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Taiwan, China may develop electric cars together

Technology / Energy

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan and China are looking into developing electric cars together and will hold a conference here next week to seek areas where they can cooperate, a Taipei official said Monday.


Joe Biden speaks at the former GM Boxwood Plant in Wilmington

Hybrid automaker Fisker to buy shuttered GM plant

Technology / Energy

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Budding US hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive will reopen a shuttered General Motors plant in Delaware to build fuel-efficient, plug-in cars, the White House announced Tuesday.


High-speed chase ends when OnStar halts stolen SUV

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 10

(AP) -- When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared for a dangerous high-speed chase.


GM's trial program selling cars on eBay set to end

Technology / Internet

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- General Motors Co. said Tuesday that it is concluding its partnership with eBay Inc. in which the automaker used the auction site to sell new cars through California dealerships, as it shifts focus to broader, national ...


Dell eyes tech services with $3.9B deal for Perot (AP)

Dell eyes tech services with $3.9B deal for Perot

Technology / Business

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Dell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business and compete more aggressively with Hewlett-Packard Co. ...


SRNL, automakers to develop high-performance wireless sensors networks

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Several industries use wireless sensors, which can monitor chemical processes or equipment activity and then transmit the data over a wireless network. Still, many facilities that could benefit from the use of wireless sensors ...


General Motors President and CEO Fritz Henderson announces the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle

GM says Volt will be landmark fuel savings vehicle

Technology / Energy

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 43

Troubled auto giant General Motors said Tuesday its new electric sedan, the Chevrolet Volt, will be marketed in 2011 as the first mass produced vehicle capable of achieving three-digit fuel savings.


EBay, GM to start trial program to sell new cars

Technology / Internet

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hundreds of General Motors' California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the eBay online marketplace under a trial that begins Tuesday.


General Motors will launch a plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle under the Buick brand in 2011

GM to launch plug-in hybrid SUV in 2011

Technology / Energy

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

General Motors will launch a plug-in hybrid sport utility vehicle under the Buick brand in 2011, the automaker said Thursday.


General Motors to try selling new cars on eBay

Technology / Internet

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- As part of its turnaround plan, General Motors Corp. said Friday it plans to experiment with auctioning new cars on eBay, expanding on an existing partnership covering certified used vehicles on the online marketplace.


Cisco addition increases technology clout in Dow

Technology / Business

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Miles per hour - out. Bits per second - in.