article thumbnail

Tesla Model Y has the best resale value out of all BEVs in China

Teslarati

Considering that Elon Musk has mentioned that the Chinese automotive companies are the most competitive in the world , this says a lot about the American company. One thing Elon Musk pointed out that the competitors were good at was software which he said would most shape the future of the automobile industry.

China 98
article thumbnail

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we This is unusual.

Plug-in 45
article thumbnail

The Magnet That Made the Modern World

Cars That Think

The global market for these magnets is expected to reach $20 billion a year within a couple of years, as the automobile industry shifts towards electric vehicles and as utilities turn increasingly to wind turbines to meet growing demand. Today, some 95 percent of permanent magnets are neodymium-iron-boron. It was in 1982.

article thumbnail

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Then consider that in order to actually go any farther than the neighbood store, one still had to have ANOTHER car. So just use a portable electric generator in the trunk, from the hardware store to charge the batteries while you drive. run the hardware store and buy a new one. They make them all wrong. but even that is wrong.

Volt 41