It seems that the world still hasn’t quite got the wake up call of pollution problems, climate change and dependence on the planet’s oil reserves.
The automobile sector has still been a bit lethargic in its development of alternative cars and its push into new versions – while there’s petrol, there’s hope, and while there’s hope there will still be sedans at 580hp and SUVs at 500hp.
The point of no return however, has been the increase in prices where no amount of global warming will ever justify 1.
50 euro a litre.
It seems the wake-up call, as usual, has hit the pockets of consumers, and manufacturers are now seriously looking at alternatives.
Our colleagues at autoblog.
it have decided to take a look at the second international trade show of methane and hydrogen vehicles (September 25 to 27).
The fair, dedicated to sustainable vehicles, is taking place in Turin, and not by chance: in 2006 more than 40,582 methane vehicles were sold here, with Fiat gaining a monopoly of 86 percent of these sales.
These figures come from a process of gradual affirmation, such as to lead to an increase in 30 percent in 2008.