Green Energy
- Axelrod: Obama’s Slogan Could Be “gm Is Alive, Bin Laden Is Dead”
Or, as Bill Clinton would say, ‘that depends on what the meaning of ‘alive’ is’When I think of that word it means you can MAKE A PROFIT ON YOUR OWN, and thus be, in the words of the the green, ‘sustainable’. Sustainable is good whether we...
- Toyota Sales Jump 35.3% For March - La Times Fails In Trying To Murder Toyota Motor Corporation
Fuck the LA Times. Long live Toyota. From Breitbart: Toyota on Thursday reported a 35.3 percent jump in US sales in March, rebounding from a series of mass safety recalls which have undermined the embattled Japanese automaker's reputation. "Toyota's...
- Put It In Neutral And Apply The Brakes
It would be good if the government heeded that advice with regard to spending. Instead, they are attacking the Toyota Motor Company. But Pastorius, you say, these Toyota's have faulty accelerator pedals which sometimes cause the cars to speed out...
- America Has Voted And Obama Is Going Down - Ford, Honda, And Toyota Sales Up - Chrysler And Gm Down
From moi, Pastorius, at the Astutest of all Bloggers: Clunkers aid Ford, Toyota sales; GM, Chrysler fallDETROIT (AP) -- The Cash for Clunkers program boosted sales at Ford, Toyota and Honda in August as consumers snapped up their fuel-efficient offerings,...
- Calling Ford, Chrysler And Gm....calling Exxon, Chevron And Amoco..
Nissan says moving into higher gear on electric cars Nissan Motor Co., playing catch-up in fuel-efficient motoring, said Monday that it and NEC Corp. will invest 115 million dollars to mass produce new batteries for electric, hybrid and fuel-cell...
Green Energy
The real fear in Detroit. We'll discover we don't need them
Yes, some will say that thought itself it some sort of treasonous and seditious attitude.
But in Alabama, Hyundai is building one of the largest factories in the world.
Nissan, which opened a ginormous customer service center (268k sq ft) in Irving, Texas in 2003 speaks only about less profit, not a loss. They had had to INCREASE output on the the Altima which is in high demand, vehicles of size which GM loses money on every single unit sold. Under current contracts with the UAW, and the grotesque pay of top execs, what incentive could they have to win a market that increases their loss as sales increase?
Toyota...the Prius..any questions?
Toyota's share of the U.S. market has more than doubled since 1990, when it controlled only 7.5 percent of the market
Toyota passed Ford as #2 in 2007
Honda will be introducing a fuel cell car in 2009 for all customer purchases.
Sales of diesel-powered vehicles and gas-electric hybrids are expected to triple their share of the U.S. auto market to a combined 17 percent by 2015, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates.
The study also predicted that sales of vehicles equipped with four-cylinder engines will outpace sales of more powerful cars and trucks. Last year, 353,000 hybrids were sold in the U.S., accounting for 2.2 percent of the market. They are expected to comprise 7 percent of the market by 2015, while the share of diesel-powered vehicles is expected to rise to 10 percent from 3.2 percent over the same period.
GM: Hybrid cars make no sense
GM executive Lutz argues critically acclaimed hybrid compacts like Toyota Prius are bad business.
Even with the huge drop in fuel prices, the lack of diaposable income amid the deflationary pressures surrounding us will dictate the pruchase of less expensive vehicles, and ones efficient in fuel use. That STILL leaves out Detroit.
Beneath the fear of job loss and depression spreading from Michigan perhaps we have a situation here that will resolve as other companies fill the demand gaps left by the demise of at least GM and Chrysler, and hire or move skilled workers from Michigan to TN, AK, AL and other places the UAW is absent from, and where company execs don't make multiples of many hundreds of line employees. We've heard this emergency bailout now called a jobs bailout, as if WE CREATE AND MAINTAIN JOBS IN ANY OTHER WAY THAN BUYING THEIR VEHICLES.
Perhaps the real naked fear we hear from Michigan execs, union leaders, and congressmen and senators is that they just found out they are manufacturing BUGGY WHIPS, and that in that new factory in Alabama they are making something better.
