Nice! Good for them! This means that the general public (well, more affluent ones anyway) are pro-green!
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It was also the third most searched term on Google
From Autoblog: 2012 Hyundai Azera priced from $32,000 and Gen Coupe from $24,250*
Awesome! I had a look at Azera (Grandeur in Korea) in Korea last year and it looks great! I just don’t know if the price increase from mid $20k’s to low $30k’s is going to work…
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We’ve gotten word from our man on location driving the new 2012 Hyundai Azera that the Korean automaker’s fully redesigned full-size front-wheel-drive sedan will start at $32,000, not including $875 in destination charges, when it goes on sale this spring. The only option available will be a $4,000 Tech package. We’re not certain yet what all will be included in the Tech package since items like touch-screen navigation and a back-up camera will be standard equipment on the 2012 Azera, but we’re looking into it.
Hyundai is asking an awful lot more for its new Azera compared to the one it replaces, which carried a base MSRP of just $25,495. We’ll have our First Drive report on the 2012 Hyundai Azera ready soon to let you know if the price jump is justified.
We likewise have pricing information to report for the refreshed 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe, which will start at $24,250, again not including $875 in destination charges. That’s for the four-cylinder 2.0t model with a manual transmission, while the upper bound on pricing is represented by the 3.8-liter V6-powered Track model with the new eight-speed automatic transmission that costs $34,250.
Lastly, while rumors had resurfaced again that Hyundai was considering creating a luxury sub-brand called Genesis that would sell both the sedan and coupe along with the larger Equus, Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik has told Autoblog, “There is no plan to create Genesis sub brand.” He did, however, indicate that the next-generation Genesis sedan should have all-wheel drive as an option.
from Autoblog
From NPR News: Boeing Closes $22.4 Billion Deal With Lion Air
Yeah!!!! 😛
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When your products sell for more than $80 million, selling one of them is a big deal. Selling hundreds of them in one deal means they’re probably feeling pretty good over at Boeing right now. The company has finalized a deal to sell 230 jets to Lion Air of Indonesia, with a list price of $22.4 billion.
from NPR News
From NPR News: In France, Drivers Face Gas Prices Of $8 A Gallon
This is bad…
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Prices for gasoline are hitting record highs in France, where a gallon now costs more than $8 in some areas. Here in the U.S., analysts are predicting high gas prices for American drivers this summer — more than $4 in many areas, from a current average of $3.52.
from NPR News
From CNN Money: Cisco sees the mobile future and it’s in streaming
If it’s Cisco talking about network/Internet, I’d listen… and seeing how Netflix already uses up significant chunk of the Internet bandwidth, I agree…
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GIGAOM — Cisco, the networking giant, has read the mobile data tea leaves again, and it predicts that this year the global population of mobile users will switch to streaming the majority of their content from “the cloud.” This will represent a shift from downloaded and sideloaded content on their devices to streamed content, such as Netflix movies or Pandora. If you want to know what that looks like, just check out the U.S. which currently hit the tipping point in 2011 with 54 percent of its traffic coming from “the cloud.”
from CNN Money
From DailyTech Main News Feed: Apple Blitzkrieg Aims to Kill Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Apple claims Google’s unified search, word suggestions, slide unlocking, and data tapping features are illegal
From Business and financial news – CNNMoney.com: MSG’s slam dunk: The Jeremy Lin effect
Basketball’s Cinderella story of Harvard graduate-turned-Knicks’ savior Jeremy Lin is adding sizzle and viewership to the beleaguered New York NBA franchise.