Comments on: Daimler’s New Electric Car Partnership: Critical Time for Tesla? http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/18/daimlers-new-electric-car-partnership-critical-time-for-tesla/ Helping the Earth with Technology Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tesla, Daimler Team Up for Smart Batteries, Daimler Takes 10 Percent Stake http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/18/daimlers-new-electric-car-partnership-critical-time-for-tesla/#comment-31288 Tesla, Daimler Team Up for Smart Batteries, Daimler Takes 10 Percent Stake Tue, 19 May 2009 13:07:27 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31938#comment-31288 <p>[...] million dollar sum for about a 10 percent stake” in Tesla Motors as part of a new strategic partnership between the German automaker and the Silicon Valley electric sports car startup. Speaking at a [...]</p> [...] million dollar sum for about a 10 percent stake” in Tesla Motors as part of a new strategic partnership between the German automaker and the Silicon Valley electric sports car startup. Speaking at a [...]

]]> By: Daimler verbündet sich mit Tesla Motors http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/18/daimlers-new-electric-car-partnership-critical-time-for-tesla/#comment-31287 Daimler verbündet sich mit Tesla Motors Tue, 19 May 2009 12:41:43 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31938#comment-31287 <p>[...] energieeffizienter Fahrzeuge konzentriert. So gesehen verwundert es nur wenig, dass Daimler mit Tesla Motors kooperiert. Wie „Spiegel online“ schreibt, ist Daimler bei Tesla Motors eingestiegen und hält fortan 10 [...]</p> [...] energieeffizienter Fahrzeuge konzentriert. So gesehen verwundert es nur wenig, dass Daimler mit Tesla Motors kooperiert. Wie „Spiegel online“ schreibt, ist Daimler bei Tesla Motors eingestiegen und hält fortan 10 [...]

]]> By: funtomas http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/18/daimlers-new-electric-car-partnership-critical-time-for-tesla/#comment-31275 funtomas Tue, 19 May 2009 05:53:04 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31938#comment-31275 <p>Nothing or everything? Well, these days Li-on car battery business is still risky and the more customers the better. Even Buffet's invested in car battery maker which indicate it might be good bet. Sharing the risk is always safer, not to mention the crisis time.</p> Nothing or everything? Well, these days Li-on car battery business is still risky and the more customers the better. Even Buffet’s invested in car battery maker which indicate it might be good bet. Sharing the risk is always safer, not to mention the crisis time.

]]> By: Mari Lynch Dehmler http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/18/daimlers-new-electric-car-partnership-critical-time-for-tesla/#comment-31264 Mari Lynch Dehmler Tue, 19 May 2009 01:03:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=31938#comment-31264 <p>Since first setting eyes on a Tesla, at the Concours d'Elegance in Pebble Beach, I've rooted for this company and the day when their EVs would be affordable for more drivers. I'd love to see Tesla become a US-based battery leader too. A battery doesn't add to the sexiness of the Tesla Roadster, or to the visual appeal of the less costly though attractive Model S; but if "energy is everything" when it comes to sex appeal, it's certainly true with EVs and the likelihood of their imminent widespread use.</p> <p>Andy Grove, co-founder and former CEO of Intel, suggested in the 4/27/09 issue of Fortune some answers to the battery challenge. As Grove notes--and in contrast to the sharp focus of Wang Chuan-Fu, CEO of China's BYD electric car company (see "Buffett Takes Charge," also in 4/27 Fortune)--the US is presently not even playing in the battery technology game.</p> <p>Grove thinks a temporary government-owned foundry organization would help get US battery production off the ground, similar to government help in the early days of the microprocessor. He also wants wants US Energy Secretary Steven Chu to set up an industry council "and run it as if we were under wartime pressure. If Chu listens to Bill McKibben and others, indeed we are.</p> Since first setting eyes on a Tesla, at the Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, I’ve rooted for this company and the day when their EVs would be affordable for more drivers. I’d love to see Tesla become a US-based battery leader too. A battery doesn’t add to the sexiness of the Tesla Roadster, or to the visual appeal of the less costly though attractive Model S; but if “energy is everything” when it comes to sex appeal, it’s certainly true with EVs and the likelihood of their imminent widespread use.

Andy Grove, co-founder and former CEO of Intel, suggested in the 4/27/09 issue of Fortune some answers to the battery challenge. As Grove notes–and in contrast to the sharp focus of Wang Chuan-Fu, CEO of China’s BYD electric car company (see “Buffett Takes Charge,” also in 4/27 Fortune)–the US is presently not even playing in the battery technology game.

Grove thinks a temporary government-owned foundry organization would help get US battery production off the ground, similar to government help in the early days of the microprocessor. He also wants wants US Energy Secretary Steven Chu to set up an industry council “and run it as if we were under wartime pressure. If Chu listens to Bill McKibben and others, indeed we are.

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