Filed under: Hybrid, Lexus Lexus LF-Ch concept – click above for high res image gallery Lexus introduced its LF-Ch concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and it’s believed to be a shoo-in for production for the European market. However, The Detroit Bureau is reporting that Lexus is considering bringing the compact hybrid to the U.S. market as well. If it does come here, it will be the smallest Lexus and would compete against the likes of the Audi A3 and BMW 1-series. The Lexus concept will be shown at the Los Angeles and Detroit auto shows, where Lexus officials will be
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Lexus is no stranger to hybrids. Their GS and LS sedans, as well as the RX SUV come in hybrid variants. Problem is, the least expensive Lexus Hybrid sedan sets you back around $67,000, and the few other luxo-hybrids on the market aren’t any cheaper. For 2010, Lexus changed this with their all-new HS 250h. The HS is a hybrid-only model, Prius style, and currently only comes with the same 2.4-liter four cylinder gas engine mated to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that we see in the Toyota Camry Hybrid. Starting at $34,200 with some impressive equipment and style, Lexus hopes to
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Dead before launch? Is Hyundai prepared to end its hybrid program? It’s a possibility according to Korean sources. Apparently, Hyundai isn’t confident about how the future of the automobile is going to evolve, and hybrid cars are a point of contention. Consequently, Hyundai is said to be considering an EV plan much more like that of Nissan/Renault, rather than that of Toyota, especially considering Toyota’s hybrid patent domination. Yet, others within the company believe that the fuel cell vehicle is the most important goal, and fuel cell vehicles will be fuel cell hybrid vehicles
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Everyone loves picture messaging – or at least, they love the idea of it. The iPhone carrying masses clamored for it, then celebrated once they got it by sending everyone pictures of their immediate surroundings and beloved pets before forgetting the feature exists. After the novelty wears off, it’s generally reserved for the occasions when there is genuinely something interesting to show. Need the wife’s advice on whether to buy the blue shirt or the green one? Picture message. Want to ask her out to coffee? You’ll probably stick with text. FunMobility, a company thats
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The MSI Wind U100 was the undisputed king of the netbook market in 2008. The inclusion of Intel’s first-generation Atom processor, coupled with a market-leading 10-inch screen, made the Wind U100 the best of a very large bunch. Multiple OEM re-badges, several minor upgrades and 18 months later, MSI has just announced the hotly anticipated MSI Wind 12 U200 follow-up. Things have moved on a lot since the original Wind stole the netbook limelight. The market is a lot more mature, and the number of netbook and nettop products out there has increased massively. So if the Wind 12 U200 is going
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Larry Kowalski had been a surfer and still enjoyed swimming in the Pacific. But when it wasn’t summer, the days were depressingly shorter, and Larry asked his California Health Insurance agent Matt Lockard if his policy covered Freudian psychiatric care. As for the demise of his son’s pet turtle, that just wasn’t at the core of his sadness. Larry loved summer. He preferred that halcyon season to last forever, an endless array of longest days spent frolicking in the California surf & sun. Every year was the same. The days grew shorter. He didn’t surf anymore now that he was approaching
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On the Upper West Side, across from Zabar’s, a bookstore has stood for more than three decades in one incarnation or another. Today it’s Westsider Books and it has pretty much everything you could want in a bookstore. Long and narrow, with high ceilings, Westsider is packed to the rafters with used books. The shelves are stacked 15 levels tall. Ask for a title you can’t find and the knowledgeable shopkeeper will mount a tall rolling ladder to retrieve it. view from the second level Not only are the books packed high, they’re also packed deep–two levels deep. If the
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French Friday is a weekly feature hosted by Charlotte at the Book on the Hill. We both live in France, so it's where we write about Frenchy bookish things. So I was actually planning on interrupting my regularly scheduled French Friday programming today in favor of my New Moon pseudo-review and all, which I would have posted yesterday when I wrote it, but I had a blog tour to do. :-)THEN, I saw this, and I decided, well, why not have a Twilight-themed French Friday? It's the trailer for New Moon, Tentation in French, dubbed over by the French voice actors. And it is HILARIOUS! What makes
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