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Japan Automakers Plan to Step Up Exports of Small-Cars

Green Car Congress

Japanese automakers plan to increase exports of small cars with engine displacements of 1-1.5 Foreign demand for small cars has been growing in part because of stimulus measures in some countries to encourage consumers to replace their cars. will launch European sales of the 1-liter Pixo, made by Suzuki Motor Corp.

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50,000 Fleet Vehicles Ordered

Plug In Partners

Suzuki Gran Vitara A t least, that is what Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times has suggested in his belief that Plug-Ins are today's answer to tomorrow's needs. They can be built to have a 30- to 50-mile range before the gasoline engine needs to be used at all. Here is part of the NY Times editorial. Instead, the U.S. Let's start now.

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