Posts Tagged ‘bone of contention’

Microsoft launches new Clearflow traffic avoidance system

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Eric Horvitz is the president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, as well as being an AI researcher at Microsoft. When stuck in traffic one day in Seattle, he asked his nav system to reroute him via side streets, and the result was worse than being stuck on the highway......

NYC congestion charge gets blocked by state

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Manhattan's latest attempt at disguised taxation has ground to a halt in the most trivial fashion. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed congestion charge for cars and trucks headed into the city below 60th street was summarily ignored by lawmakers. Rather than a contentious fight in the state assembly......

Ultra decides to go alone in India

Friday, April 4th, 2008
end of the marriage:Hero Group of India and Ultra Motors of UK have agreed to depart ways today. Hero - Ultra which is currently selling ebikes and escooters duo is one of the prominent player in the electric vehicle (EV) segment with 20% market share. In October 2007 Hero Exports Private Limited ha......

Lane splitting - should it be legal?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
There is a nice discussion going on over at AutoblogGreen regarding the act of lane splitting, which is when a motorcycle rides the dotted line in-between lanes. Lane splitting is a common practice in much of Europe, but here in the States it's only legal in California. Golden State law dictates tha......

GM says Malibu is best car in class, takes direct aim at competition

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
When GM launches the 2008 Malibu this fall, look for it to go directly after the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. Mark LaNeve, GM's sales, service, and marketing VP, says GM will be laying out the reasons why it feels the Malibu is better than its competition in the new ad campaign. We hope to see the......

MINI admits the Clubman’s “Clubdoor” might turn off buyers

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Click the image above for a gallery of high-res pics.MINI execs have admitted that the design of the suicide-hinged door on the passenger side of the new Clubman may cause consumers both here, and especially abroad, to shy away from the more practical MINI. According to Autocar, the "Clubdoor's" pos......

Stern Sirius-ly flogs Hyundai

Friday, June 17th, 2005
Hell hath no fury like Howard Stern scorned. Love him or hate him he has huge marketing pull with the coveted 18-45 male demographic and this morning his audience got an earful of hate towards Hyundai and Hyundai NA President and CEO Robert F. Cosmai. Stern caught wind of an article statin......