprofitable or underperforming dealers” that […] Read more »
Meet the New GM, a company that’s supposed to be more nimble, innovative, and a heck of a lot more profitable than the old General Motors. The new company launched this morning as much of the automaker’s assets transferred over to a company now controlled by […] Read more »
Major League Baseball has added live video streams of baseball games to its $9.99 iPhone app, starting today. The games can be viewed over Wi-Fi or via the iPhone’s 3G connection — unlike the Sling video-streaming app, which only works over Wi-Fi because of a clause […] Read more »
Battery startup A123Systems was on a roll in 2008: It went into the year with a fresh round of capital (funds totaled $132 million in October 2007) and by May seemed to be headed for an IPO. But less than two weeks into 2009, the Massachusetts-based […] Read more »
There are few PR teams that could put a good spin on the news coming out of GM as of late — the auto maker is dangerously close to bankruptcy and pleading for a bailout from Washington. But at least GM is smart enough to continue […] Read more »
EEStor, the stealthy startup whose Electrical Energy Storage Unit (EESU) could revolutionize the auto industry, has yet to show off a production version of its EESU. The Cedar Park, Texas-based startup said in 2007 that it would be in production by mid 2008. Then that got […] Read more »
General Motor’s great electric hope — the Chevy Volt — will likely first go to market with a battery made by Compact Power, a unit of LG Chem, according to a report in Reuters citing undisclosed sources. Read more »
This year’s Paris Auto Show is turning out to be the most electrifying one yet, with car makers from all over the world debuting their electric vehicles. The offerings range from far-flung concept cars to very real production models. Solar roofs are a popular theme and […] Read more »
Oops! Somebody’s gonna be in trouble! Late yesterday, pictures of Chevy’s hugely anticipated Volt were “accidentally” leaked onto the Internet, and now they’re every where from the Wall Street Journal to, well, seemingly everywhere the Internet goes. “It’s just one of those things that happens,” GM […] Read more »
Pop quiz: Monday was a good day if you were (A) General Motors; (B) planning on buying the Chevy Volt; (C) an unemployed resident of Flint, Mich., or (D) all of the above? You know the answer. Yesterday, GM received millions in promised tax breaks to […] Read more »
More Online Video at Democratic Convention; YouTube, Dailymotion and Stickam all contribute to the new media coverage (good thing Level3 has installed more than five miles of fiber optic cable for the event). Want to watch the show online? Check out our handy guide. AMD Sells […] Read more »
Sometimes it’s all too easy to feel isolated as a web worker. If you’re in an office and do something great for the team, you can expect some pats on the back, or even a celebratory lunch. But if you’re working at home, you can be […] Read more »
Chevy’s upcoming electric vehicle the Volt — highly anticipated, and crucial to GM’s future — has gotten a lot of press for its fully integrated hybrid drivetrain, but relatively little attention has been paid to the car’s aerodynamics. In a blog post on GM’s FastLane, Bob […] Read more »
General Motors VP of Global Program Management, Jon Lauckner, gave a quick update on the Volt, GM’s plug-in vehicle, at the Plug-In 2008 conference Tuesday morning. Lauckner showed off several video clips of the Volt technology — including the lithium ion battery — being tested in […] Read more »
General Motors says in an effort to prepare the market for its electric vehicle the Volt and the plug-in version of the Saturn Vue, the automaker has partnered with a consortium of over 30 utilities and the Electric Power Research Institute. The consortium, which GM’s Vice […] Read more »
If last year saw the venture capital community chasing startups building around the Facebook platform, this year the new new thing are iPhone application makers. In addition to the $100 million iFund floated by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, other VCs are getting in on the […] Read more »
No run-up to Macworld Expo or WWDC is complete without the spy shots of the banners inside San Francisco’s Moscone Center, and this time is no different. No making the rounds is a Flickr photoset of banners hung outside the keynote hall posted by Gernot Poetsch. One in particular is […] Read more »
I’m the first to come clean about my biases, and a tip that landed in the NewTeeVee inbox was like a perfect storm. An independent creator, about as far from a major media market as you can be, making thousands of dollars posting videos online — […] Read more »
I happened to find this by accident this morning and I’ve been looking for an event like this in Houston for a long time. There will be a BarCampHouston held on Saturday, August 25th at the Houston Technology Center (HTC). I plan on attending now that […] Read more »
We hit up the local AT&T store last night to change my iPhone plan to a family plan (more on that later) and I looked into adding a USB HSDPA modem to my mobile arsenal. I didn’t pull the trigger just yet, but I did grab […] Read more »
Black20, an ambitious startup from Brooklyn, wants to show up the big guys, including their former bosses at NBC, by establishing an online video network. These are the guys behind the smash hit “The Easter Bunny Hates You.” See the story on NewTeeVee. Read more »
At the Nokia OpenStudio event in New York, I got to play with most of the Nokia N Series phones, and walked away with distinct impression that the only two models that might prove to be commercial hits were Nokia N73 (candy bar) and Nokia N75 […] Read more »
I have made it clear how important I feel that TEO 3.0 is for Tablet owners who use Outlook so I won’t rehash that here. I think that TEO is worth every penny of the normal $49.99 price but Josh Einstein has stepped up and offered […] Read more »
Darren of Tablet Minds gave a demo of the Tablet PC to educators yesterday and as usually happens when you demo the Tablet to those who have not been exposed to the ink and slate he had a successful show! I even had applause when I […] Read more »
Sprint-Nextel is moving ahead with its plans to spin-off the local wireline business (LoCo), according to a “registration statement Form 10-12B” as per UBS Research. The documents show that the local business had revenues of $4.65 billion in the first three quarter of 2005. That works […] Read more »
Ars Technica has looked at all the major desktop search tools available and written a very thorough review and comparison of the programs. They review the following search tools: Google Desktop, Copernic Desktop, MSN Desktop Suite, Yahoo Desktop and Ask Jeeves Dekstop Search. This a thorough […] Read more »
Given the recent decline in cable company stock prices, it is not surprising that smart money is giving a closer look to the sector. According to a Bloomberg report, Billionaire investors Warren Buffett and George Soros have increased their holdings of U.S. cable television companies. The […] Read more »
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