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

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:16:10 PST

A roundup of Toyota's ghastly week, yet that doesn't stop Tesla from tapping a Toyota exec to build their 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!

Car Tech Live: How Toyota will fix its tech nightmare

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:32:20 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.

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

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:02:56 PST

Toyota's gas pedal problems apparently aren't just caused by 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?

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

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:14:56 PST

The 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.

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

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:00:00 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.

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

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:07:37 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!

Car Tech Live: Ep. 148: Pandora prepares to invade your dashboard

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:29:42 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.

Car Tech Live: Ep.147: Our inside look at the L.A Auto Show

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:06:49 PST

A look at the coolest--and nuttiest--cars from the LA Auto Show. The long and short of that Toyota gas pedal issue. Audi wants drivers to scribble on their dashboard. Have you seen the latest in high tech auto seats? And we go for a ride in the Lincoln MKT.

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

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:31:59 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 makes a run at the kind of diesel America never loved and Europe always has. And we take a ride in a car that we sure hope GM isn't counting on to revamp its image!

Car Tech Live: Ep. 145: An Audi TTS that drives itself

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:39:09 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 on Pike's Peak and look at one that lost its top and maybe its beauty along the way.

Car Tech Live: Ep. 144: GM says yes to the Cadillac of Volts

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:52:00 PST

GM says yes to the Cadillac of Volts, eBay offers some free online car buying protection, electric cars you fill up -- not charge up, and a ride in a car that has the Sport on it, but not really in it.

Car Tech Live: Ep. 143: Ford puts airbags where?

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:43:52 PST

Ford puts airbags where? Automatic parking coming to a car near you, the Army wants a hybrid Humvee, first 4G-connected car is a Prius, and we take a spin in the hottest SUV you'll ever drive.

Car Tech Live: Ep. 142: Honda hybrids, Infiniti EVs and punishing driving while texting.

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:12:34 PDT

Honda talks about bigger hybrids, Cash for Clunkers might have been a huge boondoggle, Infiniti will get an electric car, should DWT be punished harder than DUI? And we take you for a ride in the frustratingly fun Scion xB.

Car Tech Live: Ep. 141: Lexus fires up its first supercar!

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:31:40 PDT

Lexus fires up its first supercar, Ford puts batteries in the Focus, Nissan swears that goofy Land Glider is for real, why your cell phone may not work worth a damn in your next new car, and we take a ride in the luxury crossover that started it all.

Car Tech Live: Ep. 140: The next big thing in car tech? There's an app for that.

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:44:03 PDT

Apps are the next big thing in car tech, New York wants to crackdown on how truckers use GPS, why run-flat tires suck so damned much, the search for the perfect iPod Touch rig in your car, and a ride in the BMW 650i Convertible.

Car Tech Live: Ep. 139: Does the Lexus IS350C have a big 'ol butt?

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:37:55 PDT

The drumbeat gets louder against Driving While Texting, it's hybrid vs. diesel for Green Car of the Year, GM says selling on eBay was great -- but we're over it! And we go for a ride in a new retractable Lexus that is either BMW's nightmare -- or a total chick car.

Car Tech Live: Ep. 137: The end of driving while distracted

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:45:21 PDT

Everyone is saying enough to driving while distracted, Volvo announces a plug-in hybrid while Mini wonders how to charge it, Chrysler gets rid of the book we never read -- but always want, and we go for a ride in a really affordable performance car you wouldn't have taken seriously a few years ago.

Ep. 136: Welcome to 'Car Tech Live'!

podcast@cnet.com (CNETTV.com) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:25:29 PDT

All the droolworthy stuff from Frankfurt, what it will *really* take to sell the Chevy Volt, Toyota's gonna' call everything a Prius, and this is our first episode of 'Car Tech Live', the new live video edition of the CNET Car Tech Podcast.