Remove Affordable Remove Automobile Remove Recharge Remove South America
article thumbnail

As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Further, if the EV range gains slow down over the next decade as expected, an EV's software-driven features along with their affordability , will decide the winners of the potential $1.1 Drivetrains Force Hard Choices "We are in the midst of a revolution, the ongoing digital redesign of the historically analog automobile," says Venkat N.

article thumbnail

BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - October 18, 2008… The BMW Group will be the world’s first manufacturer of premium automobiles to deploy a fleet of some 500 all-electric vehicles for private use in daily traffic. Specially engineered for automobile use, the battery technology will have a range of more than 240 kilometers, or 150 miles.

Mini E 100
article thumbnail

Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct.

BYD 62