Why Can't We Do That?

The gloriously gas-saving and quiet Toyota Prius is poised to put another notch in its bedpost--solar powered air conditioning.

Why is this something that the American automakers can't come up with? Or is it that they can, but they're all bought and sold by big oil. Ugh.

One-Uping America

GM Announced yesterday that it's electric hybrid car, the Volt, will be in production in 2010 with a on-the-road target date for November 2010. Such a car would significantly cut down on emissions. Of course, you have to plug it in which causes a problem insofar as coal consumption is then necessarily higher.

Then Honda came over and basically threw sand in GM's face by announcing they were putting a hydrogen car , the FCX Clarity, on the market in the US next year. It's only emission--good ol' H2O.

Basically, Honda just put GM on blast. And they won that round.

It makes it that much harder to buy American when they're so far behind.