The United States, as green as dollars

Salon Detroit ended three days ago. The toll on the green car is rather positive. The salon has the eco-car in the spotlight with manufacturers like Chevrolet, Chrysler and Ford. For Chevrolet, it was an opportunity to present the Chevrolet Volt, which will be a rechargeable hybrid. "Its battery located under the occupants recharge using the energy recovered when braking but also by connecting on a domestic power supply of 240 volts. The electric motor alone can propel the car to 60 kilometers without using heat engine which is known to be able to operate on bioethanol, citing Benedict Solivella, journalist Cartech.

Chrysler and Ford had four to five models of ecological car, but little information has been disclosed about them.

Despite a strong presence of ecological car, once again the Americans are in the concept car. The delay of the USA is not about to be reduced because the initial marketing of such cars is expected in two years and limited edition.

In contrast, the Japanese market this week are the Honda Insight, which will be produced in mass. It has an average consumption of 4.4 l/100 km and CO2 emissions of 101 g / km.

Many manufacturers are presenting their ideas but because few of them make things happen. We will notice that the United States are often ahead of many subjects but they remain far from the advancements in the field of green car, coincidence? The most naive think that the green car is not suited to their market, it is true that rolls so differently in Europe and Japan.