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Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by DaimlerBen(m): 12:17am On Sep 13, 2017 |
This news prompted this article. ...Automaker press releases across the board talk about “electrified” lineups and “electrification” in the coming years, all to the sincere confusion of the people reading them. And the confusion is completely warranted. Not even automakers have the same definition of “electrified,” as is evidenced by a quick search of press releases on the Newspress database that automotive journalists often use: |
Re: Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by DaimlerBen(m): 12:19am On Sep 13, 2017 |
“Electrified” in the Jaguar release conveys, via context clues like “giving our customers even more choice,” that all new Jaguar/Land Rover models launched from 2020 will have electric, hybrid or mild hybrid versions. The Honda releases seem to say the same thing, but there aren’t enough context clues to tell. |
Re: Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by DaimlerBen(m): 12:20am On Sep 13, 2017 |
“Electrified,” as a buzzword, does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It gets your attention, it gives you a mental image of electricity pulsing through a car and powering it into the next era of technology, and makes you think companies are committed to a far greener and more evolved near future than they really are. Source |
Re: Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by LeJeun3: 12:32am On Sep 13, 2017 |
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Re: Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by DaimlerBen(m): 9:18pm On Sep 13, 2017 |
LeJeun3:Wetin? |
Re: Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by Nobody: 1:45am On Sep 14, 2017 |
DaimlerBen: Shey you know I am not dull ? _but, walahi, I no understand this article. The only thing I got is that, electrified means different things to various automakers. Let me read again. |
Re: Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by DaimlerBen(m): 5:53am On Sep 14, 2017 |
PaperLace: Everybody keeps posting the same news: "Nigeria take note; UK to ban petrol cars by 2030!" "China to ban petrol & diesel cars." Blebleble... Dem think say na easy thing to just wake up begin dey ban upandan like NBC. I was just trying to show people what's really happening, ie emissions reduction through some form of electrification, not that fossil fuel cars would be banned totally. |
Re: Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different! by LeJeun3: 11:52am On Sep 14, 2017 |
PaperLace: Exactly my situation... |
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