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...huge part of the original's appeal. German automaker Volkswagen was careful to add an array of modern amenities such as an adjustable steering column, a six-speaker stereo system, an air filter for the cabin, and air bags front and side. Still, such similarly equipped subcompacts as the Honda Civic, GM Saturn, Ford Escort, Chevrolet Prism and Toyota Corolla are all cheaper and better-established models...
Statements from U.S. corporations implying that they cannot possibly comply with the Kyoto agreement are laughable given the response of foreign industrial giants such as Honda and Toyota, already worlds ahead in clean, energy-efficient technology. The Kyoto accord represents recognition by forward-thinking people that the economics of environmental sustainability are, in the long run, the best ones: best for the environment and, yes, best for the people. But let the political misinformation machine roll on! NICK PORCH Boulder, Colo...
...companies most willing to adapt to globalization are Japan's top manufacturing firms. In the past several years, Toyota, Sony, Honda and Matsushita have restructured their management, streamlined decision making and even instituted performance-tied pay incentives. Japan's globalization urge also looks strong among the baby boomers who are going into business for themselves. These 30-to-50-year-olds launched 50,000 new businesses last year, more than at any other time since World...
...nagging issues. EVs can typically run 50 to 80 miles before recharging, which takes about two hours. Although manufacturers receive a federal tax credit and a subsidy of $5,000 a car from Southern California's air-quality agency, GM charges $399 a month for a lease and Honda $455--luxury-car prices. GM had projected sales nearly 10 times as high. ICE-agers, as electric fans call backers of internal-combustion engines (ICEs, in tech-talk), have pounced on the slow sales as evidence that electric vehicles are far from market-ready. "They gave a party, and nobody came...
...Honda is trying no harder with its electric hatchback, declaring from the outset that it would limit leases to 300, in California only, over two years. Ina Schlez, an environmental consultant, went to test-drive a Honda EV PLUS in San Francisco last month, but the dealer was unable to find the keys. "The sales guy had nothing but negative things to say about it," she says...