Comments on: Detroit Auto Show: 5 Automakers to Watch

By: China’s Electric Cars & the Road to an Affordable EV [Earth2Tech] | BYOHosting.com Blogs

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:49:21 +0000

[...] of these companies are also working on electric models for the U.S. market. BYD plans to sell its electric E6 and a plug-in hybrid sedan in the U.S. by 2011. Renault-Nissan has started working with governments [...]

By: China’s Electric Cars & the Road to an Affordable EV

China’s Electric Cars & the Road to an Affordable EV — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:02:30 +0000

By: 10 Green Announcements From the Detroit Auto Show Kick-off « Earth2Tech

10 Green Announcements From the Detroit Auto Show Kick-off « Earth2Tech — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:29:26 +0000

[...] Plans Global EV Rollout: Toyota announced plans to launch an all-electric city car in the U.S. earlier this month. But not until today did an executive reveal the company’s [...]

By: ZAP Alias

ZAP Alias — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:24:11 +0000

There is no doubt that there are exciting times ahead for electric vehicles; with many companies innovating on the central theme of EVs. Consumers interested in EVs will be having a great choice of EVs to choose from in the near future.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:49:14 +0000

Auto Show gone? Well, Yankee Doodle, Guess what! You're broke! that's why! and guess what else, Nobody gives a damn! The rest of us never had your boom-times so we won't be suffering your bust times! We still eat beans and for special occasions, sardines, all on stale bread with lots of water, and we are not fat bellied or cholesterol soaked or anything! We no longer have to stand at the bus stops of the world and envy the Hummer-folks as they go by! We don't see fancy-ass Cadillacs anymore, and most SUV's have given way to their built-in planned obsolescence and reduced themselves to oil spots soaking in rust on garage floors! A few bigger GM models have given way to piston slap so bad you can't drive them anymore, and some rusty Fords are smoking themselves to death as we speak! Meantime: my trusty little VW Rabbit Diesel gave me over 400,000 miles of good service at 45+ mpg and brought a good buck on trade! My neighbors small gas Honda did just about the same, and we both saved money in the long run! GM and Ford, Chrysler too, they no longer have to develop better cars, instead the beg for bail-outs to produce the same crap they always did and we get to pay weather we buy one or not! Commies! America, the (GRD) great republican depression is going to screw with your heads so bad! The onslaught of paradigm shifts will weed you out, the willowing stick will kill you off, the thrash will fall! Very little good seed will be saved, and planted in your ashes! The end of the American Dream as we know it is being molded by economic forces the world does not understand. The end of the "Good-Times" can be marked by the end of the extravaganza Americans fondly called the auto show. Party's over folks! Pick up your beer-cans and go home! You will be charges for what you have done in the morning! Sleep well!

By: Eideard

Eideard — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:08:28 +0000

I'd love to hear more about those who are opting out.

Are they run by craven beancounters who won't approve the cost of exhibiting?

Have they decided the U.S. has tanked so badly that skipping a year makes more sense - than convincing themselves there's something worth competing for, this year?