Adrian said:
The six-judge panel on the Green Car of the Year jury selected the Civic Natural Gas from a field of five contenders, including the Ford Focus Electric, Mitsubishi i, Toyota Prius V and Volkswagen Passat TDI.
charlestonleafer said:The six-judge panel on the Green Car of the Year jury selected the Civic Natural Gas from a field of five contenders, including the Ford Focus Electric, Mitsubishi i, Toyota Prius V and Volkswagen Passat TDI.
Did they forget a car? :evil: I mean, the Focus EV and Mitsubishi I are not even on the road yet??
adric22 said:Adrian said:
While I'm very supportive of the CNG movement, I do not understand Honda's business plan with the Civic CNG. Have you seen the sticker price on those things? Being that the car is essentially a regular Civic with the fuel tank being replaced by a CNG tank and probably some computer software changes, why do they charge $10,000 more than a regular civic?
I mean seriously, people complain that EV's are too expensive, but there is a reason they are expensive. The $10K price premium on the CNG makes no sense to me. It is as if they are working with the oil companies so that they can keep the price high to limit demand for the vehicle. I see no reason the vehicle couldn't be produced and sold at the same cost as a regular Civic, starting around $15,000. That would make a very exciting and affordable alternate fuel vehicle for the masses.
I've never understood why they are considered ZEVs, myself. They definitely spew carbon.Stoaty said:Not impressed. The car just substitutes one fossil fuel for another. It doesn't move us toward getting off fossil fuels.
NG cars are not ZEV. Only H2 fuel cell ones are.davewill said:I've never understood why they are considered ZEVs, myself. They definitely spew carbon.
adric22 said:Being that the car is essentially a regular Civic with the fuel tank being replaced by a CNG tank and probably some computer software changes, why do they charge $10,000 more than a regular civic?
KJD said:My guess would be that Honda bought more advertising space in "Green Car Journal" than did Nissan.
Come on people Natural Gas is a finite fossil fuel. My EV runs on renewable solar power.
Contest over.
KJD
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