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Monkey Fetish

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2013 Tesla Roadster to be completely built in-house

Jun 29th 2010 11:23PM (Autoblog)
@cFoo

How is a FWD Camry chassis going to be made into a MR Roadster chassis? That won't fit nor does it make sense.

Toyota has been showing off and running a hybrid MR2 replacement recently, which is probably closer to reality. However, Tesla and Toyota have already said they are going be developing new future platforms together.

The thing about a pure-EV is that you don't have to develop a car for a specific engine configuration, you only need space for the battery and motors; you can develop a completely flat platform (think skateboard platform like GM's hydrogen hy-wire). The likelihood is that Tesla will be using a completely new platform which they will develop with Toyota that will also be used in other Tesla vehicles- and completely lack an engine bay.

Kinect for Xbox 360 now listed for $150... at Microsoft's own online store

Jun 21st 2010 11:47PM (Engadget)
@pinktacoyummm

Er... most people get their iPhone under contract like any other phone. I paid $99 for mine- which is cheaper then this Kinect.

Also, a smartphone is a lot more useful and part of your daily lives then some half-baked peripheral without any good games.

Kinect for Xbox 360 now listed for $150... at Microsoft's own online store

Jun 21st 2010 11:45PM (Engadget)
@ODB25

Another $50 and you can get an 360 Arcade or Wii that comes with Wii Sports Resort. Also, while we don't know how much the Nintendo 3DS is going to cost, the DS launched at $150, and the 3DS shouldn't be much more. It turns out you can buy a lot of things for $150.

... and $150 is just for a peripheral after all.

Kinect for Xbox 360 now listed for $150... at Microsoft's own online store

Jun 21st 2010 11:39PM (Engadget)
@Shaunt

Yes, if its worth $150 to you...

Yuji Naka talks Ivy the Kiwi, teases new action game

May 5th 2010 5:09PM (Joystiq)
The man is finally making the news again...

Pac-Man's 'next evolution' to amaze us at E3

May 5th 2010 5:08PM (Joystiq)
What can they really add to this franchise. They've pretty much added everything, 2d platforming, 3d platforming, racing, etc. Perhaps a FPS.

Chrysler goes back to 0% financing for May

May 5th 2010 5:06PM (Autoblog)
This post reads like an advertisement...

Report: Toyota warned dealers with floormat TSB back in 2007

Mar 26th 2010 5:02PM (Autoblog)
This was talked about at the congressional hearings over a month ago. You're beating a dead horse.

Seriously Autoblog, give it a break already. You guys clearly just a corporate mouth piece of Detroit.

Sony's Dyer emphasizes first-party PS3 strength over third-party exclusives

Feb 17th 2010 7:27PM (Joystiq)
Sony learned their lesson with the PS2 and PS3 with third-parties. Same lesson Nintendo learned.

Third-party titles aren't their own. There is nothing to stop Mass Effect 4 or Gears or War 4 to become exclusive to the PS4.

First-party titles will always be their own. Halo will alway be MSs, Grand Turismo Sony's, Mario Nintendos.

If you are going to spend millions of dollars of exclusivity of a third-party title, that same money might be better spent making a God of War, Heavy Rain or Uncharted.

Third-party exclusives are a waste of money.

Woz Up?! Apple co-founder speaks about software-related sudden acceleration in his 2010 Prius

Feb 2nd 2010 12:02PM (Autoblog)
Sounds to me he basically having issues with cruise control. Or doesn't know how to use it.

He's nudging the cruise control lever over and over again, and the Prius isn't able to get up to his desired speed quickly enough (understandable if you're going 80+ mph in a Prius), so he keeps pressing it "again and again" in his words.

Obviously something as underpowered as a Prius is not going to suddenly jump to 97mph from 80mph in an instant, it seems to me that time it takes for the Prius to meet his speed expectations on an 85mph highway he has has hit the speed up lever a bunch of times.

So eventually the Prius is doing 97 mph because he nudged up the speed lever on the cruise control "again and again" and "ten times more."

Of course even with that all he has to do is disengage cruise control, by lightly touching the brakes.

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