Category: CES

Rick Wagoner to deliver keynote at 2008 CES

Filed under: CES, Tech, GM
Last year at CES, we saw how electronic makers were seeing more and more the importance of the automotive industry. It was especially telling that one of the biggest products at the show was Sync, by Ford and Microsoft.
In 2008, CES gets even more friendly with the auto industry by inviting […]

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Posted in CES on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:43 am     

CES 2007: The Cars of CES Part IV

Filed under: Audio, Gadgets, CES

In Part IV, the final installment in our CES Car Show, you get VW Beetles and a four-door GTI used as a guitar amp, a Roush Mustang, a mostly untouched (thank god!), bright red Lotus Exige and various other autos we saw around the show.
While we didn’t get to hear the […]

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Posted in CES on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:43 am     

VIDEO: Honda debuts next-gen Asimo at CES that can climb stairs without smashing face plate

Filed under: Gadgets, CES, Etc., Misc. Auto Shows

Whenever the day’s got you down, there’s nothing like watching Honda’s Asimo robot take a face plant to turn your frown upside down. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, however, the Japanese automaker and future master of Japan’s robot army, Honda, had a chance to […]

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Posted in CES on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:43 am     

Former VW Personnel Chief Admits to Bribing Union Officials

Filed under: CES, Etc., Government/Legal, Volkswagen
Back in the summer of 2005 the headlines of international magazines and newspapers were peppered with a scandal that included bribery, sex, and corruption. No, Dallas wasn’t making a comeback, it was automotive giant VW and the scandal involved 2.5 million dollars in payoffs to VW Works’ Council Chief Klaus […]

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Posted in CES on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:43 am     

Customize your honkin’ horn with Horntones

Filed under: Aftermarket, Audio, Gadgets, CES

Adding a really loud, powerful horn to a very small car has been causing fits of laughter for a while now… but if that is too passe’ for you, why not consider the Hornstones FX-550? First seen at CES, this device allows you to play almost any audio file that […]

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Posted in CES on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:43 am     

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