TEG

Also, it wouldn't surprise me too much if Google had encouraged them to go in this direction.

malcolm

They'll have to pay the fees or do some sort of discount deal on their own goods and services.

This is all dull as hell.

Elon is proposing to lead the electric vehicle revolution by making Big Auto the client instead of the competitor.

(Dear Tzar Alexander. Nicky baby! Hi, here's a thing, what kind of revolution did you have in mind? Let's do lunch. Yours, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov)

The Roadster production will transfer to the US (Big Auto will be happy to bask in the positive publicity since sales will remain small). Whitestar will be a PHEV produced in the US with someone like GM. Ditto Bluestar.

And Elon will get to be the youngest State Governor in US history.

Another American Dream successfully realised. Congrats.

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Cobos

Thankfully we are already seeing most malls with 300+ parking spaces at least got 2-3 EV spots with slow recharge possibility and they city goverment in Oslo has decided to build 400 new recharging stations within the town. But of course most EV's here in Oslo are of the speedy NEV kind.

The problem the way I see it is that most of the NEV's and cars like the new Think is intended and sold as a nr 2 car. A primary city car intended for short commutes.
The prius on the other hand is intended as the nr 1 car to be the primary and only car. The Whitestar obviously is intended as a nr 1 car, which is why Tesla is getting scared that it's range will be too short to satisfy american customers. Hence the messing around with dino-engines. I would by satisfied with a much shorter range and I'm sure there are plenty customers in Europe generally and Norway in particular that would love a pure EV whitestar I really really hope they will release a pure EV whitestar and not only a REEV version...

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TEG

Brent

Has GM changed the acronym?

"E-REV"

GM Media Online

Great.

doug

Marketing probably made it "E-REV" since they thought "rev" sounded sporty and so it sounded similar "E-Flex". Of course it's ridiculous since there's no need for a hyphen in "extended - range electric vehicle." And if there were, they put it in the wrong place. I suggest GM go ahead and trademark E-Rev like I assume they must have trademarked E-Flex, since I think it better other companies don't use the term.

What does the E in E-Flex stand for anyway?
Electric?
Energy?
Environment?
Earth?
All of the above? .... how Zen.

Michael

Oh well. I guess the new Tesla CEO has made a decision with his comment: 'Of course not just another car maker but the only one committed to exclusively make Zero Emission Electric Vehicles', that Tesla will NOT be considering a lower cost PHEV. Seems a shame IMHO.

doug

Given that the Volt and other PHEVs are set to come out at the same time as Tesla's sedan, I think it's good that they chose to go the pure EV route since it sets them apart. I think most people will reason, "Why risk getting a PHEV from an unproven startup like Tesla, when you can get one from an established major car manufacturer?", unless there is something that makes Tesla's unique.

I do, however, hope Tesla makes their sedan in a way that it could be compatible with a trailer like this one:


Rav Long Ranger

Cobos

Yes a hireable trailer or a generator you can put inside the car is probably the good solution to solve the Road trip problem until the batteries are good enough to get you as far as you can go in a day...

Cobos