Our prayers and thoughts go out to the families and friends of the three Tesla Motors employees killed in the tragic plane crash Wednesday morning.
“Three Tesla employees were on board a plane that crashed in East Palo Alto early this morning. We are withholding their identities as we work with the relevant authorities to notify the families. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Tesla is a small, tightly-knit company, and this is a tragic day for us.”
- Elon Musk, CEO
A twin-engine Cessna plane crashed into a East Palo Alto, California (just south of Oakland) neighborhood shortly before 8:00am just after taking off in heavy fog reportedly killing the pilot and 2 passengers on board. The Cessna 310R is reportedly registered to a former Santa Clara company that was started by Doug Bourn, a Tesla engineer. All three fatalities are reported to be Tesla Motors Employees. No injuries from the ground were reported.
I’m not sure if this is the first time Top Gear has shown up on Netflix Watch Instantly; but it’s the first time I’ve seen it on there. That was an easy “Add to Instant Queue” for me.
For those of you not familiar with Top Gear, it may very well be the best TV show ever made – certainly, the best ever made about cars.
Those of us in the US have been relegated to catching it in syndication on BBC America, or for some who can’t wait, catching Jalopnik’s Top Gear YouTube Open Threads, or digging up torrents of the show after it airs on the real BBC across the pond. I hope Top Gear on Netflix is here to stay. If so, that’s one more reason that I can give myself to cancel my overpriced satellite service. Most of the stuff I enjoy watching is available on either Hulu or Netflix nowadays – and now this is just one more.
Future Chevy Volt owners subscribing to OnStar will have expanded capabilities with OnStar Mobile late this year at the launch of the new Volt. CES 2010 attendees were able to see first hand how the new application will give “check-up” ability to Volt owners.
☑ charging status
☑ charge scheduling
☑ battery indicator
☑ displays MPG
☑ remotely start and unlock doors
☑ text or email charging reminders
Supported smartphones are the Droid, iPhone and Blackberry Storm.
This is a very cool and useful technology. Hopefully, GM will expand Onstar Mobile to other models in the near future. [click to continue…]
I remember being a 4 or 5 year old kid in the early 80’s and my grandfather told me that by the time I was old enough to drive we would be driving flying cars. Being the wisest man on the planet, I took my grandfather’s word as the gospel truth. It wasn’t until later that I realized his disconnect with technology and, of course, wishful thinking.
It’s 2010, and I still want my flying car. Terrafugia may be the first company to bring us a flying car that is registrable at state DMVs across the US.
It’s not quite the hovercar that I had imagined when my grandfather explained how it would work, which was further embellished when I saw Back to the Future III. However, it’s very cool to see this thing take off and land.
Word is that it’ll be on sale next year for a cool $185,000. I’ll probably hold out for my hovercar though.
Future Chevy Volt owners subscribing to OnStar will have expanded capabilities with OnStar Mobile late this year at the launch of the new Volt. CES 2010 attendees were able to see first hand how the new application will give “check-up” ability to Volt owners.
