ZipCar, Google, cars and the inevitability of the Internet

by Om Malik Jan Two, two thousand thirteen – 9:00 PM CDT

In the summer of 2008, when my friend Pip Coburn (a former tech strategist for UBS who runs an investment advisory hard) came to visit, we ended up talking about two things we both witnessed coming: the inevitability of the Internet and how tomorrow’s leaders will amount to zilch if they are not technology natives. Continue reading

Five Tips to Get the Most Cool From Your Car Air Conditioning

It’s summer and it’s hot, which means your car’s air-conditioning system is going to get a workout. But there’s an art to cooling your car correctly. The engineers at the CR Auto Testing Center have some handy tips to help you cool your car swifter while searing less fuel. Continue reading

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Eight-Year-Old’s ‘Heart of Gold’ Helps Pay Off Student’s Lunch Debt

“An 8-year-old’s “heart of gold” has touched people all over the world with a campaign he recently launched to help pay for lunches of students from low-income families.”

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Weirdo car crash in Berlin metro station injures six

A driver lost control of the car on a busy street in central Berlin and drove down the steps into an underground station. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals.

Berlin commuters were shocked to detect a car in the subway station

A car plowed into Berlin’s Bernauer Strasse metro station Friday evening, injuring six people, according to local media. Continue reading

Frankfurt Motor Showcase 2015: news round-up

The two thousand fifteen Frankfurt Motor Showcase delighted car fans and the automotive industry alike with some meaty fresh car launches, arousing announcements, world record attempts and the latest technology to thrust the car industry forward.

As Frankfurt battles to become the fattest motor demonstrate in the world, manufacturers lined up to out do one another to take the headlines. Continue reading

France to ‘ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040’

F rance will outlaw the sale of all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, its fresh environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, has announced.

It will also ban any “new project to use petrol, gas or coal”, as well as shale oil, by that date.

The radical measures were unveiled at a press conference as part of French president Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to “make the planet fine again”. Continue reading