http://www.i-auto.co.uk in car technology; mp3, dvd, sat nav, tomtom, delkin, internet in car, mobile phones Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It may not exactly be a huge surprise at this point, but GM has finally revealed that the official base price for its Chevrolet Volt will be $41,000 (including a $720 destination charge). That price is before the $7,500 federal tax credit, however, which will bring your eventual end cost ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/247/Chevy-Volt-officially-priced-at-$41%2C000%2C-$350%2Fmonth-on-a-three-year-lease.html It still won't be widely available until 2012, but Nissan's Leaf is already leaking out to a few select media outlets. Our comrades over at Autoblog managed to get behind the wheel of the all-electric whip down in San Jose, and while they didn't find anything that changed the admittedly ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/246/Nissan-Leaf-gets-early-review:-you-might-just-forget-its-an-eccentric-electric-car.html Coulomb Technologies isn't the only company that's announced some new electric vehicle chargers at this week's Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose -- ECOtality has also taken advantage of the show to debut its new Blink EV chargers. Those were developed in partnership with Frog Design, which is responsible for ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/245/ECOtality-and-Frog-Design-debut-eye-catching-Blink-EV-chargers.html It's been a long road, hasn't it? Well, in some respects, it hasn't -- in fact, it's only been about two years since development of Windows Phone 7 as we know it today kicked off -- but when you consider that this product will be replacing Windows Mobile 6.5, that ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/244/Windows-Phone-7-in-depth-preview.html It's not the first investment Google has made in wind power, but anyone wondering about its commitment needn't look any further than the company's just-announced deal with NextEra Energy. It's agreed to buy wind power from NextEra's wind farm in Iowa for the next twenty years, which it ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/243/Google-signs-20-year-deal-to-power-data-centers-with-wind-energy.html We've dug deep within the mind of Yves Béhar, and when that man designs something, we take notice. Particularly when the object of reference is an all-new electric vehicle charger that looks good enough for the sparkling streets of Minneapolis. Introduced today, the GE WattStation is a beautifully engineered EV ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/242/Yves-Behar-designed-GE-WattStation-electric-vehicle-charger-spruces-streets%2C-juices-cars.html We've seen flashy concepts of what Nokia's seamless cellular infotainment initiative might look like, but it took a pair of Germans from Volkswagen to give us our first glimpse of Terminal Mode in action. At MobileBeat 2010, engineers showed off the video after the break, which shows how a prototype ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/241/VW-Passat-takes-the-red-pill%2C-jacks-into-Nokia's-Terminal-Mode-(video).html Avid OnStar users received this here functionality a fortnight ago, and BMW owners have been bragging about it for years. But it looks as if the world's other automakers are finally coming around to one of life's undeniable facts: Google Maps is top-notch, and in almost every instance, trumps whatever ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/240/Google-Maps-Send-To-Car-feature-goes-live-on-Ford-SYNC-systems.html Need to get a critical tune-up, but don't trust the factory techs not to Ferris Bueller your ride? If you live in the UK and drive an Audi, you'll have technology on your side. Following a successful pilot program, the German manufacturer's outfitting each Audi Centre in Britain with helmet ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/239/Audi-Cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanic's-point-of-view.html Hydrogen-powered cars, like Honda's FCX Clarity, face a lot of hurdles, not the least of which being a fuel source requiring more energy to produce than it in turn gives out as energy. Honda is showing one way to mitigate that with its conceptual home-based recharging station. It relies on ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/238/Honda-shows-off-conceptual%2C-solar-powered-station-to-refill-your-conceptual%2C-hydrogen-powered-car-(video).html