Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 29, 2009

Consumers would be buying now if there were products,” says Gregor Matthies, a Munich-based partner at Bain who specializes in the auto industry. A friend called me while behind the wheel of the MINI E last night and it is, not surprisingly, a hoot to drive. battery electric car.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

BMW will partner with composites expert SGL Group to construct a new plant in Moses Lake, Washington, that will manufacture lightweight carbon-fiber materials for auto industry applications. All MegaCity cars will run solely on electricity stored in a 16-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. Early tests. Europe, and U.K.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Despite a surge in interest, electric cars may remain niche products in the world’s two largest auto markets. In 2008 the company released a test fleet of 450 Mini-E vehicles and is getting ready to announce its second phase. China overtook the US last year as the largest auto market in the world.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

I write a monthly column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American auto industry. Tags: byd tianjin-qingyan electric charging infrastructure battery electric car. Here's my April column.

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