Revenge of the Petrolheads; Carmakers  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8763 (Dec. 2011), page 65.
Topik: Energy Efficiency; Electric Vehicles; Product Design; Automobile Industry; Regulation; Hybrid Vehicles; International

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The Chevrolet Volt, a compact, petrol-electric hybrid launched by GM a year ago, was already selling poorly before it emerged last month that its batteries had caught fire in crash tests. GM is likely to fall several thousand short of its target of selling 10,000 Volts this year. Despite subsidies, electric cars and hybrids (which can run off batteries or a generator powered by an engine) are shifting sluggishly. The Volt's battery problem should be fairly easy to fix. But the profusion of hybrid and all-electric cars now hitting the roads faces a far bigger challenge. Petrol- and diesel-engined vehicles are becoming much more fuel-efficient. That means motorists will remain reluctant to pay a fat premium for a green car. Between now and 2025 regulators in Europe, America and elsewhere plan to impose ever greater curbs on cars' emissions of carbon dioxide (or higher fuel efficiency, which has much the same effect). This is forcing carmakers to invest both in developing electrics and hybrids and in making the conventional engine cleaner.

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