[ausev] Interesting Approach to Bringing EVs to the masses

[Marc Kohler]

It's novel, but you have to have DEEP pockets (like Shai and his circle of
friends) to finance the up front cost of producing all of that hardware,
with a promise of profits from monthly payments and yearly contracts.  Then
it's a numbers game based on subscriptions.

Marc

 

From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of Vivek Gani
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:04 PM
To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
Subject: [ausev] Interesting Approach to Bringing EVs to the masses

 

I saw a good Wired article about a company bringing EVs to the masses - all
using current technology. 

Instead of making drivers put tens of thousands of dollars upfront for an
EV, they're following more of a cell phone model of business - where you pay
for the electricity at various charging stations.

Link:
http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-09/ff_agassi?currentPa
ge=all 

The man behind the project, Shai Agassi, Is currently testing the business
model in Israel. What do y'all think? Would it work US?

Cheers,

-Vivek

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