automobile
How are Computers and Cars Alike?
This is Scott Morgan’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily [...]
Is the American Auto Industry Dead?
As noted in an email to me this morning, GM has asked Congress for a short-term emergency aid package to help them survive the credit crunch and come out stronger on the other side. This has caused an intense public debate with media on both sides weighing in on the merits of federal aid for [...]
Auto Show Tips
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Mrivera1 is a regular long-time chatter in our live community. Long before he was a Geek, he was a car buff. Here are his top 10 tips for enjoying an Auto Show. Know when to go Knowing when to go is [...]
GM IAA Announcements
http://live.pirillo.com – here’s a front row seat to GM’s product announcements at IAA 2007 in Frankfurt, Germany. If you look real close, you can see a few industry superstars sitting in the audience (when I turn the camera away from the stage to point it at Ponzi for a moment). In essence, the environmental strategy [...]
How to Fit a Segway into a Car
http://live.pirillo.com – We live-streamed the unveiling of GM’s newest electric car concept fully at a substantially lower bitrate, but here’s the Segway segment from Ponzi’s perspective. Again, our position was not fully ideal – but at least we were able to capture the energy. NOTE: General Motors helped cover travel expenses for our trip to [...]
Hydrogen Car Information Interview
http://live.pirillo.com – Ponzi and I had a rare opportunity to learn more about hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles with one of the automobile industry’s leading minds, Dr. Lars Peter Thiesen. The GM HydroGen4 is the European version of the Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell. In fall 2007, the first of these fuel cell cars — a global fleet [...]
Bob Lutz, GM Blogger Roundtable
http://live.pirillo.com – You’ve likely already watched my live interview with Bob at http://youtube.com/watch?v=-ysnr-V2dRg (in which I was quite tongue-tied). This new recording was from an exclusive roundtable Q&A session with a few fellow bloggers. Bob begins with his reasons for starting a blog… NOTE: General Motors helped cover travel expenses for our trip to Germany. [...]
Germany Blogger/Youtube Meetup
http://live.pirillo.com – Ponzi and I are still in Frankfurt, and we’d love to meet our virtual friends in real life! I may need help with translating this all-call to German, BTW. :) NOTE: General Motors helped cover travel expenses for our trip to Germany. Without their direct support, this remote coverage would not have been [...]
Bob Lutz Interview
http://live.pirillo.com – Bob Lutz is an industry legend, and I was more than a little tongue-tied when given the opportunity to sit down with him for a few minutes at the unveiling of GM’s new electric concept car in Frankfurt, Germany. Can you believe he’s a blogger, too!? NOTE: General Motors helped cover travel expenses [...]
Saturn Astra Test Drive
http://live.pirillo.com – The audio / video quality is questionable, but we were doing something that nobody else has done before: streaming live from GM’s super private test track in Dudenhofen, Germany. My wife and I were invited to take a Saturn Astra out for a test drive. This car is not yet available in the [...]
Hot Women Drive Fast Cars
http://live.pirillo.com – My wife and I were invited to take a Saturn Astra out for a test drive. This car is not yet available in the United States – or, at least, not at the time of this live recording. The car handles very nicely, according to Ponzi. We took it around GM’s super private [...]
Infobahn on the Autobahn
http://live.pirillo.com – Ponzi and I were en route to Dudenhofen, Germany – where we test drove a TBR Saturn Astra on GM’s private test track. This is the German Autobahn – and we’re using a Vodafone 3G connection to connect with our audience live from it! I had issues with the chat app at first, [...]
World’s Sexiest Car Unveiled…? :)
GM unveiled their latest concept car: the GM Opel Flextreme. It’s a very eco-friendly car featuring the flexdoor, flexload, and e-flex systems. The Corsa Hybrid concept car’s hybrid technology combines the functions of a starter motor and electric generator. Its highly efficient diesel engine is also switched off by the hybrid system when the car [...]
General Motors Opel Flextreme Concept Car Reveal
Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – GM’s Opel Flextreme concept revealed at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show featured flexdoor, flexload, and e-flex systems. Want to embed this video in your blog? Use this code: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhvGdf8DutE"></aram><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhvGdf8DutE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><a [...]
Wanna sell me a car?
Okay, I think I want to lease a 2006 Acura TSX (with a few bells and whistles, like the navigation system and MP3/WMA add-in). My lease with Honda is up in another month, so I have to “scramble” to get my next car lined up before then. There have been fantastic suggestions in my Acura [...]
