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Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler, has been famously skeptical, even scathing, about electric cars in the past.

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In October, it bought NewMotion, a Dutch company that operates more than 30,000 electric - car charging installations in Europe and that gives electric - car owners who sign up for its service access to about 50,000 other charging pointIn October, it bought NewMotion, a Dutch company that operates more than 30,000 electric - car charging installations in Europe and that gives electric - car owners who sign up for its service access to about 50,000 other charging pointin Europe and that gives electric - car owners who sign up for its service access to about 50,000 other charging points.

The leader of the venture, IONITY chief executive Michael Hajesch, said in a press statement Friday that the network will ease fears about electric cars and long - distance travel.

In response to a shareholder question about what could be done to speed up the glacial pace of adoption of electric car production by other car companies, Musk said he was «playing with doing something fairly significant on this front which would be kind of controversial with respect to Tesla's patents.»

In a fraught environment where small businesses owners are extremely guarded about their intellectual property — in particular their patents — wizard inventor Elon Musk caused quite a stir on Tuesday at the electric car company's shareholder meeting in Mountain View, CaliforniIn a fraught environment where small businesses owners are extremely guarded about their intellectual property — in particular their patents — wizard inventor Elon Musk caused quite a stir on Tuesday at the electric car company's shareholder meeting in Mountain View, Californiin particular their patents — wizard inventor Elon Musk caused quite a stir on Tuesday at the electric car company's shareholder meeting in Mountain View, Californiin Mountain View, California.

The turnover in the U.S. car fleet is about 10 years, so if everyone bought an electric car the next time they bought a car, you'd have 95 percent electric cars in 10 years.

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks about the autonomous Chevrolet Bolt electric car, in DetroiIn this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks about the autonomous Chevrolet Bolt electric car, in Detroiin Detroit.

Automakers produce about 90 million cars each year, but less than 2 percent of those are electric vehicles, said Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk in Hong Kong last week.

As Business Insider's Bryan Logan explained, «For all the attention that the electric - car startup Faraday Future has gotten in the past year, very little is still known about the company.»

Think about the disruption being caused by electric and autonomous cars in automotive; by regulatory challenges in banking; by shale resources in oil and gas; and by a groundswell of public dissatisfaction in political institutions, to name just a few.

Tesla began producing electric cars at its plant in Fremont, Calif., six years ago, starting with small quantities and ramping up to about 100,000 vehicles last year.

When asked about Apple's ambition of developing an electric car, Musk replied that it is good for a company to foray in the automotive industry.

will let it fail and will do everything in his power for electric cars to succeed, but we can't say that about all growth stocks.

In the video, the team at Faraday Future can be seen providing Dahm with tidbits about the projects taking place behind the scenes, and later an extended test drive of the 1,000 horsepower, dual - motor electric car.

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) earnings will also be in focus after Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday cut off analysts asking about profit potential in the company's first - quarter's earnings call, sending shares down 4 % in after - hours trading, despite promises that production of the troubled Model 3 electric car was on track.

By you I mean his customers, Wall Street, his shareholders, his creditors, his employees, and anyone who just might be interested in learning more about electric cars.

Investors in the electric car maker are zealous about the company and its potential for social change... and they're willing to pay dearly for the shares.

During that time, Paine and his crew captured the ups and downs of electric vehicles» development amid the Great Recession — when GM went bankrupt and its executives made the blunder of flying to Washington, D.C., in private jets to seek federal bailout money; when Tesla Motors almost missed payroll, having built only 100 cars and spent $ 100 million; and when Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn was grilled by the press about the $ 6 billion gamble he was taking on the Leaf.

By mid-September 2015, about 620,000 light - duty electric vehicles have been sold worldwide out of total global sales of one million plug - in electric cars sold since 2008.

Audi is recalling about 391,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because the electric coolant pumps can overeat and possibly cause a fire.

I couldn't find a charger there, and I didn't want to invest in another $ 250 electric pump, so I bought a Medela Harmony (a single, manual pump) and started cranking away with it about two seconds after getting back in the car.

