JB Straubel, Yoshio Ito, Matt Teske.
“From a pure technology point of view, everything that we’ve done on vehicles translates directly into trucks. There’s no reason that today you can’t make a very compelling electric truck.”
Tesla CTO and co-founder JB Straubel suggests that the truck industry is seeing less innovation because it is more conservative, but that does not mean that existing technology will not work for trucks, too.
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“From a pure technology point of view, everything that we’ve done on vehicles translates directly into trucks. There’s no reason that today you can’t make a very compelling electric truck.”
Yoshio Ito, head of Panasonic’s automotive division, says the company is ready to move up its investment of 1.6bn dollars in Tesla’s Gigafactory to in turn move up the production schedule and meet the demand for the Model 3. Panasonic had been looking to pay in phases over the next few years.
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“We just don’t want to be a bottleneck.”
Matt Teske, mastermind behind the fictional electric Jolt, explains the reason behind his recent social media experiment. He had created a fictitious but gorgeous sporty electric coupe for consumers straddling the line between gen x and millennials.
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“I wanted to show that a good-looking, desirable electric car will generate real buzz and excite customers. A car is an extension of your personality and lifestyle needs. A car should make someone say ‘wow, I want that.’ Most electrics don’t elicit that response right now.”
“Once Tesla warms up the market, BYD should follow to pick up some real fruits.”
“If you are considering buying a 500e, I hope you don’t buy it, because every time I sell one it costs me 14,000 dollars.”
“The increasing variety of EVs and PHEVs is encouraging for the market, but there still needs to be more of these vehicles available to reach parity with internal combustion engine cars.”