GAS-GUZZLING Hummers and Cadillacs give the clear impression that General Motors and the rest of the US automobile industry couldn’t give a damn about climate change. By contrast, their Japanese rivals have innovated. They are pumping out fuel-efficient small cars, plus hybrids such as the Prius, like nobody’s business, and consumers are snapping them up.
GM and the other two US car behemoths, Chrysler and Ford, have been slow to recognise the importance of green cars. They are teetering on the precipice and will stay there, whatever the result of this week’s bailout negotiations. Indeed, many observers are saying that…
