Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

But that’s nothing compared to what Germany — who, to my recollection, wins its first-ever Top EV Country medal — did last year… Coming out of the first Covid lockdown, most Western European countries passed some version of a “mini green new deal” in their stimulus packages. And two months into 2021 it has already scored another 57k sales!

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