Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
However, they noted, there are also many challenges associated with the use of biobased parts in the auto industry. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner. Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations.
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 20, 2010
Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News. The Leaf is just the first of several all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles about to come on the market.
Plugs and Cars
JULY 9, 2007
As I read in the San Jose Mercury News about California's flex-fuel fleet fiasco. So as long as it seems a green option, it's a win-win for the little green giant of the Republican party and the sclerotic giant of the auto industry. It's cheap to make a car flex-fuel. And probably for NRDC's pocketbook, too.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 8, 2024
Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition. Tesla stans may see Big Auto’s failure as cause for celebration.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids. Objections have come from those who say that this name puts advocates on the defensive to auto industry views that plugging in is bad (Ads for hybrids emphasize that "you dont have to plug it in.").
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
San Jose Mercury News ). That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we still need to achieve considerably better battery performance before plug-ins become a truly viable proposition. Well certainly be careful not to announce anything that we cannot deliver."
Charged EVs
MAY 31, 2022
BrightDrop offers a fascinating window into the breadth of GM’s EV plans, though even many people in the auto industry know little about it. Just like, say, Ford—which was then in the process of killing Mercury, to leave it with only Ford and Lincoln. The BrightDrop Zevo 600. Photo courtesy of BrightDrop.
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