At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Seagate‘s Senior Director of Marketing, Diana Cartwright, explains that Seagate is managing two well known brands: their own and Maxtor. Each, she says, serves in a very different and important capacity [See the full post…]

As goes the consumer, so goes General Motors. That really was the message I got after speaking with GM’s Clay Okabayashi during the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo. The bottom line is that it’s the consumer driving the decision making [See the full post…]

LAS VEGAS, NV, January 7, 2007 (PodTech.net) — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates kicked off CES 2007 with a keynote address that was long on demos and short on pizzazz. It was all about Vista and Vista as connector of the [See the full post…]

It’s a novel concept — pay only for the time you use a car. That’s the business model of Flexcar, whose motto is to revolutionize transportation across America, one neighborhood at a time. I spoke with company representative Walter King, [See the full post…]

JoAnn Armenta is the Southern California coordinator for Clean Cities Coalition, a program administered by The Partnership. Its mission is to advance the nation’s economic, environmental, and energy security by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the [See the full post…]

Los Angeles-based Left Coast Conversions is the brainchild of Gadget, the company’s chief tech dude, who started the endeavor because of his passion for a cleaner, more self-reliant world. His company’s motto: “converting the world, one EV at a time.” [See the full post…]

While at the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo, I had a chance to talk to Bryon Bliss of Phoenix Motor Cars. Their new SUT is a zero-emission, all-electric sport utility truck, powered by Altairnano NanoSafe (TM) battery technology. It has [See the full post…]

You may have seen them on the roadways of North America: Natural Gas Vehicles or NGVs. They look like any other vehicle. The difference is, NGVs operate on natural gas as opposed to the fuel we typically pump into our [See the full post…]

“Green tech is the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century,” says CalCars.org‘s Felix Kramer. I spoke with Kramer at the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo in Santa Monica, Calif., about the promise of PHEVs and “plugging in,” the non-partisan [See the full post…]

Solar Electrical Systems is providing ways of getting us off the power grid and helping us become energy independent through residential, municipal, agricultural and commercial solar power systems. While at the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo in Santa Monica, Calif., [See the full post…]

The Online Information conference is more than 30 years old. It is one of the top Library Science conferences in the world and we caught up with three speakers who are some serious Computer Science geeks. Dr. Hazel Hall, senior [See the full post…]

The Universal Electric Vehicle Corporation unveiled its Electrum Spyder during the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo in Santa Monica, Calif. The company combines design and engineering to develop high quality, innovative, zero-emission, all electric transportation for consumers and municipalities that [See the full post…]

Enlightened mobility is the mission statement of the ZENN Car, an electric car from Feel Good Cars of Toronto. ZENN stands for Zero Emissions No Noise. It’s a Low Speed Vehicle, but the company is in partnership with EEStor, Inc, [See the full post…]

$70,000 might be a little much to pay for a new car for the average consumer, but with AC Propulsion’s modification to a non-emission electrical vehicle, the Toyota XB may be worth it to the environment. The company modifies the [See the full post…]

Plug-In Partners is a national, grass-roots initiative to demonstrate to automakers that a market for flexible-fuel, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) exists today. The mission of the organization’s national campaign is to garner support in the form of online petitions [See the full post…]

While at the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo, I had the opportunity to eavesdrop on a conversation between former Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca and Dick Messer, director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, (a favorite place of mine [See the full post…]

At the Alternative Car & Transportation Expo in Santa Monica, Calif., alternative transportation vehicles using a variety of propulsion technologies were on display, including the ZX40 All Electric Vehicle, distributed in California by Miles Automotive Group. The vehicle is primarily [See the full post…]

Maryam sits down with Sarah Blow. She’s a programmer with a phone company in London and hated that she didn’t see many girl geeks at parties. Worse, she was accused of being a marketer, which rubbed her the wrong way. [See the full post…]

Ohio-based Myers Motors has developed an all-electric, three-wheeled, single occupant vehicle (SOV) capable of traveling speeds up to 70 mph for a distance of 30 miles and at a price under $25,000. The company’s mission is to transform transportation and [See the full post…]

Sam Sethi is one of the most connected geeks in London (he used to run TechCrunch UK) and we sat down with him and a few of his friends for a fun breakfast. We talk about the five things geeks [See the full post…]

No gas, no noise. Zero emissions. Just plug it in and go. That’s the promise of ZAP (Zero Air Pollution) cars. These are 100 percent electric vehicles that can be charged at your home or office using a standard outlet. [See the full post…]

With a body style designed by Lotus, the Tesla Roadster is capturing the attention of auto enthusiasts who want a sleek, stylish, environmentally-friendly sports car. At $100,000 these electric cars aren’t for everyone, but they are popular–their 2007 model sold [See the full post…]

Sleek, sassy styling, high performance and a plush interior — those were just some of the descriptions Eco-Fueler‘s designer, John S. Green used to describe his company’s CNG vehicle during the L.A. Auto Show. The roadster can travel 0-60 mph [See the full post…]

Mickey Bly is General Motors‘s director of engineering for hybrid vehicles. He spoke with PodTech’s Matt Kelly at the L.A. Auto Show about company’s comittment to alternative fuel vehicles. He talked about the new Belt Alternator Starter hybrid system (BAS) [See the full post…]

Legendary designer Fabrizio Giugiaro unveiled his Giugiaro Mustang concept vehicle at the L.A. Auto Show. He spoke with PodTech’s Matt Kelly about the dramatic styling he incorporated in the car. One remarkable feature was the dramatic one-piece glass unit that [See the full post…]