Germans Distinctly Wary Of Electric Cars, Don’t Like Range, Price China Looks Like Slashing Its Battery Only Target Hundreds of thousands of Germans are expected to throng by the exhibits at the biennial Frankfurt Car Show next month and most manufacturers will be showing their latest ideas on electric cars as well as their most […]
Leaf’s Battery-Only Case So Weak, It Threatens Edsel-Like Debacle Derision From Top Gear, Sunday Times Story Will Make Buyers Wary “The Prius and the Volt don’t promise a perfect solution to the problems of emissions, but they provide a sensible, practical compromise”. I’ve been driving the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid, a new high-technology fuel-efficient car […]
Ford Worries About Regulation Forcing Manufacturing Out E.U. Obsessed With Battery Cars Which Need Subsidies To Flourish European Union automotive industry policy ideas threaten to undermine manufacturing and its obsession with battery-only cars would force what looks like a cul-de-sac technology on the buying public. The problem of huge price and limited ability of battery-only […]
VW Thinks Car Buyers Might Be Able To Rent Out Their Cars “Has there ever been a new technology so unappealing to the public that huge amounts of public money was needed to move it off the shelves, with curbs on the competition too?” COLOGNE, Germany – The battery-powered Nissan Leaf’s range is no longer an […]
Concessions Would Help Electric Car Drivers, But Antagonize The Rest All Cars Could Be Electric By 2030, Says One Proselytizer U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) edicts are based on flimsy ground. Predictions about the future of electric cars are all over the place, suggesting more than a degree of uncertainty about their likely […]
Could Be Fourth Largest Vehicle Maker In U.S. Production Might Hit 500,000 By 2025, Profits $1.2 Billion Report By Morgan Stanley, Which Organized Tesla’s 2010 Share Sale Battery-powered cars will be a great success, providing affordable and practical transport for millions, and will save the world from global warming. Battery-powered cars are a ridiculous con-trick […]
When Subsidies Disappear, Battery Deficiencies Will Be Stark Massive Technology Breakthrough Required, But Don’t Hold Your Breath Manufacturers Will Concoct “Mobility” Schemes To Tempt You Some say electric cars will save the planet from man-made climate change. Others see a need to clean up the exhausts of an increasing number of cars clogging up city […]
The public relations departments of car manufacturers pour out a huge amount of boring, self-serving and normally inoffensive garbage every day. Morris Canardly wins North West Scotland caravan tow car of the year, and variations on that theme, is the standard fare. But sometimes they produce publicity so nonsensical, so superficial, I feel moved to […]
Car manufacturers are increasingly worried that China’s plans for electric cars could force foreign companies to hand over expensively developed technology in exchange for market access, according to the Wall Street Journal. In an article from Beijing, the Wall Street Journal said China’s 10-year plan to become the world’s leader in developing and making battery-powered […]
Unreliable Range, No Environmental, Cost Or Efficiency Advantage Battery-Only Is Being Driven By Politics, Not Economics Expect increase in road side assistance calls, scary rise in accidents, more pedestrian deaths and squashed pets It’s nearly time to put up or shut up. At the end of September, battery-powered electric vehicles will the toast of the […]
