Volt a bigger hit in Europe than in US? Europe is an interesting metric for Volt sales This morning I almost made a post regarding how the Chevy Volt won the European Car of the Year Award, almost. The Volt also took North American Car of the Year honors, but that didn’t really help drive Volt sales. [...] [...]
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Time for US Prius production A hybrid win for Ford as well? If the Toyota Yaris hybrid is successful in Europe, Toyota plans to move Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain production to Europe. As a result, the production of batteries and other hybrid components would move from Japan to Europe, a move that would bring down hybrid costs [...] [...] Ford SYNC® and the MyFord Touch® connectivity system are helping drive more than half of new Ford owners to purchase Blue Oval vehicles. [...] By Jeff Cobb How do you create great visibility for your new fuel cell demonstration vehicle? If you’re Mercedes- Benz, you coat your F-Cell with LEDs and make it next to invisible – then take lots of pictures and videos of it. Oh also, circumnavigate the globe with it and make sure that gets good publicity [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb Obviously official mpg ratings depends on which drive cycle a vehicle is tested on, but Volkswagen says its diesel-electric Cross Coupé to be shown again at Geneva will equal around 157 mpg. In this case, it is the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) for which the German automaker says the SUV’s turbodiesel direct-injection engine [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb February sales of 1,023 Chevrolet Volts placed the extended-range electric car as the tenth best selling alternative-energy vehicle in North America out of a field of at least 55 “green” vehicles offered by all major manufacturers. The Volt reached this number despite extremely overblown negative media coverage including from a raft of critics willfully [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb 2013 bi-fuel Chevrolet Silverado HD. This week Chrysler Group and General Motors are announcing fleet-oriented pickup trucks that can run on natural gas, with Ford appearing like it may also follow. Ford is still on the sidelines from offering a ready-built CNG truck, but has CNG-options already, and says it can when market demand [...] [...] By Huw Evans Despite the infamous earthquake and tsunami having occurred almost a year ago, the effects are still being felt among Japanese automakers in the home islands. Supplier issues and a rising yen have made the going tough in many cases, rendering Japanese manufacturers less competitive in price terms against foreign rivals. Not helping matters [...] [...] |
 
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