May 24, 2012
When you write an editorial the world may forgive you for fuzzy math to make a point in favor of compressed natural gas over hybrid and electric vehicles.
At least that may be the assumption made by the blog post published by Automotive News today simply headlined:
The 102 mpg Honda Civic.
Sure grabs your attention, doesn’t it? Yes, and that’s the point.
May 24, 2012
It won a film award in Spain, it’s not coming to the U.S., and frankly, it’s not that big a deal because a recent Chevy Volt ad sidesteps the actual target its marketers no doubt thought of in highlighting primordial fears associated with “range anxiety.”
Face it, some people today would worry about electric cars in the event of a terrorist attack, or calamity, or emergency – or some reason for needing to hightail it out of town.
Beyond that, GM has always emphasized the Volt solves a perceived everyday problem of limited electric range by offering gasoline backup serviceable at normally available gas stations.
That said, GM’s ad playing off of subconscious fears baked in from Hollywood-style post-apocalyptic scenarios features a gasoline car running out of gas while zombies chase two guys running from the mutants left from the catastrophe.
May 24, 2012
Do you live on the East Coast, would like to park a Tesla Model S in your driveway, but weren’t quite ready to head west (or have one shipped) to get one?
As Tesla Motors prepares for first Model S deliveries June 22, the company’s 22nd worldwide location will be its first on the Right Coast, and is located in the The Westchester shopping center in White Plains, New York.
Tesla Motors says it is “reinventing the car-buying experience with its unique retail model.”
May 23, 2012
Daimler’s Japanese commercial vehicle subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), has started selling its Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid truck in Japan.
The light duty truck, which celebrated its world premiere at the Tokyo Motor Show in November 2011, will also be introduced by Fuso in Europe and other international markets in the third quarter of this year.
May 23, 2012
Today Nissan confirmed it will begin European production of its all-electric e-NV200 – the third of four electric vehicles known to be part of its plans to proliferate EVs in a variety of segments.
A couple of the other EVs you also may know – the Leaf, launched December 2010, the Infiniti-branded LE concept luxury sedan introduced at the 2012 New York Auto Show that could compete with the Tesla Model S, and a fourth EV could be a small urban commuter for younger drivers.
