Sanity in the automotive market.

From the Australian:

According to research conducted by the US Department of Energy and General Motors, nearly nine out of 10 women (88 per cent) say they'd rather chat up someone who owns the latest fuel-efficient car versus the latest sports car. It gets worse. Eighty per cent of American car buyers would find someone with the latest fuel-efficient car more interesting to talk to at a party than someone with the latest sports car. And, more than 4 out of 10 (45 per cent) 18- to 43-year-olds say it's a fashion faux pas nowadays to have a car that's not green or environmentally friendly.

I'll consider this another sign that people's relationships with the automotive world are headed in a more sane direction.

Personally I intend to wait at least until something like the CityZENN is released before I think about replacing my fuel-efficient beater car. Interestingly Zenn is a Canadian-based company. Their current production models are low-speed vehicles with a short-commute capacity. The cityZenn seems to be their entry into the "real car" category. Their plan is for a fully-electric car with a top speed of 125 KPH and a range of 400 KM. Their plan seems relatively realistic if the EEStor technology actually works (batteries with 1/10th the weight and volume of the batteries used in current electric cars and hybrids).