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Honda Forecast 10-20 Years For A Major Presence Of Electric Cars.
In recent days Honda’s CEO has stated that his company will need to depend on China for its future development of battery powered electric cars.
What then is the real talk within their boardroom if Honda are willing to state so openly that they have serious doubts about the future of electric cars.

The Nissan Leaf, a new electric car from the Japanese company is going to cost motorists over £24,000 for the privilege of owning the basic model. This price makes it more costly by over £2,000 than its main rival the Toyota Prius.
The Leaf is scheduled for long term production at Nissan’s plan in Sunderland, North East England, following an initial production run in Japan, it will be produced on the same production lines already in use making the Nissan Note.

Oh so simple, why has it taken so long to be invented? We’re talking about a new type oftraffic light which has an extra outside circle of lights which, when the red light is displayed, provides a “count-down” display to the red light changing.

As the title states the scrappage scheme will come to an end in February 2010 at the latest, so said a government spokesman.
We at The Car Hub have not been fans of the ongoing support for foreign cars, for that is what this scheme has been.
Last month, October, saw the release of trade figures for September which showed the importation of extra cars to supply the scrappage scheme cost the country an extra £1.1billion

Volvo cars may have had a recent bumpy path but the design of their new S60 should ensure some future stability.
The original S60 concept car was revealed at the 2009 Detroit Motor Show but not all of it’s features there are expected to be carried forward to production.
It is hoped this new Volvo will be a worthy competitor to the BMW3, AudiA4 and Merc C class, so Volvo are setting themselves a very high standard to aim at.

Say Hello to Peugeot's new baby,a 4 wheel crossover between a car and a scooter which is just under the size of a Smart car.
For a small electric vehicle it has very good credentials, amongst them are:- it's electric, therefore no gas emissions, measures less than 2.5metres, weighs less than 600kg which  allows it to accelerate to 19mph in 2.8 seconds and from 19mph to 37mph in 4 seconds and has a range of circa 75 miles.