You’ve been reading in this space piece after piece about electric and plug-in hybrid cars with ranges so preposterous you could probably walk farther than they could take you on a single charge.
Well, you can look to the Suzuki Swift to be a step in the right direction.
Designed to be used by motorists with about ten miles per day commute (does anyone live that close to work? If so, chances are they work from home.) to be a pure electric, those of us who live farther away for once can actually still apply–the critical difference here being that the car could then switch into hybrid mode to get the rest of the distance.
I’ve been sick to death of reading all these reports about these electric cars that can’t go more than thirty, forty miles without whimpering like a schoolgirl and then folding up into the night. Even though this is just a hybrid, it’s still a pretty good move, and hopefully the Suzuki Swift is just the beginning.
And, though you’ve heard about that one here once before, there’s some extra news along with it–not only will we be seeing that one at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, but we’ll also get the fuel cell version of the SX4 SUV.
The fuel cell in question for that one is being provided by General Motors.
Tags: fuel cell, hybrid, plug in hybrid, Suzuki, Suzuki SX4 SUV, tokyo motor show