But in Alabama, Hyundai is building one of the largest factories in the world.
Nissan, which opened a ginormous customer service center (268k sq ft) in Irving, Texas in 2003 speaks only about less profit, not a loss. They had had to INCREASE output on the the Altima which is in high demand, vehicles of size which GM loses money on every single unit sold. Under current contracts with the UAW, and the grotesque pay of top execs, what incentive could they have to win a market that increases their loss as sales increase?
Toyota...the Prius..any questions?
Toyota's share of the U.S. market has more than doubled since 1990, when it controlled only 7.5 percent of the market
Toyota passed Ford as #2 in 2007
Honda will be introducing a fuel cell car in 2009 for all customer purchases.
Sales of diesel-powered vehicles and gas-electric hybrids are expected to triple their share of the U.S. auto market to a combined 17 percent by 2015, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates.
The study also predicted that sales of vehicles equipped with four-cylinder engines will outpace sales of more powerful cars and trucks. Last year, 353,000 hybrids were sold in the U.S., accounting for 2.2 percent of the market. They are expected to comprise 7 percent of the market by 2015, while the share of diesel-powered vehicles is expected to rise to 10 percent from 3.2 percent over the same period.
GM: Hybrid cars make no sense
GM executive Lutz argues critically acclaimed hybrid compacts like Toyota Prius are bad business.
Even with the huge drop in fuel prices, the lack of diaposable income amid the deflationary pressures surrounding us will dictate the pruchase of less expensive vehicles, and ones efficient in fuel use. That STILL leaves out Detroit.
Beneath the fear of job loss and depression spreading from Michigan perhaps we have a situation here that will resolve as other companies fill the demand gaps left by the demise of at least GM and Chrysler, and hire or move skilled workers from Michigan to TN, AK, AL and other places the UAW is absent from, and where company execs don't make multiples of many hundreds of line employees. We've heard this emergency bailout now called a jobs bailout, as if WE CREATE AND MAINTAIN JOBS IN ANY OTHER WAY THAN BUYING THEIR VEHICLES.
Perhaps the real naked fear we hear from Michigan execs, union leaders, and congressmen and senators is that they just found out they are manufacturing BUGGY WHIPS, and that in that new factory in Alabama they are making something better.
- Axelrod: Obama’s Slogan Could Be “gm Is Alive, Bin Laden Is Dead”
Or, as Bill Clinton would say, ‘that depends on what the meaning of ‘alive’ is’When I think of that word it means you can MAKE A PROFIT ON YOUR OWN, and thus be, in the words of the the green, ‘sustainable’. Sustainable is good whether we...
- Toyota Sales Jump 35.3% For March - La Times Fails In Trying To Murder Toyota Motor Corporation
Fuck the LA Times. Long live Toyota. From Breitbart: Toyota on Thursday reported a 35.3 percent jump in US sales in March, rebounding from a series of mass safety recalls which have undermined the embattled Japanese automaker's reputation. "Toyota's...
- Put It In Neutral And Apply The Brakes
It would be good if the government heeded that advice with regard to spending. Instead, they are attacking the Toyota Motor Company. But Pastorius, you say, these Toyota's have faulty accelerator pedals which sometimes cause the cars to speed out...
- America Has Voted And Obama Is Going Down - Ford, Honda, And Toyota Sales Up - Chrysler And Gm Down
From moi, Pastorius, at the Astutest of all Bloggers: Clunkers aid Ford, Toyota sales; GM, Chrysler fallDETROIT (AP) -- The Cash for Clunkers program boosted sales at Ford, Toyota and Honda in August as consumers snapped up their fuel-efficient offerings,...
- Calling Ford, Chrysler And Gm....calling Exxon, Chevron And Amoco..
Nissan says moving into higher gear on electric cars Nissan Motor Co., playing catch-up in fuel-efficient motoring, said Monday that it and NEC Corp. will invest 115 million dollars to mass produce new batteries for electric, hybrid and fuel-cell...