The newest AIADA newsletter reported that a panel of automotive and environmental experts met yesterday in Detroit before a crowd of several hundred guests to outline the need for increased investment in alternative fuel solutions, reported The Detroit News. Representatives from companies including GM, Ford, smart USA, Tesla Motors and Toyota, spoke about the challenges of increasing alternative energy technologies in mainstream production vehicles.
All the speakers emphasized the need for advances in the use of alternative fuels, such as biodiesel, ethanol and electricity. They also pointed out the economic imperatives for automakers to make environmentally friendly vehicles.
A recent U.S. hybrid vehicle forecast conducted by J.D. Power and Associates predicts hybrid sales in 2007 will account for 2.1 percent of the light-vehicle market—up from 1.5 percent in 2006, with totals reaching a possible 346,000 units in 2007, up 91,000 units, from the estimated 255,000 units sold in 2006.
January 13, 2007 at 7:37 am
i kick ass
February 16, 2007 at 5:12 am
Bush goes ballistic about other countries being evil and dangerous, because they have weapons of mass destruction. But, he insists on building up even a more deadly supply of nuclear arms right here in the US. What do you think? How does that work in a democracy again? How does being more threatening make us more likeable?Isn’t the country with
the most weapons the biggest threat to the rest of the world? When one country is the biggest threat to the rest of the world, isn’t that likely to be the most hated country?
What happened to us, people? When did we become such lemmings?
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!
March 30, 2007 at 10:32 pm
President Bush on Alternative Fuels and Advanced
President George Bush had a recent meeting with Ford’s execs, tackling gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emission issues. The conference composed of the President, Chrysler Group president and CEO Tom LaSorda, Ford Motor Company president and C…