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Monday, December 01, 2008

Big 3 "visionary leaders" of "rebranded green" autos?

Ford only plans to build 50,000 hybrid cars next year. Is that leadership?So, when will the Big 3 make America foreign oil independent?

"They [Big 3] need to tell Congress next week and the world that they are visionary leaders of a rebranded green auto industry," Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in an interview with The Detroit News. "We're not whining. And I don't think the auto industry should whine. They just need to lead. ... They need to convey that they intend to lead our nation to energy independence."

Talk about denial. The problem is that the Big 3 are not leading us to energy independence, at least not in the next few decades. Already, Big 3 CEOs testified before Congress that 35 mpg by 2020 was already pushing their capabilities. That won't come close to ending even Persian Gulf oil dependence.

Is that the leadership to which Granholm is referring?

Labels: energy independence, fuel economy

posted by Dahcredyns at 9:04 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger Noz said...

This is ludicrous....enough already with trying to save these POS companies.

The world will not come to an end due to GM, Ford, or Chrysler not being around. We'll do just fine.

This is just plain getting out of control.

10:48 AM  
Blogger Dahcredyns said...

There is no way Congress is letting these companies go under, at least not all of them. Worst case scenario is a prepackaged bankruptcy managed by Congress that might merge two of the Big 3.

10:54 AM  

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