Matthias Wissmann, Timothy Eustace.
“This is why we have now reached the next milestone: Electric mobility is competitive and ready to enter the market.”
Matthias Wissmann is the president of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and he is convinced that German carmakers did a good job and obtained a leading position in terms of alternative drivetrains.
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“This is why we have now reached the next milestone: Electric mobility is competitive and ready to enter the market.”
Timothy Eustace, Democratic Assemblyman in New Jersey, says that he had no idea what was going on when Tesla was voted out of the state in a meeting two weeks ago. Eustace is backing Tesla and has authored a proposal that seeks to amend state law to allow any electric carmaker to sell directly to customers.
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“General Motors and Ford didn’t start out with franchises. They started out direct to market. It took them years to build the marketing system they have now.”
Dividable e-bike: Bavarian Electrolyte showed its latest idea of an electric bicycle which can be easily disassembled in two pieces to be taken on the train, bus or other means of public transport. The manufacturer has yet to make a decision on the final design, but says it will defintivly introduce a compact e-bike.
“Greatly reducing transport’s CO2 emissions requires many measures, and clean electrification of transport will have to be one of them. Today’s deal is a damp squib that does nothing to bring that closer.”
“With its charging infrastructure, Tesla is using a proprietary system instead of an open system, which has not been proven to be a good way in the IT industry. To be able to quickly become a mass-market phenomena, electric mobility has to be based upon open standards. I need to be able to use any charging point in Europe, regardless of the connector. A proprietary connector is not really helping here.”
“Nonetheless, Russia has started some steps forward. Our task now is to get rid of great pollutants – from this point of view if you do nothing about fleet renewal no hybrid or electric vehicle would add anything to the eco-situation in cities.”
“I have no idea why and I think it is absurd that there are people who, after such a good race, complain about the new Formula 1, saying that it is not loud enough.”
Karabag inductive charging: Hamburg-based Karabag, mainly known for its electric conversions of the Fiat 500, has finished the engineering and testing phase of its inductive charging system. The system was developed together with Paul Vahle und Finepower and is now ready to go into production. The German company is currently looking for partners who want to install the wireless 3 kW system.
“We believe the electric motor is a future technology for zero-emission driving in urban areas.”
“We are still in the process of carrying out research into the potential of electric mobility for vans but it is already clear there is a need for a commercial vehicle in the A-sector.”
“Zero emissions will perhaps become a requirement and I think that 20 percent of combustion engines will come with some form of electrification within 10-20 years.”
“Yes, of course we are thinking about it.”
“Government assistance is certainly helping to stimulate interest in EVs, with the grants applicable to both cars and vans.”
“These cars are going to go quicker in a few races than the old ones. We are going to get used to the sounds and I promise you next year we will not remember any difference in F1.”
Electric Hummer: GM’s mega car is back but in a much smaller version and fully electric. The ‘MEV Hummer HX’ is distributed by Swiss MEV Cars with a licence by GM. The electric mini Hummer is available with either lead-acid or li-ion batteries. Currently, production is in China but MEV Cars plans to relocate to Europe soon and is also looking for a German distributor.