The Best of the 2010 Detroit Auto Show

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They still have that! wow i thought that thing went belly under last year.

Three years ago, most of the legacy auto companies tried to talk as though EVs were the dreams of losers and crazies. Today, even the heads of VW and Audi, some of the most vocal critics of battery powered cars, are in a panic to catch up with the rest of the pack. They finally see that there is no mistaking the trend away from ICE vehicles, and if they don't work feverishly, they'll be on the bread lines just like Bob Lutz and the other refuseniks.

Bye bye, gasoline, smog, tune-ups and oil changes. I will never again buy another vehicle with an engine unless it's to convert it to an EV, or to offer it for exhibition in the Museum of Jurassic Technology (yes, there is a museum in Culver City, California, with just such a name).

BillDale said...

'Bye bye, gasoline, smog, tune-ups and oil changes. I will never again buy another vehicle with an engine unless it's to convert it to an EV, or to offer it for exhibition in the Museum of Jurassic Technology (yes, there is a museum in Culver City, California, with just such a name).'

Excellent! My view exactly. Gm and others are indeed 'Refusenicks'.

Dragging and squawking, GM lags behind with the Volt and now launches into a sea of stiff competition with the Nissan Leaf as a real contender.

Big Auto loves pistons, valves, mufflers, radiators, pumps, hoses, filters, catalytics, spark plugs, and all the other old-fashioned stuff that delivers after market gold.

We consumers have long since become fed up with the break downs and service costs that need not happen with quality Battery and electric motor tech.

It also dawns upon us that during a gasoline embargo, [remember 1973?], both the hybrid and the
ICE vehicle can NOT leave our driveway.

The EV WILL get you mobile however. Even the Volt, with its gas fed charging motor can transport you if you re-charge by plug-in.

Can't wait for ElecricNotGas.blogspot.com TG

The big oil lobby and greedy auto manufacturers are trying to delay the manufacturing of EVs. It is not surprising that they are willing to sacrifice the economy and the environment for their profit, those in power with wealth will do anything to maintain it. The hybrids are a cop out to the real need for all-electric vehicles.

Yeahright. Dream on, EV fans - when they have a 600-mile cruising range and can be recharged fully in 5 minutes, I'll buy one.

Otherwise, they're pretty much less than useless for how I drive.

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I'm not laughing with you, enviros, I'm laughing at you.

Planned obsolescence is the term for it shaolin12. Energy companies don't currently have the diversity of infrastructure capital to compete in a full green energy market. If gas wasn't sold tomorrow, their oil revenues would be cut by half. its not so much that they will disappear without oil, its just that they would completely lose revenues that oil alone can make possible. They still have the stones to make a transition, they just want to milk the cash cow dry before they do.

Robert1234: The Leaf is clearly the winner in this presentation. Cheaper than any of the major offerings, goes further and faster than any of the others...it makes it hard to understand how the Chevy Volt can even be considered remotely marketable. Much more expensive, slower, etc. it's likely the least likely success story. In California you can have a 100% electric car that carries 5 people comfortably, goes 90 miles per hour for 100 miles and recharges overnight on your 110 volt household system and for about $20,000. How can the others be considered even competitive?

Lots of chatter about EV, but what about the grid? We have brownouts every time it gets hot, and with all the juice sucking gadgets and appliances, PLUS the big push to EV, where's the electricity coming from? Likewise, utilities are having their feet held to the wind/solar fire on producing electricity, and it's still nowhere near as efficient as coal or nuclear generated electricity. Not really the green source you'd like to think you're promoting, now is it?

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I am personally pleased at one level that the big three have had this wake up call. I am one of many who could not understand why they were still pushing out these petrol guzzling vehicles when we have all be constantly informed of the decline in our fossil fuels. The car industry appeared, or rather the three big players, to be going on the merry way as if they were on a death wish. This is the most enlightened article I have read of late and am now hopeful that our beloved car industry and our major stakeholders will provide solutions for motorists.

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this is the best car show in American Auto Industries, where every auto company launches there new models, i had seen maximum numbers of car has been launched though this auto show, as USA is very vast market for car so this should be very responsible to make that happen. last show i had not visited but i had read some article on that which full of new launches of Electric & hybride cars.

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Finally the big three are being pushed, albeit slowly, to take responsibility for the vehicle they produce. Propped again, by the US government, of course hybrid cars will be produced.

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The big oil lobby and greedy auto manufacturers are trying to delay the manufacturing of EVs. It is not surprising that they are willing to sacrifice the economy and the environment for their profit, those in power with wealth will do anything to maintain it. The hybrids are a cop out to the real need for all-electric vehicles.

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its not just to produce hybrid cars, but if they want to be in this auto industry for long time while they need to turn up with this kinds of changes which are very important to this level of time. that is why all the car makers are launching their hybrid & electric cars. 2010 Detroit show is the maximum car launched show ever in car history. hope to see some good in coming time.

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There were less car manufacturers at the show this year, attendance was still up in a bad economy, and the press writing these articles should stay home!! China is a little far to go for a show, at least for me!! If this is the same writer that wrote about the "crummy" cars in the Woodward cruise, then he CAN stay home!!

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Finally the big three are being pushed, albeit slowly, to take responsibility for the vehicle they produce. Propped again, by the US government, of course hybrid cars will be produced.
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Le lobby des grandes pétrolières et les constructeurs automobiles avides tentent de retarder la fabrication de véhicules électriques. Il n'est pas surprenant qu'ils sont prêts à sacrifier l'économie et l'environnement à leur profit, le pouvoir de la richesse à tout pour la maintenir. Les hybrides sont un flic sur le besoin réel pour les véhicules tout-électrique.

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Detroit Auto Show is know as the one of best auto show all over the world. Detroit Auto Show presents unique collection of of autos. Detroit Auto Show is a real treat to eye. I am sure as it rocked in 2010 it will also rock in 2011.

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