Many times on this blog, we have discussed Toyota’s hydrogen-powered hybrid car called the Mirai among other hydrogen-powered stuff. In one of my blog posts, I specifically mentioned and briefly explained why I think that hydrogen cars and hydrogen engines will eventually take over the auto industry. Today, one of the richest guys in the world confirmed that…
Category: Tech
Trouble for Nigeria, other crude oil economies as Toyota, Honda produce cars that run on water
If you watched local TV channels at a lot in the late 2000s just like me, you must have seen that Bank PHB advert where they predicted that “one day, cars will run on water”. The advert shows a man driving his car on the highway and when the fuel gauge signaled an empty tank,…
Innoson, a car manufacturer or just a cars assembler?
Ever since the first set of 100 cars were rolled out from the stables of Innoson in Nnewi, a heavily industrialized city in the Southeastern Nigeria state of Anambra in November 2014, the most common question on everyone’s lips seems to be: does Innoson actually manufacture cars or do they just sell assemble? This particular…
Are Mercedes Benz cars overrated and over-hyped in Nigeria?
Benz or nothing. Mercedes and others. You must have surely heard any of these rhetoric from Mercedes Benz admirers if you stay in Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by population. In Nigeria, people – especially young people – fantasize over Mercedes Benz products as though they are magical creatures and or they are totally different from other…
Electric cars are not the future. Here’s why
With all the nice things being said about electric cars and how sales of battery-powered vehicles have been soaring recently, its common to see analysts predicting that electric cars will replace combustion engine cars in the nearest future. But that’s not true my friend. Electric cars explained Electric vehicles (EVs) do not require fossil fuels…