Olaf Kastner, Alejandro Agag, Elon Musk.
“To be honest, whether the law takes effect in 2018 or 2019, both are very, very soon in our industry.”
Olaf Kastner, who heads BMW China, puts into words what major parts of the car industry think: even if China introduces the 8% EV quota only in 2019, it still represents a huge challenge. BMW for example would have to massively increase its EV production in order to comply.
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“To be honest, whether the law takes effect in 2018 or 2019, both are very, very soon in our industry.”
Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag is convinced that efforts to combat climate change should be redoubled following president Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.
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“It’s a very sad decision and a very wrong decision but this is just an additional motivation.”
Elon Musk recalls the very early days of Tesla and the (dead) state of the industry back then. It was when GM killed its electric car and thoroughly so.
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“Few people know that we started Tesla when GM forcibly recalled all electric cars from customers in 2003 & then crushed them in a junkyard.”
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