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The Chevy Volt: Why there’s no hope for Big Auto

File this item under the “triumph of compromise and the death of innovation” category, dear readers. Here is a car I would be delighted to buy, unveiled in January 2007 — The Chevy Volt concept car: It’s a car so popular that it was requested...

The $19,450 Phone

Begin forwarded message:> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/magazine/ > 01CELLPHONE.html?tntemail0=&pagewanted=print&position=top > > The New York Times > December 1, 2002 > The $19,450 Phone > By MARK LEVINE > > Although the Beverly Hills retail outlet of a...

The Spy Who Drove Me…

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/automobiles/10BOND.html?8hpist The Spy Who Drove Me By PHIL PATTON POOR Q. In one James Bond film after another, the top secret service engineer has provided whiz-bang gizmos for the cars that Agent 007 drives. The Aston Martin...

Toyota Unveils New Car Internet Network

A network in your car? ——- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020828/wr_nm/ autos_toyota_internet_dc_1 Toyota Unveils New Car Internet Network Wed Aug 28, 5:46 AM ET By Edwina Gibbs TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp unveiled...

Telematics

As Onstar has demonstrated, the major near-term opportunity in wireless services is services while on the road. It uses cellular phones but the technology is obscured as the car has become the delivery platform for the services. Until six months ago, Onstar was...