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  • Tesla beams down driverless capabilities
  • Tesla announces most people working on Model 3 http://insideevs.com/teslas-jb-straubel-people-tesla-now-working-model-3/
  • More details emerge about Hyundai 150+ mile car https://plus.google.com/u/1/+DanielCardenas/posts/ZGrYrS5oG2B
  • Volvo says it is all in on electric cars http://www.wired.com/2015/10/youll-be-able-to-buy-any-volvo-as-an-electric-by-2019/
  • Aston Martin trying to survive the shift to ecars http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/10/13/aston-martin-seeks-beauty-soul-electric-car/73879844/
  • ABB group announces 24/7 operation of electric buses via 4-6 minute fast charging http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/79839e570a6765ddc1257edf00521b75.aspx
  • VW says they are investing heavily in ecars https://plus.google.com/u/1/+DanielCardenas/posts/2gCpFrhMHbo
  • Mitsubishi all in on ecars http://insideevs.com/mitsubishi-plans-launch-whole-family-plug-electric-suvs-2020/
  • Tesla announces wait list for Model-S growing. http://electrek.co/2015/10/02/elon-musk-tesla-model-x-launch-caused-a-big-uptick-in-orders-for-the-model-s/
  • Honda mysteriously installs 120 car chargers at CA headquarters https://plus.google.com/u/1/+DanielCardenas/posts/X7iSopZhCPj
What do you think was the biggest development this past week?
 
These developments all sound promising, but I will believe the manufacturers are serious about electric cars when I can walk into a local showroom and buy one. The options in AZ right now are BMW i3, Ford Focus (claims to be available, but dealers do not stock them and cannot give realistic estimate for delivery if you order one), Mitsubishi iMEV (at least I think it is still available), Nissan LEAF, Smart EV, and Tesla (although no way to buy directly through showroom). Nissan has made a lot of mistakes and not treated early adopters well, but they were the first (and still one of only a few) to offer a reasonable price, reasonable range electric car nationwide (and world wide).

Gerry
 
It's all about the batteries. At a certain price/performance point, BEVs become a no-brainer and the whims of auto executives will follow suit.
 
I am excited about any new EV offering, but I am particularly excited to see what Hyundai comes up with. Several of our friends have purchased new Sonatas, and they are gorgeous cars for the money. The panoramic roofs make these cars feel much more premium than their prices suggest. A car of this size with attractive styling a 150+ mile range will be very appealing for my family with small kids and space-robbing car seats.
 
[*]Tesla beams down driverless capabilities (as expected over the past 10 months, long term very significant, short term - hype)
[*]Tesla announces most people working on Model 3 (what else would they be doing? next gen roadster :lol: )
[*]More details emerge about Hyundai 150+ mile car (some piccys of Hyundai Prius competitor have been making rounds, not surprising)
[*]Volvo says it is all in on electric cars ( they are Geely (Chinese) after all)
[*] Aston Martin trying to survive the shift to ecars (duh - thats 1/2 the reason why Andy moved to Aston Martin, he thinks if Elon can, he can)
[*] ABB group announces 24/7 operation of electric buses via 4-6 minute fast charging (i don't follow buses)
[*] VW says they are investing heavily in ecars (anything to divert attention away from 10 million smogmobiles)
[*] Mitsubishi all in on ecars (Actually is bad news, they seem to be slipping in the XR-PHEV)
[*] Tesla announces wait list for Model-S growing. (only Tesla shorts are surprised)
[*] Honda mysteriously installs 120 car chargers at CA headquarters (this is new, could be really big, or it could just be for the next round of lease to crush)
What do you think was the biggest development this past week?

my pick is good signs at Honda, potentially bad signs at Mitsubishi.

TomT said:
And how quickly Nissan may be left in the dust...

what is Nissan's general ICE market share in California, perhaps 10-15%. CARB rules make it the the other 85-90% of manufacturers must sell ZEV, so its natural for Nissan's share to decay to Nissan's general market share in CARB states. Its different in the rest of the world. For instance -there are only 4 companies that sell new vehicles with plugins in my country http://ev-sales.blogspot.com.au/ Mitsubishi,Tesla,BMW & Nissan
no GM, no Toyota, no VW, not even Kia or MB or Fiat (and Mitsubishi/BMW sell come with petrol tanks), its still really just Tesla and Nissan for willing sale EVs.

What is news (and GM's recent price disclosure of LG pushed it to the fore) is the coalescing that next gen EVs from Nissan, Mitsubishi, Hyundai/Kia, Renault, GM all seem to have very similar capacity in battery pack, as LG will be the 1st or 2nd supplier to most of these. The results will quite a divergence on EPA range even though the battery pack may be very similar (ie 46kWh in a Mercedes B class / Mitsubishi Outlander Sport will have considerably less range than 46kWh in a GM Sonic/Honda Fit)
 
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