Thinkin' Lincoln: A Roundup

Last week, Neil Young showcased Linc-Volt at the Dreamforce Conference in San Francisco, CA.

When the conference announcement was made earlier, many of us were trying to figure out why a conference for sales software? It turns out that Salesforce.com software is powering Linc-Volt's on-board systems.

A new website has debuted at http://lincvolt.force.com/ which tracks all of Linc-Volt's vital signs. Also, see the site Mileage Quest.

Here's a ABC News report.

The LincVolt webpage update is State of Lincvolt7. As B.S.M. notes, the update uses "Mustang" as a soundtrack. Consider this an Archives preview. Very cool Shakey Pix!

Webcast of LincVolt presentation with Neil at Dreamforce LincVolt webcast. Select dropdown menu and go to "Marc Benioff/Neil Young/closing". This is EXCELLENT.

Here's a blog of Neil's drive to Shoreline for the Bridge concert.

Neil Young Works to Make a Lincoln Continental Run on Clean Fuel - NYTimes.com


At the Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park, CA., Neil Young shows James Gosling, the father of Java technology, the Linc Volt - a classic 1959 Lincoln Continental Mk IV re-powered with a new series-hybrid system that runs on electricity produced by a natural gas generator. For the past 14 months, Young has been working on Linc Volt (http://www.lincvolt.com/), his entry into the X Automotive PRIZE (http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/). The Linc Volt features installed sensors, which are powered by Java technology from Sun Microsystems, that monitor the performance of the Linc Volt and display the data on a touch-screen panel in the car. Visit http://java.com to learn more on how Java technology is helping to revolutionize the way we look at cars through the Linc Volt project.

More photos of Neil Young's visit to Sun campus.

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