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Car Tech Live Podcast 154: Could Toyota have had a worse week?

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:24:00 PST

A roundup of Toyota's ghastly week--yet that doesn't stop Tesla from tapping a Toyota exec to build its cars. Jag has a crafty new idea for hybrid power trains. And we take a ride in the love-it-or-key-it Porsche truck!

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EPISODE 154
SHOW NOTES

• CNET runs around in the delightful and infuriating Porsche Cayenne GTS

• Toyota boss makes apology to the world as recall debacle grows

• Mitsubishi and Isuzu join an odd EV venture

• What exactly is in a Toyota gas pedal, anyway?

• Jaguar working on a turbine hybrid

Car Tech Live Podcast 153: How Toyota will fix its tech nightmare

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:37:00 PST

Toyota spends a week in hell, the U.S. tells truckers what not to do in the cab, you don't drive as fast as you think, we take a ride in a Buick that will change your mind about grandpa's brand, and we run down 12 of the hottest tech cars for 2010.

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EPISODE 153
SHOW NOTES

• Hearings? Really? Toyota to be grilled on Capitol Hill over accelerator issue

• Truckers & bus drivers banned from texting while driving

• 2010 Buick LaCrosse impresses us on first blush

• 12 of the hottest tech cars of 2010 (and it's only January!)

• Honda to launch motorcycle with dual clutch 'automatic'

Car Tech Live Podcast 152: Toyota's gas pedal issues accelerate

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:09:00 PST

Toyota's gas pedal problems apparently aren't caused by just floormats; GM confirms the Volt will cost just about 40 grand; "TiVo" for your car radio on more GM models; and we roll in the Mitsu Lancer Sportback Ralliart--ugly or hot? Or just ugly hot?

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EPISODE 152
SHOW NOTES

• Toyota issues another major recall over acceleration issues

• Toyota plans fuel cell cars by 2015

• More GM cars get "TiVo" for the radio

• Mitsu Lancer Sportback is polarizing to look at

• The postman may be first on your block with an EV

Car Tech Live Podcast 151: The best of the Detroit auto show

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:07:00 PST

Detroit auto show had a lot going for it;Ford steals the show with its new cabin tech; GM has gone seriously toward small cars; and Toyota deploys a new technology across the board to squash rumors its cars aren't safe.

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Episode 151
Show notes

• CNET Coverage of the Detroit auto show

• Toyota to install brake override systems across the board

• Your license plate is being scanned by the repo man

• GM to make a pure electric Chevy Volt?

• Cadillac CTS-V and Mustang GT shine -- even in the era of less is more

Car Tech Live Podcast 150: Our review of the top tech cars of the year

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:09:00 PST

Top tech cars of the year remembered, a look at the state of the art in concept car design, and a ride in the all new 2010 Cadillac SRX.

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EPISODE 150
SHOW NOTES

• Vote for Tech Car of the Year

• CNET review of the 2010 Cadillac SRX

• Car tech will be big at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in January

• CNET's coverage of CES 2010

Car Tech Live Podcast 149: Ohmygod that Bentley Continental Supersports is fast!

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:23:00 PST

We drive the most audacious Bentley ever, Saab gets sold off like a parts car, Ford opens up SYNC to app developers, and an Aston Martin even you can afford!

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EPISODE 149
SHOW NOTES

• CNET drives the Bentley Continental Supersports

• Saab gets sold off like a parts car

• The baby Aston Martin--the Cygnet

• Vote for CNET Tech Car of the Year

• BMW previews an electric 1 Series concept

Car Tech Live Podcast 148: Pandora prepares to invade your dashboard

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:22:00 PST

Pandora prepares to invade the dashboard. Porsche embraces lithium batteries--but not the way you think. Honda's CR-Z has a leak, and it's not transmission fluid! Ending the stigma of an in-car breathalyzer. And we go parking in a car that does it all by itself--and really well.

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EPISODE 148
SHOW NOTES

• Pandora prepares to enter the dashboard--via SYNC?

• Tasty Honda CR-Z brochure leaked (Temple of VTEC)

• CNET drives the 2010 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost

• Porsche Cayenne Hybrid slotted for 2010 arrival

• New in-car breathalyzer tech may take away the stigma

Car Tech Live podcast 147: The coolest, nuttiest cars from LA Auto Show

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:08:00 PST

We take a look at the coolest, and nutties cars from the LA Auto Show and give you the long and short of that Toyota gas pedal issue. Also, Audi wants drivers to scribble on their dashboard. Have you seen the latest in high tech auto seats? We also go for a ride in the Lincoln MKT.

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EPISODE 147
SHOW NOTES

• CNET's L.A. auto show coverage

• Audi intros in-dash handwriting recognition

• CNET's review of the 2010 Mazda6

• Is this the car Saab will never get a chance to build?

• Mustang and Camaro prove the V6 is the new V8

Car Tech Live Podcast 146: The deal unravels--Is Saab dead?

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:20:00 PST

The Saab deal unravels: Is the Swedish tech innovator dead? What we're looking for at the L.A. auto show. The best time to buy a car may surprise you. BMW revamps the 5-Series and makes a run at the kind of diesel America never loved and Europe always has. And we take a ride in the GMC Terrain.

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EPISODE 146
SHOW NOTES

• BMW launches new 5-series online

• BMW set to offer small, 4-cylinder diesels in U.S.

• Bad news for Saab: White knight turns and rides off

• Ferrari hybrid seems imminent according to what looks like a cocktail napkin sketch

• CNET Video: What you'll need to replace your factory car stereo

Car Tech Live Podcast 145: An Audi that drives itself

cartech@cnet.com (CNET.com) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:20:00 PST

A road map for electrifying our streets, and a plan to charge by the mile to drive them. We'll check out an Audi that drives itself and look at the A5 Cabriolet--as it lost its top, did it lose its beauty as well? Plus: Is a Tesla IPO on the way?

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EPISODE 145
SHOW NOTES

• Autonomous Audi TTS drives itself

• Dutch drivers to pay by the mile (well, kilometer)

• A grand plan to electrify the nation's driving

• Tesla Motors IPO rumored to be near

• CNET Review: Audi A5 2.0T Cabriolet