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0Official: Like Jeep, Fisker Twitter account briefly hacked, offers way to lose body fat 1361407500
In the overall scheme of things, having your Twitter account hacked isn't as bad as a flood or a fire. So, perhaps the "The Fastest Way To Lose BodyFat in (2)Weeks" tweet that Fisker Automotive sent out today isn't going to cause anyone to lose sleep, especially since it was almost instantly ...
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ETC: Elon Musk: "I am not the kale eating overlord of Mars" 1358296560
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and chief designer of space exploration technologies for SpaceX, had a lighthearted umbrage moment with an affront made on him and his space travel company, recently. It wasn't really the request made by animal rights group PETA that SpaceX trips to Mars only offer passengers ...
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Cee Lo Green latest A-list Fisker Karma owner 1349300760
Fisker just landed another celebrity to its growing goodie mob of fans. Pop star Ce eLo Green joins the A-list of Fisker Karma owners. "We would like to welcome @CeeLoGreen to our family of #FiskerKarma owners," the Atlanta dealership posted to Twitter, showing off the "Lady Killer" singer just ...
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Report: Got a heap of Twitter followers? GM might give you a Chevy Volt for a while 1345564560
Just don't tweet from behind the wheel, Okay? Chicago is the most recent city where General Motors is looking to promote its Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in by offering hardcore Tweeters and other social-media mavens free extended test drives. Chevy is targeting 300 of Chicago's most ...
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Report: Rising fuel prices got you down? Blame Twitter 1344426900
The power of social media revealed itself yesterday in the form of fluctuation in fuel prices based on a false tweet. According to The Wall Street Journal, a Twitter account claiming to be Russian Interior Minister Vladamir Kolokoltsv tweeted that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had been ...
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Official: Hondalink EV is new cloud-based infotainment, charging system for Fit EV, Accord Plug-In [w/video] 1342727700
Honda let the cat officially out of the bag today, revealing details about its new HondaLink infotainment system that will be featured in the new 2013 Accord. The new midsize sedan doesn't launch until the fall, but the Japanese automaker is clearly eager to start building momentum for its ...
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Video: Zoe crash test shows just one of 100 electric vehicles Renault demolished in development 1341146880
Renault has high hopes for the all-electric Zoe, saying that it will outsell the Nissan Leaf in Europe. Pricewise, the Zoe will be much less. Thanks to battery leasing (which alliance partner Nissan is also considering for the Leaf) of around $110 a month, the Zoe will cost roughly $21,000 (in ...
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Official: EVS: Watch live as Bob Lutz, Nissan's Andy Palmer discuss consumer adoption 1336572060
If you couldn't make it to Los Angeles for the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium this week, you can still listen in live some EV experts discuss the next stage of the modern EV era, the one when the "emerging mainstream" begins to investigate plug-in cars. Specifically, according to the ...
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Mazda under fire for "crass commercialization" of Dr. Seuss' Lorax [w/video] 1330469700
Over on Twitter, we recently had a discussion over whether or not it was fair for the cinematic version of Dr. Seuss' Lorax to be out shilling for the Mazda CX-5. Turns out, we're not the only ones who question the logic here – the Lorax speaks for the trees, not Skyactiv CUVs, right? ...
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Penn Jillette tweets about his new love: the Nissan Leaf 1328806200
On February 6, Penn Jillette – also known as "more than 1/2 (by weight) of Penn & Teller," the comedy duo, got himself a Nissan Leaf. He announced to the world, "Here I am with the first Nissan leaf in all of Vegas. It is mine! I'm all hydro electric." Since then, he's been tweeting up ...

