Daily Archives: April 2, 2012


Hybrids are no longer the only vehicles that can benefit from the ability to automatically… 5

Hybrids are no longer the only vehicles that can benefit from the ability to automatically switch off the engine when the car isn't moving.

When the 2013 +Ford Motor Company Fusion arrives later this year, the 1.6-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder will also be available with an auto start-stop system that switches off the engine when the car comes to a stop and seamlessly re-starts it when the driver releases the brake pedal. The 1.6-liter is expected to take the largest percentage of sales among the new Fusion's five powertrain options and the auto start-stop system will add just $295 to the bottom line.

Because of the EPA drive cycles that are used for calculating fuel economy estimates are set up, the benefits of auto start-stop aren't reflected on new car labels. But in the real world, the benefits can be significant.

By reducing engine idle time, drivers can save anywhere from 3.5-10% on fuel consumption especially if they spend a lot of time in stop and go traffic. At $4 a gallon, a driver that spends most of their time in city traffic could potentially save over $200 a year with auto start-stop and pay for the system in just 18 months.

Not a bad deal. http://fordfusionstory.com

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CleanMPG Forums – 2013 Ford Fusion Adds Start/Stop for Just $295!
Wayne Gerdes – CleanMPG – April 1, 2012 2013 Ford Fusion equipped with the 1.6L EcoBoost will be rated at 37 mpgUS highway. When equipped with Start/Stop, future owners should experience full payback …

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With two and a half months to go before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the +Highcroft Racing…

With two and a half months to go before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the +Highcroft Racing crew is off to Europe for more testing with the DeltaWing.

#highcroftracing #deltawing #lemans

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NISSAN DELTAWING HEADS TO EUROPE FOR TESTING

The Nissan DeltaWing will kick off the next phase of its development for this year’s …

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The world of George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire (aka +Game of Thrones) is…

The world of George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire (aka +Game of Thrones) is at roughly the middle ages from a technological standpoint so there are no self-propelled vehicles anywhere in sight.

+Jalopnik takes a look at what the various houses that comprise the Westeros aristocracy would drive if they did drive and does a pretty good job of pick appropriate mounts.

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The Cars That Should Be In 'Game Of Thrones'
This weekend Game of Thrones came back for season two, and like a vast number of watching stuff enthusiasts, I'm pretty excited. The series took the fantasy genre to new, more adult levels of characte…

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Despite the naysayers, I still prefer Google+ to the alternatives and so does +Ford…

Despite the naysayers, I still prefer Google+ to the alternatives and so does +Ford Motor Company social media chief +Scott Monty.

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Why Ford Believes in Google Plus
Ford was one of the early adopters of Google Plus. Social media chief Scott Monty thinks it's a mistake to count out Google's big social bet.

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When OS/2 V3 aka Warp landed in the early 90s I actually bought a copy and used it… 4

When OS/2 V3 aka Warp landed in the early 90s I actually bought a copy and used it as my daily driver on my work laptop for a couple of years. It was so far ahead of Windows 3.1 in terms of multi-tasking support and stability that it was a pleasure to use. Best of all with its virtualization capabilities and Win3.1 built in, it could actually run any Windows apps I needed in a better protected mode than stock windows.

Unfortunately when Windows 95 arrived with Win32 APIs, IBM' relationship with Microsoft had deteriorated to the point that they were no longer really supporting the new APIs very well and I couldn't use many of the apps I needed. Thus I had to revert back to using raw Windows for more than a decade. I dabbled with various Linux distros but since I needed to actually do stuff rather than being a developer, it just didn't work for me.

Only after Mac OS X arrived and I moved into writing and content creation did I finally transition off Windows for the most part although my recent forays back into the corporate world have forced me to use Win7 at least part of the time.

OS/2 did serve as a great transition from the DOS world (with some Win3 experimentation) to a full time multi-tasking GUI world.

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OS/2 turns 25 today. It's legendary for having failed, but it's never really gone away. Here's my tribute.

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25 Years of IBM’s OS/2: The Strange Days and Surprising Afterlife of a Legendary Operating System | Techland | TIME.com
How the next-generation operating system that was supposed to change everything didn't — and then refused to die.

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