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from the plugging-electrics-at-an-auto-show dept.
Global automakers are showing off new electric vehicles at the Paris auto show as they look ahead to a world of tighter environmental standards and brace for rapid changes in technology.
Volkswagen, trying to recover from revelations some of its diesel cars pollute far more than is allowed, displayed the I.D, a battery-powered compact it says will sell for about what a fully equipped Golf diesel does when a production version eventually goes on the market in 2020.
Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz luxury brand unveiled a new battery-powered SUV dubbed the EQ, a concept vehicle that gives an idea of what future offerings might look like.
CEO Dieter Zetsche, dressed in faded jeans and sneakers more reminiscent of Silicon Valley executives than the more formal auto industry, said the company aimed to bring out 10 fully electric vehicles by 2025. It wants to have electrics make up 15-25 percent of global sales by then—depending, he added, on the "continued development of infrastructure and customer preferences."
Do any Soylentils have an electric car? What do you like, and dislike, about it?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @09:53AM
> "Used to"?
Yeah, used to. Aren't we all into EVs now? Who in their right minds still has an ICE vehicle? But back when people did, block heaters etc...