http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/02/04/automakers-showcase-electric-strategies/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:35:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/02/04/automakers-showcase-electric-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-109687 Jeff Hall Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:30:39 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=9607#comment-109687 Ummm... the "low" adoption rate of the Prius was because they were not making them fast enough. I was on a waiting list forever and ended up getting a Civic Hybrid because I didn't want to wait forever. If all the car manufactures would make hybrids, gas-electric and electric cars in the same quantity as the other models people would buy them, especially since if they made them in the same quantities the prices would come down near the same levels too. (Today's Hybrids are a waste BTW and we shouldn't be wasting time on them. They just make people think they are solving a problem, a 10% increase in efficiency doesn't do anything for the problem, even 20%, we have to get off oil period). Ummm… the “low” adoption rate of the Prius was because they were not making them fast enough. I was on a waiting list forever and ended up getting a Civic Hybrid because I didn’t want to wait forever. If all the car manufactures would make hybrids, gas-electric and electric cars in the same quantity as the other models people would buy them, especially since if they made them in the same quantities the prices would come down near the same levels too. (Today’s Hybrids are a waste BTW and we shouldn’t be wasting time on them. They just make people think they are solving a problem, a 10% increase in efficiency doesn’t do anything for the problem, even 20%, we have to get off oil period).

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/02/04/automakers-showcase-electric-strategies/comment-page-1/#comment-107033 Iain Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:20:32 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=9607#comment-107033 Why give a choice? It's either electric cars or the bus. If you require a vehicle for long trips, 150 miles or greater, you require a license for this and this allows you to buy hybrid gas/electric. Or you rent one when you need it for long trips. Change the rules, and the players will adapt. Leave the rules the same, the outcome will not change. Why give a choice? It’s either electric cars or the bus. If you require a vehicle for long trips, 150 miles or greater, you require a license for this and this allows you to buy hybrid gas/electric. Or you rent one when you need it for long trips. Change the rules, and the players will adapt. Leave the rules the same, the outcome will not change.

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