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Far better situated are cities like Houston. The grid there is stable, and besides, lots of Texans have garages, making it possible for commuters to put aside their devotion to Ford F-150s and enjoy cheap overnight charges without plunging the city into the dark. The Economist recently argued that Texas is the new California, for reasons along along these lines
"Even if a small percentage of Texas drivers switch to electric cars, the payoff could be substantial. The Houston area alone is home to 4.5 million vehicles that travel 86 million miles a day, according to state statistics.
And Texas leads the nation in producing clean, carbon-free electricity from windmills. But the state must build billions of dollars worth of transmission lines needed to channel the wind power to urban centers."
This software helps streamline the transition from gas to electric powered vehicles, allowing consumers to charge where they actually spend their time, and providing them peace of mind, knowing that a way to charge is always just around the corner,” said Read. “This software will also provide substantial insight into potential repeat revenue models to help develop economically viable business models for the industry.
"AMP's approach has been to work with the best of what is already available, rather than designing new systems from scratch. This is why they are working with existing vehicles that have already been engineered and safety tested to the extent that only a large automaker like GM can manage." [Philip Proefrock]
From Wired's Autopia --
"Company CEO Carlos Ghosn is a devout EV evangelist who firmly believes cars with cords are the future of personal transportation. He knows so radical a change won’t come overnight, but he’s confident that by 2020 at least one in 10 cars sold worldwide will be electric. It will have to be, he says, if we are to curb global emissions even as the number of cars worldwide doubles during the next two decades."
"The car is much improved since I drove it last in Bear Mountain, New York. At that time, it was in the body of the then-new Nissan Cube. Previous flat spots on the Leaf's acceleration at around 50 mph appear to have been straightened out and the car now accelerates dramatically well up to at least 60 mph (people were diving out of the way) and handles well, with only minor body lean. The actual Leaf may differ, of course, but probably not all that much."
I don't care how many wheels it has, if it helps reduce our dependency on oil, fire up the funds and start the production line.
GreenBeat has a story on Fisker's production and profitability plans. I'm assuming the "government funds" piece falls under a cleantech or sustainability funding program.
Camille Ricketts says the carmaker will sell 15,000 cars and target profitability by 2011.
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