Today, Kermit the Car came to Copenhagen and stopped by Kongens Nytorv to show off his green intentions. With a (limited time span) top speed of 140-220 km/hr depending on type - and a colour that says Beware!
At various costs he consumes three types of shots: Diesel at 17.000 EUR, gasoline (in a self-proclaimed sporty way) at 24.000 EUR, and electricity at 30.000 EUR. That is when his cousins are put into production by the company of Loremo with a planned 10.000 cars per year from 2011.
Is Kermit family oriented? Well, German designer Ulrich Sommer is confident that he would be able to pack an entire family with handbags into Kermit's belly. But of course, I don't know his family.
At various costs he consumes three types of shots: Diesel at 17.000 EUR, gasoline (in a self-proclaimed sporty way) at 24.000 EUR, and electricity at 30.000 EUR. That is when his cousins are put into production by the company of Loremo with a planned 10.000 cars per year from 2011.
Is Kermit family oriented? Well, German designer Ulrich Sommer is confident that he would be able to pack an entire family with handbags into Kermit's belly. But of course, I don't know his family.
FDM - the united Danish motor vehicle owners - are not thrilled with Kermit. As head of the unit in Public Affairs Torben Lund Kudsk put it:
'I don't think the focus on all these electric cars is right at this point in time. The government should first solve the taxation issues before they focus on renewable energy in cars. And anyway, these cars won't be fully up an running for the next 10-20 years. So to have consumers choose these cars comes after solving the taxation issue,' was his opinion.
Head of the European Commission in Denmark, Jan Høst Schmidt, had arranged the presentation of the green energy car. Originally, the office had planned to show off Kermit during the climate summit COP15 in December, but he figured that the summit would be swamped with all sorts of presentations and side shows, so Kermit would have much more room to show off his colours today.
So what's it like inside of Kermit's belly? Tight but cumfy. With an entire family inside - maybe not so cumfy.