By Barbara Schaffer San Jose, Calif. ? Last month I had to fly to San Jose on a quick business trip and the people at Infiniti were nice enough to offer me the JX35 for the week. Well, no trip to Central California would be complete without spending some time with my grandchildren; after all,…
Electric and Plug-In Hybrid are Being Tested Honda has started an Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program partnering with the California city of Torrance (Calif.), Stanford University and Google. Each of the partners will receive a Honda Fit EV (Electric Vehicle) for testing starting in 2011, plus the city of Torrance will test a plug-in hybrid as…
Drivers will soon be able to sit at their laptop or home computer and plan a trip, then ?Sync? the information to the information to their Ford vehicle. Available on 2010 and 2011 Ford and Lincoln vehicles with Sync, the new feature adds Google Maps to its ?Send to SYNC? feature, allowing drivers to send…
OnStar users are picking up another helpful function thanks to an agreement between OnStar and Google Maps.? Owners can plan a trip using the Google Maps on an Internet connected computer or from the new mobile app in a smart phone and then send the destinatioOns to the OnStar Turn-by-Turn Navigation in their car. ?eNav…
