But the engine powers a generator that creates electricity that turns the wheels, so it's an e-car in its way.
The e-car problems go beyond price--indeed, price may be the lesser problem.
"It is the worst gas guzzler I have owned since a 1976 Ford Elite, " he lamented of the Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ) car in an e-mail to the Bluewater Network, a San Francisco-based environmental advocacy group.
"It makes a lot of sense to have traffic information e-mailed to my car, " Ledbetter says.
Stadler drove out onto the stage at the Las Vegas Hilton in an Audi e-tron Spyder concept car, a hybrid vehicle with two electric motors and a twin-turbo V6 engine, capable of zooming from 0 to 60 in just 4.7 seconds.
Yesterday, AUDI AG chairman Rupert Stadler gave his own keynote address at CES, driving out onto the stage at the Las Vegas Hilton in an Audi e-tron Spyder concept car, a hybrid vehicle with two electric motors and a twin-turbo V6 engine, capable of zooming from 0 to 60 in just 4.7 seconds.
In Japan the March, a compact car with e-mail capabilities, became the first to be built using a common chassis with Renault.
Nationwide, 32.8% of students had texted or e-mailed while driving a car or other vehicle on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the Centers for Disease Control conducted its 2011 Youth Risk Survey (PDF).
Using wireless technology, he can remotely diagnose the problem and then send you an e-mail suggesting you bring the car in for servicing.
On 6 June, Hertz became the first major rental car company to offer e-bikes, stocking a dozen at its Marble Arch location.
The government also wants to use "push technology", so it can send reminders about changes in services or important dates, such as receiving a personal e-mail when a television licence or car tax needs renewing.
Police cordoned the gagster's car outside a conference on e-government, where Gates said security had become the top priority for Microsoft.
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Hu set off for downtown Beijing, working the phone and e-mailing from the back seat of a car, directing her staff to rent a satellite phone and get a crew to Sichuan.
There are plenty of other great-but-discontinued models car guys miss: Just whisper the name Shelby Mustang, Jaguar E-Type or Lamborghini Muira and check the reaction.
The company is still working out other sources of possible revenue, but Doyle says it is considering things like online sponsorshops (i.e. using licensed car models) and in-game ads on virtual billboards.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of what Enzo Ferrari reportedly called the most beautiful car in the world: the Jaguar E-Type.
Under this economic theory it would be wrong for the car salesman to say the Tahoe is a terrific car, if he wrote in a private e-mail that he would rather drive an Expedition.
This whole "connected Internet e-commerce crazy-fast buy-coffee-from-the-car" paradigm is starting to have some pretty interesting ramifications in our culture.
First demonstrated 50 years ago, they are involved in building every car and airplane, in delivering every telephone call and e-mail.
You don't get the usual rumbling of an idling engine, just the whisper-quiet whirl of the e-tron's motor (Audi is currently engineering an "e-tron sound" so that outsiders will be able to hear the car) and wind whizzing by.
Gomez Advisors, in Massachusetts, assesses the performance of e-commerce websites in areas such as personal finance, travel, shopping, car buying and auctions.
"If you are an insurance company and are starting a service for your claims adjusters, the Services Delivery Platform software stack will know how to integrate it with your existing e-business infrastructure, transcode it, and deliver content to these in-car devices, " Desai said.
In your car, you'll be able to surf the Net, get e-mail, buy and sell shares and carry on conference calls.
Be it the adoption of pricing model in the utilities industry in the world of IT and publishing, the car rental model giving way to vacation rental plans or the music and e-commerce industries coming together, we all have a Chicago butcher story in our lives and many are waiting for that Henry Ford moment to happen.
He shrunk the car by 10 inches and moved the cockpit and engine, as in the E-Type, farther back.
In the 1950s, Ford worked on what it called internally the "E Car" E for experimental to be priced between its low-cost Ford and more upscale Mercury badges.
Recurring expenses--like interest on a bank loan, car payments or rent--are paid automatically, and Cindy receives notification by e-mail.
Just look at the Jaguar E-Type, which is known for its tricky handling and unreliable transmission but often vaunted as the car dreams are made of.
And then came the E-Bugster, quite a leap forward for VW. The company has showed off this dashing concept car several times, first in Detroit early this year and then a few months later at the Beijing Auto Show.
The Panamera S E-Hybrid also includes an entirely new range of convenience functions which can be activated and operated by Porsche Car Connect, a mobile app available for Android and iOS-powered devices.
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