Prior to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), one news story getting a lot of traction was the conversion of a Saturn Hybrid into a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) capable of 150 miles per gallon. So I was quite excited to speak with Don Bender, chief technology officer for AFS Trinity, the company behind the conversion, about their soon-to-be patented Extreme Hybrid drivetrain.
The Alley Cat Revue at Rue 13 is on the vanguard of fine Burlesque entertainment in the Mid-west. I spoke to the lovely and talented Lola Van Ella about the history of the current state of the “neo-burlesque” movement.
Also this is my 200th episode of Lo-Fi Saint Louis, thanks ...
At HRL Laboratories last week, GM President North America Troy Clarke spoke to a group of journalists and bloggers about the Volt, GM’s hybrid plans and the upcoming Vue, among other topics.
PodTech’s NextGear was one of the first to get behind the wheel of the new 2008 Saturn Vue Redline. Completely re-styled from the ground up, with reclining back seats, and OnStar, XM Sateliite and stabilitrac as standard equipment, this crossover SUV was a sweet ride, I loved it!
It’s no secret that we rely on our batteries to power just about every consumer electronic device, or that we are increasingly relying on those devices for just about everything we do. Lithium-Ion batteries are considered the next generation battery technology, offering longer life at a lower cost. This ...
I had the opportunity to speak with Saturn’s Jill Lajdziak at December’s Los Angeles Auto Show and she was expressive about the past year for Saturn and the renewal of the brand. During the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, she was definately on ...
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 at the largest automobile manufacturer when it comes ...
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) soon to be available on the Saturn Aura ...
Green Car Journal’s 2nd Annual Green Car of the Year was awarded to the Toyota Camry Hybrid at the L.A. Auto Show. Voted on by a panel of judges including Carroll Shelby, Carl Pope, Francis Beinecke, Jean-Michel Cousteau and others, the competition also featured the Honda ...
“You don’t have to go broke to go green,” said Jill Lajdziak, general manager of Saturn. I spoke with her after GM Chairman Rick Wagoner delivered the L.A. Auto Show keynote, announcing the company’s plans for a diverse portfolio of hybrid technologies, beginning with the debut of ...
“The technical hurdles are real but we believe they are surmountable.” During his keynote address at the L.A. Auto Show, General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the company has begun work on a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid production vehicle, as well as other alternative ...
Trip Hawkins, founder of video game juggernaut Electronic Arts and designer of John Madden Football and High Heat Baseball, was at this year’s Mobile Game Conference in Bellevue, WA. Hawkins, who is currently Chairman and CEO of mobile phone game maker Digital Chocolate, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino ...
VON 2006 March 16, 2006 San Jose, California
In part one of a two part podcast, PodTech’s Michael Johnson talks with Gigamon Systems, CEO & Founder, Denny Miu, and with Tom Gallatin, VP of Marketing & Sales, about their company’s success and about the GigaVUE-MP, a SPAN port ...
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