I am going to drive the Lexus CT200h for a week and will be able to drive on all kinds of roads in Denmark.
Is there any kind of test you want me to preform?
I will dive with the family to a summer house about 200 km away with a mix of motorway and nice winding country roads.
On country roads with speed between 50 and 80 km/h I expect it can do 30 km/liter, but only time will show 
Please comment!!!
I am going to Iceland to test the Mercedes ML converted by AMP.
I have read this article from Auto Blog Green to prepare my selve
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/05/21/quick-spin-amp-ml-ev/
Is there any test you want me to preform and what specific items should I look for?
The Honda Jazz also called Fit is Honda new Hybrid model.
The Jazz has the same drivetrain as the Insight. When you do normal accelerations in the city you can really feel the electric motor helping. The petrol motor does not run very fast, it feels like someone is pushing the car. It takes a while to get used to, but is very nice.
It is a very spacious car insight, but looks quite small from the outside.
I did a 20 km drive on country roads and the car did 3.7 l/100km = 27 km/l = 63 MPG. That is more than the standard and can only be done on a test and not on a daily commute.
Like all other hybrids accelerating very fast give an annoying sound, because the petrol motor goes up in max RPM.
The insight of the car is very spacious and the windscreen goes very fare up giving a lot of light in the cabin. The power steering is powerful that makes the drive very comfortably.
The dashboard is in the center and clear and easy to read:
In Denmark the Jazz Hybrid is almost half price of the Prius and only a bit more expensive that the normal Jazz.
Conclusion:
The price combined with the very nice handling, this makes the Jazz Hybrid a very nice buy and the first affordable Hybrid!!!
It is absolutely the most interesting EV design. I am going to Geneva on the 11. of Marts and look forward to see it:
More Pictures on:
http://driving-dutchman.com/volkswagen-bulli-the-new-vw-microbus/
The car is the first to be tested by Euro NCAP and it got 4 starts.
I think that that is nice, because it is a relatively small car:
Nice to drive but short range in cold weather!
I visited Honda R&D center in Germany to test the FCX Clarity Hydrogen car and tried to refill it with Hydrogen.
This AGIP station had a larger selection than normal:
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Benzin = 92 octane Petrol
Super = 95 octane Petrol
Super Plus – 98 octane Petrol
Erdgas = natural gas
Autogas = CNG
Wasserstof = Hydrogen
LH2 = Liquid Hydrogen
GH2 = Hydrogen at gas form at 350 or 700 Bar
And of course a selection of fast food
This is properly the most well equipped station in the world.
The Honda was half full when I filled it up with 2.391 Kilo paying 21.04 Euro being able to drive about 230 km:
Where do you park the car for lunch break – I front of the Hydrogen Filling station, because you are quite sure that no one else is going to use it:
Read the test of the FCX:
http://www.easyecar.com/electric-vehicle-test/honda-fcx-clarity-test/
I have driven the Honda FCX Hydrogen car in Germany for the whole day.
It is an electric vehicle with a 100 Kw motor and has a small Lithium ion battery to give an extra help at fast acceleration and store power from the regenerative braking.
The power comes from a large fuel cell placed in the middle of car between the front seats. The fuel cell uses the hydrogen to produce the power and the car has a range of 460 km.
The hydrogen is filled at 350 bars:
It is very easy to fill the car you just connect the hose and press a start button and in less than 4 minutes the car is “pumped up”.
I filled the car from this station:
Read about the station:
http://www.easyecar.com/uncategorized/the-station-that-offers-all/
The Honda was half full when I filled it up with 2.391 Kilo paying 21.04 Euro being able to drive about 230 km:
The car drives fantastic and it is one of the best Electric Vehicles I have driven. It has a top speed at 160 km/h and goes from 0 to 100 km/h in 9 sec.
It has a high frequent sound like a turbine at acceleration it is a nice sound. When the car is not accelerating it is very quiet you can easily talk to the person in the back seat at a speed of 120 km/h.
Honda has proven that the technology work and expect that the Fuel Cell last for about 160.000 km, but the price is still so high that they will not talk about.
Fuel cell powered by hydrogen still look like it is many years ahead before it production ready.
The Hydrogen comes from a local chemistry factory that has Hydrogen as a byproduct. Honda has the usual idea of also having green power to make Hydrogen that makes the whole process green. They realized that there is a large energy loss.
Honda runs a demonstration fleet in California and has two cars running in this R&D facility in Germany. They do not have plans to run any more demonstration fleet!
Hydrogen filling stations is in places in a few countries in Europe and Honda thinks that it will take at least a decade before a hydrogen car will come in production.
Honda has had a converter from natural gas to hydrogen to have installed in your house for some years now.
Conclusion
Honda has proven that the technology works very well, but was also honest about the challenges that make it at least a decade ahead, before we can by a hydrogen car in the shops.
Honda thinks the future is not whether the EV or H2 car will win – they will both be technologies we will see in future!!!
”The Stig” drives the Nissan Leaf.
He gives a nice presentation of the car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=da&v=0_4fvEwXros
You can read my test of the car:
http://www.easyecar.com/electric-vehicle-test/nissan-leaf-first-drive/
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Today I have tried my first fast charge.
It took about 20 minutes, but I forgot to time it. It is a long time when you stand and wait but it is possible.