Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Volkswagen
According to VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, we’d better get used to the sound of a rumbling internal combustion engine churning away in our automobiles, ingesting dead dinos as they continue to be the dominate source of power for our automobiles for at least the next 15-20 years. The German automaker has big plans to invest in technologies to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels, but most of the efficiency increases will come from refinements made to gasoline and diesel-burning powerplants.
VW is hedging its bets for the future, though, having recently partnered up with Toshiba to develop high-tech electric drive systems for future automobile applications. That’s great, but Winterkorn says their adoption is “very far away.” In the meantime (and very conveniently), Volkswagen has got some excellent diesel engines in many varying wrappers that it would be happy to sell anyone looking to decrease their daily fuel spending bills.
[Source: Automotive News - sub. req'd]
VW CEO: Daily use of electric cars “very far away” originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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