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Donald Trump to give away hundreds of electric Smart cars {Autoblog Green}
Jul 16th 2008 12:31PM what makes Donald Trump think he will actually be allowed to buy these cars , MB have shown very little appetite, for marketing and hopefully selling the smart ED despite the car
being around now for a couple of years , the 100 or so that
have been built are now undergoing 2 years of testing in the UK before a decision is taken wether or not to go ahead .
I would suspect that the only way the general public will ever get hold of one of these cars is under the now familiar " Lease and Crush " terms .
For those of you that cant wait , Mes Dea in switzerland are now building their own version of the smart electric , same battery , but I am not sure if it has the Zytek drivetrain ,I would think not , but its definitely in production, I spotted one last week parked outside IKEA in Lugano
Donald Trump to give away hundreds of electric Smart cars {Autoblog Green}
Jul 16th 2008 5:05AM what makes him think he is going to be able to buy these cars,
The smart ED has been around for two years or so , in fact sales have started in switzerland, I spotted one outside IKEA
in Lugano last week , however this car is assembled in switzerland by Mes Dea and not by MB.
I honestly think MB have no intention of ever selling this car,
if it ever does get into the hands of the public it will be on the now familiar "lease and crush " basis !
London's Met Police test all-electric smart ed {Autoblog Green}
Jun 26th 2008 5:34PM the smart "ED" has now been around for a long time and I am beginning to
wonder if MB will ever decide to sell it , however there is a Smart EV being manufactured in switzerland by MES DEA for those of you that cannot wait
for MB to get their rear end into gear !
Mercedes wants to eliminate petroleum from its lineup by 2015 {Autoblog Green}
Jun 22nd 2008 8:09AM I am afraid this article does not hold true with the actions of MB,
There has been a SMART electric around for some years now in
europe , this car has been developed with the assistance of ZYTEK
in england , recently 100 of these cars were built and are currently
undergoing a 4 year evaluation in the UK . The system used is indentical
(ie, the battery etc )to the system manufactured by MES-DEA in
Switzerland and has been used in production road cars for over
four years now and has proved to be totally reliable , so it is a mystery
to be why the humble smart needs another four years of testing!
This press release from Mb is total greenwash , and should viewed
with total derision , if MB cannot get it together to bring their cheapest
car to market in an EV version, well I ask what hope is their for the
rest !
GM delays introduction of next generation large trucks {Autoblog Green}
Jun 19th 2008 6:12PM how about piling them all up in a big heap somewhere out
in the desert ,and them crushing them one by one,funny I
seem to have heard this solution somewhere before !
VIDEO: Fiat Phylla powered by sunshine {Autoblog Green}
May 27th 2008 2:16AM Its absolutely amazing the resistance within Fiat to making
a BEV, considering there is a Panda BEV being manufactured
in limited production and near secrecy not 4km from my home
here in northern italy . I guess they must have also signed the
2010 agreement !
GM CEO Wagoner declares that EVs must be affordable to the masses {Autoblog Green}
May 4th 2008 10:55AM Well Rick we are waiting ! may I suggest that you stop wasting
time at country club dinners , and get on with the job in hand!
And while your at it, maybe you would consider making the EV1
again .
VW Sharan BlueMotion already on sale in Germany {Autoblog Green}
May 2nd 2008 2:28PM 32,000 euro is almost 50,000 dollars , for a few dollars more
you could be riding around in AC propulsion¨s very excellent
X-box and emitting no CO2 at all , now thats a cool ride !
A123: History and Progress {Autoblog Green}
May 1st 2008 2:04AM the last RAV4 EV I saw for sale on Ebay it went for
over 60000 dollars , does not sound much like the
"abysmal failure" that the car companies would like
us to think.
Small cars perform poorly in U.K. whiplash testing {Autoblog Green}
Apr 30th 2008 2:39AM Obviously the logical thing to do is to reduce the number
of larger vehicles ,and, or to restrict their speed with electronic
governors .
