Re: [EVDL] VW's 'dieselgate' puts spotlight on electric cars in Germany

2015-10-24 Thread dovepa via EV
message From: Ben Goren via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> Date: 10/23/2015 9:16 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Subject: [EVDL] VW's 'dieselgate' puts spotlight on electric cars in Germany Depressing to consider that, even in Germany with a

Re: [EVDL] VW's 'dieselgate' puts spotlight on electric cars in Germany

2015-10-23 Thread Michael Ross via EV
A little later Bratzel says why, that "battery economy, infrastructure, and price," are not achievable - in four years (2020) a million cars. He didn't say it was a bad idea, just that it couldn't be met. Presently, there aren't enough batteries (not sure what was meant by battery autonomy

[EVDL] VW's 'dieselgate' puts spotlight on electric cars in Germany

2015-10-23 Thread Ben Goren via EV
Depressing to consider that, even in Germany with all its solar and wind power and now the VW diesel mess...even *that* isn't enough to launch EVs into the mainstream. http://phys.org/news/2015-10-vw-dieselgate-spotlight-electric-cars.html "The government's goal 'is quite simply not