The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 15, 2023
It’s one of the brand’s biggest markets and it’s also a source of relatively cheap labor — ensuring the Mirage can be a competitively priced global product. Back when you could purchase a Chevrolet Spark or Mitsubishi Mirage for the same price as a half-decent motorcycle, there was a lot more to praise. Annual U.S.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 2, 2024
& A few months later in December 2020 the Outback’s replacement was purchased, the white over tan 2019 Golf Sportwagen. After an extended search for something less practical, February 2023 saw the purchase of the white over tan 2010 BMW Z4 with which you may be familiar. We covered the one-year update on that a couple months ago.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2010
The current $7,500 tax credit for purchasing an advanced vehicle is wonderful if you have a great accountant or tax lawyer, Pataki said, “ but if you are an ordinary consumer, what do you do ?” Gasoline is too cheap. Incentivize the battery makers. Consumers and Charging. The challenge is demand creation.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. The thumb drive was all that—and more. Somewhat less credibly, inventors in Malaysia and China have also claimed to be the first to come up with the thumb drive.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 29, 2015
During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.) Silicon based PV, on the other hand, is hugely scalable and relatively cheap. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh The United States spends almost $500 billion annually purchasing energy from other countries. Resources. [ 1 ] [link] , [link]. [ Energy Business Journal.
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2011
The AlixPartners study predicts a 13% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for small cars and a 7% CAGR for small crossover vehicles between now and 2015 in the US, as large cars, SUVs and pickups are expected to see a CAGR of just 2%, respectively, in that time. Preventing that erosion will be key. —John Hoffecker. million in 2006.
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