Comments on: European Carmakers Embrace Plug-in Cars

By: tapra1

tapra1 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:08:10 +0000

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By: ex-EV1 driver

ex-EV1 driver — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:48:13 +0000

Nelson Lu is right. Concepts are just concepts.
The European auto manufacturers still seem to think that the solution to the world's problems is to force us into miniscule cars and burn diesel instead of gas (and maybe I'll add: annoying 6-speed manual transmissions).
This is both uncomfortable and no more sustainable than gasoline cars.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:19:23 +0000

These articles fail to recognize/mention the primary lithium ion battery manufaturer being selected by the various auto manufaturers, and describe why the particular battery companies have the potential to lead. That would seem important to the future of EVs. If I have missed such a report, I would appreciate direction. RR

By: Nelson Lu

Nelson Lu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:35:00 +0000

Until these European manufacturers actually bring these plug-in concepts to the market practically, I'd hesitate to call them as "embrac[ing] plug-in cars" or begin to consider them to be viable players in the arena. My guess is that they're still, in terms of practically manufacturing them, years behind the Japanese and the Americans.