Migros has been making a push to encourage electric cars on the Swiss market
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 200m2 Migros m-way store opens at rue de Lausanne 54 in Geneva today, near the Cornavin station, in the same historic registered building that houses the Brazilian Mission.
It’s the first electric mobility shop for Migros in French-speaking Switzerland, and to make sure the public beats a path to it the store is offering 25 percent off on everything except cars to customers who spend CHF1,000 or more.
M-way is the public face of Migros’s push to encourage green energy and the shop sells electric scooters, bikes but also electric cars and home charging stations plus all the other accoutrements of a life that includes electric vehicles.
Summer, Grimsel Pass, Alpmobil partnering with Migros for silent, less polluting electric cars
The company is extending its programme of charging stations, and it’s been active in working with Alpine resorts to introduce fleets of electric cars for tourists, to reduce pollution in the mountains.
Nihon Kotsu, which runs the largest fleet of taxis in Tokyo, Japan, is to add three or four electric vehicles to its fleet in January to test the battery switching techniques developed by Better Place, a US “provider of electrical vehicle services” that has developed a concept where subscribers pull into switching stations and speedily exchange their batteries for fully-charged ones. The taxi company, which gives its call-in customers a choice of yellow or black taxis, will deploy the electric vehicles in January. Electric-only vehicles are limited in their range and their batteries must then be recharged for several hours at a time. Romandie News
The Chinese government is making a push to have the country become the world leader in hybrid and all-electric vehicles within three years, reports the New York Times. “China’s intention, in addition to creating a world-leading industry that will produce jobs and exports, is to reduce urban pollution and decrease its dependence on oil,” says the US newspaper, which adds that given China’s dependence on coal for electricity, lowering pollution levels won’t happen easily.
Geneva, Switzerland (Genevalunch) - The Geneva Motor Show has come and gone, but it leaves in its wake a sense that environmentally friendly “green” cars finally matter to manufacturers.
An equal amount of spectator buzz surrounded the less glamorous green cars’ stands as the flashy Ferrari and Lamborghini displays. Many of the manufacturers used g/km CO2 emissions ratios (grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre driven) as their key advertising strategy, splashing the information across the hoods, doors, and roofs of their cars.
