Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. In the business world, especially when you are in Asia, as long as anything makes a profit, you do it.” The thumb drive was all that—and more.

Singapore 145

Singapore 2000 Store IDEA 145

EV Central

OCTOBER 4, 2022

They’re a big improvement on the Ioniq 5’s slightly cheap looking and feeling doors. Anecdotally, it’s because certain markets (let’s say USA and Asia) find such ‘hatchbacks’ to not have the cachet of a sedan. Safety kit for Australian Ioniq 6’s should match the range-topping Ioniq 5’s.

Hyundai 93

Hyundai Re-Charge Light Australia 93

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. Kanter has been a staff correspondent for The International Herald Tribune in Paris and Brussels since 2005, covering European business affairs and the business of green.

Grid 47

Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. Batteries are highly special toxic waste and cannot be dropped on the average dump site, so who is going to pay to get rid of this problem?

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58