Google's Secret Driverless Cars Caught on Video
Yesterday, Google revealed that for months it's been testing a secret fleet of computer-driven cars by cruising them around California. Now, video has surfaced of these self-piloting Priuses.
Google's Secret Driverless Cars May Have Already Passed You on the Highway
In a blog post, Google has revealed that seven retrofitted Priuses have been cruising around California without any drivers. Well, Google employees are behind the wheel in case something goes wrong. But these cars drive themselves! Google owns the future.
Miley Cyrus Tries to Get Into the Wrong Prius
After getting some coffee milkshake at The Coffee Bean, Miley gets her Prius' mixed up (a common mistake), and a throng of photographers guide her in the right direction. What would humanity do without the help of the altruistic paparazzi?
A Yahoo's greener-than-thou custom car
After Yahoo bought email startup Zimbra for $350 million, where did the money go? Cofounder and CEO Satish Dharmaraj put at least some of it down on a customized Toyota Prius, now
on display at the SEMA auto show in Las Vegas. The yellow-and-orange car was so outrageously over the top it .The Prius features an…
Google wants you to show plug-in hybrids some YouTube love
RechargeIT, the plug-in hybrid publicity program sponsored by Google.org, the search giant's relatively poorly funded do-gooder initiative run by Larry Brilliant, is running a YouTube contest. The company wants anyone who has a plug-in electric hybrid, or wishes they did, to upload a video describing their…
New hybrid Prius to conspicuously consume slightly less gas
Details have emerged about the latest model of the Valley's most self-righteous ride, the 2009 Toyota Prius, which hasn't been significantly updated since 2004. It will reportedly be longer, faster and more fuel-efficient. Also, the range of available models is expected to grow — anything from a smaller coupe to a…
Prius drivers officially crowned with smug-emitting halos by Salon
In a blow to environmentally conscious socialists who espouse the frugal, sustainable sensibility of Cuban car culture, Salon's Pablo Päster has done the journalist math. It turns out that a brand-spanking-new Toyota Prius is more energy efficient over the expected lifetime of the vehicle than an old beater Mercedes…
Meet the truck that fuels your Prius
General Motor's top-selling 8 cylinder, 6 liter Chevy Silverado gets a tree-hating 13 miles per gallon driving around the streets of San Francisco. Accelerate too hard in one of these babies and the atmosphere might just whip up another Katrina right then and there. GM's top seller: It's a monstrosity. It's a…
Google's plug-in hybrids to increase Bay Area smug levels
With a laptop tracking power and gas consumption and CO2 emissions, Google.org's four plug-in Priuses serve as a test fleet for the charity's $10 million plug-in electric hybrid vehicle research program. And according to the stats, they're already outperforming the company's two regular Prius hybrids across the board.
Sergey stymied: Prius doesn't work for Google Street View
In Europe, Google's on a massive hiring binge for the Street View feature of Google Maps, where camera-equipped vehicles snap photos of streetscapes. It's bringing on 300 drivers for the Switzerland-based effort. But the project has been held up by the whim of a founder. Sergey Brin, we hear, is insisting that the…
Vinod Khosla thinks all you Prius owners are on personal guilt trips. The venture capitalist likens it to giving money to "art museums instead of starving people [in Africa]." Ethanol and bio-fuels are better bets because the average consumer isn't willing to spend $5,000 to save a half ton of carbon per year. Neither…
