Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

As one example of factors contributing to that decision, a survey of projected oil prices returned values between $30 and $250 a barrel, he said.). Anderman ran a series of net present value analyses based on a range of gasoline prices, fuel saved, and pack costs. Data: Tom Cackette, ARB. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. Source: Ken Kurani. Click to enlarge. Research shows that people value loss of dollars a lot higher than value gained, about 1.5 times as much.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers. The perspective of rising oil prices is a turboboost for a change in customer behavior, he said. Currently, cars contribute. about 7% of global CO 2 emissions.

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