Comments on: Mercedes BlueZero E-cell Plus Extended-Range Electric Car to go into Limited Production in 2010

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:30:35 +0000

Choice is cool like that.

By: jdsv

jdsv — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:33:17 +0000

N Riley – You could always look at one of the other 9 or so GM crossovers that are available. Surely one or two of them are 50% NA parts while assembled in the US/Canada!

And in a PSA to the average reader in response to Todd’s reply : don’t let the quality of one or a small handful of plants fool you. Quality of heavy parts from over there is still atrocious. Cheap plants are cheap, and most pricier plants are cheap. You can’t run cheap, consistent quality out of China unless it is nearly 100% your own facility. This exists, but it is not the norm. For a foreign company outsourcing through partially-owned facilities or quick-and-cheap middlemen, a large amount of the cost is shifted from wages to the quality management, rework, and recall.

As a rule of thumb, any quality of product is available, at any price.. the difficulty is knowing which you’ll be getting from week to week. Heisenberg would understand.

By: Mohsen

Mohsen — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:25:38 +0000

Actually the Hydrogen F-cell stands for Failed-cell.

What’s next, C-cell for “cold fusion”-cell?

P-cell for perpetual machine cell?

M-cell for Cow manure cell?

and

U-cell for EESTOR ultracap-cell

Get a life MB!

By: DG

DG — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:52:34 +0000

Why so ugly MB??? Was expecting better. Why do “green” cars have to look so ugly.

By: Bob G

Bob G — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:53:17 +0000

“… we need to figure out a way to get off of oil.”

I agree, and that’s a big reason why why I am so interested in the Volt.