One of my concerns with this article is the pricing issue. It is an issue we have discussed at length on this board, yet even an orginization concerned with...
I don't have as much of a problem with the rental idea, but I do share your concerns. Even at $4/gallon gas our cars are SUPER CHEAP in the US. Vicki...
The idea that the Project Better Place tries to sell is another electric clean OPEC, where them and some other battery renters make their $$$$. We will still...
I also think that gas prices are key to this. I think we should have a national floor, in the US, to gas prices, via taxing it more when it goes below a...
Many of us are quite happy doing business with a middleman as almost every business is a middleman -- just think of the grocery store. Sure, I could grow SOME...
Carlos Ghosn talked about battery leasing at the LA Auto Show. His take on it was that by leasing the batteries the car owner wouldn't have to be worried...
... If I go buy a car, I don't lease the gas tank. Neither do I live in anxiety that a new and better gas tank might come along in a year or two. If I want to...
I want to note that the Th!nk has conspicuously never been offered with an NiMH battery (that I'm aware), is not presently being offered with an NiMH battery,...
I came across this link in the Norwegian EV forum. It's about availability of Lithium and where in the world lithium is located. If I'm not mistaken NaNiCl is...
Hi Tom, Did you intend to include a link? I don't see one. Sounds interesting. As someone managed to emphasize recently with the link to Bill Moore's ...
Here is an article I ran across, but the article seems to have disappeared so the URL below is for the Coral Cache, which may or may not be around for long. ...
The leasing scheme that Peugeot/Citroen operated around Europe worked well, in some ways at least, since it absolved customers of the responsibility and...
The Norway Post - Auto maker Think seeks financial support http://www.norwaypost.no/Genbus/Auto-maker-Think-seeks-finacial- support/menu-id-48.html The funny...
Indeed this is already happening to Tesla Motors in the States, but it may have more to do with the price of the vehicle than purely EVs (Tesla's second...
As many of you have heard by now, Think is extending their holiday shutdown indefinitely due to financial problems. Since the end of October Think has been...
... (Google.org) could help lead the effort since they might have the resources to donate the legal expertise for how to set things up? ... One of the Google...
This could probably be done via the EAA. They are already able to collect donations for things like charger infrastructure maintenance so they probably have...
We could perhaps do it through this mechanism: http://kiva.org/ However, I am not sure if a Norwegian company could qualify and I'm not sure if Think Global...
Matt: It was great to read these thoughts from someone with your experience. I don't know if your ideas will work when trying to give incentive to lessees to...
Thanks - having re-read the posting it isn't quite as eloquent as I previously thought! But the basic ideas are there! It is tough problem: I am still...
Government assured loans are not an option. Private investors with big money seem iffy... http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/12/16/think-may-be-saved-by-stein- ...
Matt, You have make some interesting points which I have been considering. ... Absolving people of responsibility rarely achieves good results. People are...
On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:04:10 -0000, "mart_h_shearer" <mart_h_shearer@...> wrote: [...] ... Side-thought: I wonder if at some point we will see battery...
Think seems to be ready if the financial situation should be resolved. A new sales brochure was delivered from the printers on 081231. The brochure is quite...
Think announced today that an option to buy the 28.5kWh Zebra battery is available at a price of NOK 50,000. The car is now priced at about NOK 212,000 plus...
Despite the current drop in oil prices, electric vehicles are on their way to reality. Oil prices will creep back up eventually and advances in battery...
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