Working Together?

AutoWeek reports: No Synergy for Automotive Ecology. Heh. Honda, who doesn't make any E85 vehicles said, "questioned the wisdom of rushing to build plants and filling stations for fuel that is 85 percent ethanol..." Honda also... oh hell:

[Honda] also expressed skepticism about prospects for plug-in electric hybrids. Even if dramatic improvements are made in batteries for plug-ins, he said, motorists would not save enough in fuel to justify the vehicle cost for at least six years.

Ha! You see, Honda doesn't do E85 or have plans to make a plug-in dealie.

Meanwhile:

[Honda's] views contradicted those of the other automaker witness: Beth Lowery, General Motors' vice president for energy and environment.

GM is a major proponent of E85. It also has unveiled a concept vehicle, the Chevrolet Volt, that would be a plug-in electric car equipped with a small engine to recharge batteries.

Lowery said government should help expand the availability of alternative fuels such as E85 and should spend taxpayer money on battery development.

First, VP for energy and environment? The company that makes Hummers has a VP of the environment? Man, we just love the auto industry. Second, we should pay for battery development for GM to sell back to us? Let's check the bullshitometer.... DING! DING! DING!

Honda sure seems to be the greenest company overall in terms of fuel economy. The Honda Civic with an automatic transmission get 30 city/40 highway so Honda is pretty danged close (until next year when the EPA shows the real fuel economy numbers) to kicking major arse. GM can do this if they wanted, but they don't seem to want to.

Comments

[automotive]

I thinks now a day world is pollute by Automotive Industry How can we safe The world?

[Jay]

If nothing else, when GM get the Volt going, it may provide a shock (pun intended) to thier sales. This is a "trendy" car that couldn't be trusted for primary transportation though.