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Originally Posted by Don
Mercedes has made a 10% investment in Telsa Motors, hedging for the 2016 CAFE of 35.5 mpg
" Strategic partnership: Daimler acquires stake in Tesla
• German automaker acquires nearly 10 percent of one of the leading electric vehicle companies
• Automakers agreed to cooperate in battery systems, electric drive systems and vehicle projects "
http://www.teslamotors.com/media/press_room.php?id=1356
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Don,
That should be interesting. Daimler seems to be truly commited to coming transportation change. But like I said, it is a high stakes poker game ...using our money, of course.
I hope it's not like GM when they bought into improved NiMH battery tech during their EV1 era, and threatened the
vendor/inventer with a lawsuit, if he advertised, again, how it would make electric cars more practical. They turned around and sold their 60% interest to
Texaco. The improved NiMH patent runs out in 2014. It's eerily reminiscent of the miracle gas-saver carburator repression stories.
So I wish Tesla better luck having sold only 10% to the world power-brokers.
Wes
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Buzz,
My wife might own a Prius ...but I think it's pretty homely ...practical, but fugly.
Worse yet, the 2010 Honda Insight looks just like it. Apparently, there is only one ideal slippery shape. And it's even worse than when all the cars starting looking like jellybeans.
The Prius was the most slippery production car in the world (.26) when the Gen II was introduced in 2004. Life will be a pretty boring if cars all start looking and sounding the same. The EV1 was better at
.19 coef/drag when it was produced and leased.
Wes
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