Geneva, 8 mar (EFE).-the actor and Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger today made a turned on defense of environmentally friendly vehicles and was convinced that within a couple of decades the hybrid, electric cars and biofuels will be very present in cities and roads around the world.
Schwarzenegger attended the green flag of the 82 international motor show of Geneva, which today opens its doors to the public to show their support for this technology as a key element to combat the process of climate change on the planet.
In his time as Governor, managed to create a highway use only for vehicles of hydrogen, which enables visitors to see California from North to South, and prompted the R20, a group formed initially by 20 regional governments favor Green cars, now comprising more than 400 entities.
Schwarzenegger recalled in a meeting with the media that when he suggested in 2003 at the Los Angeles Auto show to do a special event with “green vehicles”, offered a press conference “only flanked by two cars of this type”.
“Now, nine years later, in this Hall there 54 cars and a hundred vehicles, if we have bicycles and motorcycles,” said the former Governor, who encouraged them to continue on the path of pleasing people in a double sense: his passion for cars and the desire to bequeath to future generations a planet clean and breathable.
Indicated that “there is still much work to do” and acknowledged that the transformation “cannot occur from one day to another”, although it was considered that the industry has already stalled the idea that the future is already nothing by gasoline engines.
Environmental approaches on the sidelines, said that it is has already won the battle of the image, because there are competitive cars.
“Already are comparable in what refers to the speed, the power and appearance.” Ten years ago, the Green cars were ugly. “I do not, I would have liked to sit on them, but now we have very attractive cars: sports, two doors, four-door SUVs”, said. EFE
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