China & Electric Cars = Oil & Water?

Too coal dependent?

Toyota is claiming that while it is developing plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles, the company does not believe that China is a good market for such autos.

"In France, 80 percent of electricity is produced by nuclear stations so if electric cars replace fossil fuel cars then you have a clear reduction in the emission of CO2,"said Tatehito Ueda, a managing officer at Toyota Motor Corp.

"But in China they make electricity by burning coal, so China is not the place for electric cars," he told the Nikkei International Automotive Conference in Tokyo.