News about car, traffic and mobility 2008

Comments, background information and calculations daily acutal to messages around car, traffic and mobility.



Photovoltaic cheaper than gasoline
  Let's imagine, Chrysler would have the Sebring Sedan as a plug-in hybrid car. Chrysler would instead of ''Let's refuel America'' start an action ''CO2 free mobility''..


From where the electricity for plug-in hybrid and electric cars
  In an actual press release is the question, from where comes the electric power for our future plug-in hybrid and electric cars. Here the surprising answer.


Germany: 162 Mt CO2 in street traffic can be reduced by 230 Mt
  No, no typing mistake, no editor with 3 per mill at the keyboard, 230 Millionen tons is the theoretical maximum of CO2 reduction by making electric power out of fuel.


BYD for battle price on the home market
  BYD announced to bring the f3DM until end of the year for US$14600 to US$19000 on the chinese home market. A revolution is announced.


GM Opel: future destroied
  Who comes to late is punished by live. GM had already 1996 with the EV1 an electric car. But this had been taken away from the people leasing it and demolished.


Plug-in Hybrid serial production starts
  Monday December 15th: BYD announces the start of the mass production of the plug-in hybrid car BYD F3DM. The sales price in China is $22.000 (15.000 EUR).