Can Better Place make Electric Vehicles work?
Clean Energy Intel’s Edie Lush caught up recently in Davos with Better Place Manager Yariv Nornberg. Catch up with the conversation here: Clean Energy Intel’s Edie Lush speaks with Better Place Policy Manager Yariv Nornberg Better Place is about making Electric Vehicles work. They are building switching stations that allow you to switch your EV [...]
Another EV Survey Cites Range Anxiety But Tesla Stock Still Looks Bullish
ConsumerReport.org helpfully added a few questions on electric vehicle perceptions in their latest 2012 Car Brand Perception Survey. In summary, they found that consumers generally appeared to be concerned about range anxiety and were likely to be overestimating the risks involved with regard to safety. A clear red flag for anyone looking for rapid consumer [...]
Gen Y Auto Survey Points to Demand For Alternative Power
This year’s Deloitte’s Annual Generation Y Automotive Survey has mixed results for the EV market. The good news is that this crucial group of consumers overwhelmingly prefers alternative power to traditional gas-only vehicles – by a margin of 59% to 37%. That should help keep automakers focused on fuel efficiency. However, only a very small [...]
ABB and Nissan To Develop EV Battery Recycling Solution
One of the usual charges laid against the electric car relates to the problem of what to do with the batteries once they can no longer be used in the vehicles for which they were designed. The potential for recycling has been discussed for some time. However, leading power and automation group ABB (ABB) has [...]
Tesla Conference Call Calms Fears
Tesla Motors had a conference call Tuesday morning before the market open to calm fears following the 19% fall in the company´s stock price last Friday in reaction to the exit from the company of two members of the engineering team. Key take-aways from the call: Contrary to early reports, Peter Rawlinson was not the [...]
