03-02-2006, 01:57 PM
|
|
Always > 50 mpgUS+
|
|
Real Name: Phil
Location: Metrotown Burnaby B.C
Hybrids: 04 NHW20 Salvage Prius
Posts: 444
|
|
Offer and Demand of Green Cars
Yet another Canadian article, but brings up good points about how auto manufactures should make the green push.
http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/...py?artid=56440
Quote:
The offer and demand
One of the most popular arguments that I'm given in all the years that I've met with people in the automotive industry, and what indicates the lack of leadership from most of them is the following: "It's because there is no demand for them."
This argument, while seductive, is not so relevant. As a matter of fact, how do we know what people desire if we don't present them a choice of options? Or, when the first automobiles appeared, do you think it's because people approached these pioneers and said: "We want automobiles!" No, actually, like their descendant Bill Ford recently said, people wanted faster horses...
Who told Chrysler that people wanted minivans in 1984? Nobody, since that type of vehicle didn't exist until then.
So, this kind of argument is to be handled with care.
|
i got around 20 km a liter when i drove a civic 5 spd using advanced hypermiler techniques
and now I drive a salvage nwh20 prius that gets almost to 25 km/l with 192,000 km to date.
|
