Detroit Auto Show: Green or Gas-Hog Heaven?

Published: 15-Jan-2008

Is it the greenest place on Earth this week?

Or gas-hog heaven all over again?

The 2008 North American International Auto Show floor is both of these and more.

	Electric Car Ventures Attracting Premier Silicon Valley Investors Purportedly capable of hitting 0-to-60 in under 6 seconds, the plug-in hybrid Karma can hit 125 mph. The company hopes to sell 15,000 of the luxury electric cars annually.
	Bittersweet at 100 Analysts note that General Motors has made dramatic improvements in its vehicles over the last decade. Pictured is new small call, Chevy Cruze.
	Australian Gov't Handout to Auto Industry Fuels Destructive Course The real problem we face - and in the US it's far worse, with car makers bleeding money - is that the car is unviable and has been for a long time, contends Larry Buttrose.