Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

A decade later, in the 2010s, the battery EV began an astounding reversal of fortune, thanks in no small part to the engineers at ACP, whose electric-drive technology informed the development of the Roadster, the car that launched Tesla Motors. By the 2020s, automakers around the world were producing millions of EVs a year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

The most promising of these, according to Mike Omotoso, senior manager of power-train forecasting at JD Power and Associates , are Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors , a company that is already producing its first car, the electric Roadster, a small, very high-performance car that can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Interestingly, a 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study predicted that as EVs became more widespread, battery prices would climb because the demand for lithium and other battery metals would rise sharply. Volvo CEO Jim Rowan , disagrees with both of them, however, seeing ICE-EV price parity coming by 2025-2026.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The turning point came when tiny Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley start-up, announced in 2006 that it would produce a speedy electric sports car powered by those same laptop batteries. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). "The electrification of the automobile is inevitable."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Written by Josie Garthwaite 9 Comments Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:00 am in Automotive Before unveiling the concept version of its Model S sedan, an $57,400 electric car that Tesla Motors wants to build using loans from the Department of Energy, the startup said the Model S battery would be designed to handle rapid charging.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. Interesting in any case.

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