PC makeover with Best Buy $1,199.99A road map for electrifying our streets, and a plan to charge by the mile to drive them. We'll check out an Audi that drives itself and look at the A5 Cabriolet--as it lost its top, did it lose its beauty as well? Plus: Is a Tesla IPO on the way?
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EPISODE 145
SHOW NOTES• Autonomous Audi TTS drives itself
• Dutch drivers to pay by the mile (well, kilometer)
• A grand plan to electrify the nation's driving
GM says yes to the Cadillac of Volts, eBay offers some free online car buying protection, electric cars you fill up--not charge up--and a ride in a car that has the Sport on it, but not really in it.
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EPISODE 144
SHOW NOTES• GM will build the Cadillac Converj
• TomTom iPhone app gets better--but not cheaper
• Europe envisions cars forming highway trains
Ford puts airbags where? Automatic parking coming to a car near you, the Army wants a hybrid Humvee, first 4G-connected car is a Prius, and we take a spin in the hottest SUV you'll ever drive.
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EPISODE 143
SHOW NOTES• CNET review of the 2010 BMW X5 M
• Ford to put airbags into seat belts
• First 4G LTE-connected concept car is a Prius
Honda talks about bigger hybrids, Cash for Clunkers might have been a huge boondoggle, Infiniti will get an electric car, should DWT be punished harder than DUI? And we take you for a ride in the frustratingly fun Scion xB.
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EPISODE 142
SHOW NOTES• Should DWT being punished more severely than DUI?
• CNET drives the new 2010 VW GTI
• CNET review of the 2010 Scion xB
• World distance record claimed for driving an electric car on a single charge
Lexus is about to put the V-10 LFA into production; Ford puts batteries in the Focus; Nissan swears that goofy Land Glider is for real; we discuss why your cell phone may not work worth a damn in your next new car; and we take a ride in the luxury crossover that started it all.
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EPISODE 141
SHOW NOTES• Lexus' first supercar is reality: The LFA
• Honda CR-Z coming to the U.S.
• California energy rules could hamper in-car cell phone reception
Apps are the next big thing in car tech; New York wants to crack down on how truckers use GPS; why run-flat tires suck so damned much; the search for the perfect iPod Touch rig in your car; and a ride in the BMW 650i Convertible.
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Episode 140
Show notes• CNET drives the BMW 650i Convertible in a rather bemused way
• Consumer Reports takes on the stuck throttle floor mat thing
• Why an FM modulator makes a monkey out of your hissy FM transmitter
• New York state wants to crack down on truckers using GPS the wrong way
• Run-flat tires: Not worth the various headaches, hassles, and costs?
The drumbeat gets louder against driving while texting, it's hybrid vs. diesel for Green Car of the Year, GM says selling on eBay was great--but we're over it! And we go for a ride in a new retractable Lexus that is either BMW's nightmare--or a total chick car.
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EPISODE 139
SHOW NOTES• Federal employees banned from driving while texting -- are you next?
• Vote for Green Car of the Year
• We get an early ride in the Acura ZDX
Toyota recalls 3.8 million cars, automakers gear up for the Tokyo Motor Show, Garmin sets a date and price for the Nuvifone, and we go for a ride in Lincoln's smallest luxury car.
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EPISODE 138
SHOW NOTES• Toyota recalls vehicles over loose floor mats
• Skydeck concept: Honda's hybrid van of the future
• Mazda to show concept, fuel efficient engines in Tokyo
• Subaru's Tokyo concept surfs trends
• Reserve Nissan's Leaf EV starting Spring 2010
Everyone is saying ENOUGH to driving while distracted; Volvo announces a plug in hybrid, while Mini wonders how to charge them; Chrysler gets rid of the book we never read, but always wanted; and we go for a ride in a really affordable performance car you wouldn't have taken seriously a few years ago.
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EPISODE 137
SHOW NOTES• U.S. to hold a summit on driving while distracted--soon a stigma equal to drunk driving?
• Volvo promises its first plug-in hybrid, in showrooms by 2012
• CNET takes a drive in the new Nissan 370Z Roadster
• Mini finds out that charging an electric car isn't as easy as just plugging it in
• Hyundai Genesis Coupe on the road with the editors of CNET. Look out!
All the droolworthy stuff from Frankfurt, what it will *really* take to sell the Chevy Volt, Toyota's gonna' call everything a Prius, and this is the first episode of 'Car Tech Live', the new live video edition of the CNET Car Tech Podcast.
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EPISODE 136
SHOW NOTES• CNET coverage of the Frankfurt auto show
• What's the funny noise coming from your electric Nissan?
• Hertz NeverLost supports USB drives to load your navigation destinations
Brian Cooley has a fleet of late '60s cars so he's well aware that great motoring exists happily in the absence of silicon--car technology only impresses him when it's great.
Wayne Cunningham On the cutting edge of tech coverage, Wayne began his journalism career writing about the Web in 1995. Although he has covered many areas of technology, he considers the Car Tech beat the best yet.
Antuan Goodwin gained most of his automotive knowledge the old fashioned way, by turning wrenches in a driveway. From drivetrain tech and performance to car audio installs and cabin tech, if it's on wheels, Antuan is knowledgeable.
