The electric car is real. Its here. And before long fueling will become a lot easier as charging stations become as normal as parking meters. That’s the outlook from Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, who recently lectured at Wharton.
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RE: Renault-Nissan's Carlos Ghosn: It's time for the electric car
Posted by Graham99
19th Nov 2009
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RE: Renault-Nissan's Carlos Ghosn: It's time for the electric car
Where's the rest of the article?
Posted by Karl.Hockenbarger@...
18th Nov 2009
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Nice lead in
but wheres the beef? this had maybe 60 seconds on the advertised subject and none of the "we'll get to that later" promised in those 60 seconds.
Bogus.
Bogus.
Posted by zclayton3
18th Nov 2009
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RE: Renault-Nissan's Carlos Ghosn: It's time for the electric car
did the editors somehow cut out the subject?
Posted by gladstoneco@...
18th Nov 2009
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Electric cars may work great where the population density supports it
But in the midwest and southern US, distances between cities are just too great and the population density will not support the infrastructure costs of recharging stations anytime soon. I commute daily 25+ miles each way, and frequently go to see my daughters who are hundreds of miles away.
I haven't listened to Carlos Ghosn, so I'll going out on a limb a little here. I suspect he looked at the problem from the point of view of someone who lives with a population density we find in Europe, or the east coast of the US.
I haven't listened to Carlos Ghosn, so I'll going out on a limb a little here. I suspect he looked at the problem from the point of view of someone who lives with a population density we find in Europe, or the east coast of the US.
Posted by LarryPTL
18th Nov 2009
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RE: Renault-Nissan's Carlos Ghosn: It's time for the electric car
Of course electric cars won't suit everyone. Just as some people are well served by compact cars and others need SUVs or capacity for lots of luggage or passengers, so electric cars will suit some and not others. My guess they will be most popular as a second vehicle for households where someone needs it for local shopping etc and commuting to work. That's an enormous market and if the price is right electric vehicles could really take off.
Posted by david.badger@...
18th Nov 2009
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RE: Renault-Nissan's Carlos Ghosn: It's time for the electric car
Maybe it actually isn't quite time?
Posted by fatchance2005
19th Nov 2009
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RE: Renault-Nissan's Carlos Ghosn: It's time for the electric car
Try this link for more of the story:
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2364
Also have a look at:
www.betterplace.com
Cheers
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2364
Also have a look at:
www.betterplace.com
Cheers
Posted by Graham99
19th Nov 2009