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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Silicon Valley and the Electric Car

Mainstream media (CBS's 60 Minutes) covers the race for the electric car, featuring the Tesla, GM's Volt, and other plug-in-hybrids and electric cars.



Maybe its just my personal bias but GM and Detroit seems to be taking an arrogant and ostritch-in-the-sand approach to this! Lets see in 2-3 years whose cars are selling more, Mr. Lutz and company!

Aside from the question of whether it is affordable to all (it is not!), The Tesla Roadster is one sweet-looking car! :) Perhaps, timely to share also this interview with Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, who made his fortune as co-founder of PayPal and is also the founder behind SpaceX (a space-transportation company) and Solar City (the #1 residential installer of solar in California, which is the #1 state in the US for solar installations.)



Aside from the question of whether it is affordable to all (it is not!), The Tesla Roadster is one sweet-looking car! :)

My previous posts on the subject:
Inevitable and essential

Think, then drive!

Coming soon to a dealer near you

Can America(ns) change?

Cars that pay

and also Hydrogen as a Fuel

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