One could frame the debate in the advantages of using less fossil fuel, which range from lower costs to people (an all electric car has operating costs about 1/4 that of a gasoline vehicle), to balance of payments (less capital flowing out of the country, especially relevant to countries who import most of their oil), to terrorism (not funding it, and western influence leaving the ME, which is the basis of most ME terrorist organizations) to conflict in general (most of the major conflicts in the last 30 years have involved ME oil), to finite supply (when we run out, we'll be facing a global economic meltdown).

Take an electric car with 100 miles of range: In 2009, its battery would have cost about $ 33,000.

In that case, about 1 in 5 new cars would be either a «pure» electric or a plug - in hybrid like the Volt, according to BNEF Senior Transportation Analyst Glen WalkeIn that case, about 1 in 5 new cars would be either a «pure» electric or a plug - in hybrid like the Volt, according to BNEF Senior Transportation Analyst Glen Walkein 5 new cars would be either a «pure» electric or a plug - in hybrid like the Volt, according to BNEF Senior Transportation Analyst Glen Walkein hybrid like the Volt, according to BNEF Senior Transportation Analyst Glen Walker.

Probert: You've got the vehicle developed, you just developed a power train, the only thing advantage about is in your platform scalability, so you can get the power train and interface to work with the Focus so then that platform that same car platform and if you make it in different forms you build it in different countries, you have that ability, you can take that electric vehicle, you can build it in your plant in US, you can take it and you can build it in your plan in St Louis in Germany.

Meanwhile, just about every automaker is working on a new generation of electric vehicles, including both hybrids and cars that operate entirely on electricity stored in batteries.

Electrical capacity is measured in watt - hours; electric cars use about 350 watt - hours to drive one mile in the city.

According to Robert Hayden, executive director of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas, about 127 000 electric cars would be needed to meet ZEV mandates in California, New York and Massachusetts between 1998 aElectric Vehicle Association of the Americas, about 127 000 electric cars would be needed to meet ZEV mandates in California, New York and Massachusetts between 1998 aelectric cars would be needed to meet ZEV mandates in California, New York and Massachusetts between 1998 and 2000.

Proponents talk about tens of millions of plug - in hybrid or even electric cars, each of which might use 10 kilowatt - hours a day from the grid to cover 30 or 40 miles of travel.

THE KAVLI FOUNDATION: At the end of 2011 there were several news stories about how a battery in the Chevy Volt, GM's first mainstream electric vehicle since the EV1, caught fire several weeks after the car was subject to crash testing.

And the 8 second Elon Musk cameo (CEO of Tesla Motors, the fledgling electric sports car company) where Tony leaves us pondering on the likelihood of an electric car in our driveway with his one liner to Musk about the 100 % electric airplane.

Despite the march toward electrification and the doom and gloom surrounding what many believe to be a future where we'll be autonomously chauffeured around in shapeless, electric - powered pods, things still look bright for people like us who love to drive cars and want to learn more about everything from a Honda Accord Sport to exotic unobtanium like the astonishing Ford GT.

During my six decades in the automobile business, people have constantly said something similar about electric cars: «They're the future and always will be.»

The 2017 Kia Optima Plug - in Hybrid Electric Vehicle is scheduled to arrive in U.S. dealerships about the middle of the third - quarter of 2016, with a 9.8 killowatt - hour electric battery pack delivering about six - times the current car's energy output and a pure - electric range of 2Electric Vehicle is scheduled to arrive in U.S. dealerships about the middle of the third - quarter of 2016, with a 9.8 killowatt - hour electric battery pack delivering about six - times the current car's energy output and a pure - electric range of 2electric battery pack delivering about six - times the current car's energy output and a pure - electric range of 2electric range of 27 miles.

Speaking about the e-Racer and the future of touring cars, SEAT Vice-president for R&D, Dr. Matthias Rabe said «we are committed to the E TCR because we are convinced that the future of competition is in electric engines.

Everyday citizens showed interest in the idea of electric cars, but were more concerned about the cost than the hypothetical environmental benefit.

The never - ending question about electric cars, of course, is where and how to recharge them, but Tesla is optimistic about its plans to allow owners to do so easily with its Supercharging stations, which provide a full battery recharge in about 30 minutes and will allow Tesla drivers to travel from San Diego to Vancouver on the West Coast and from Miami to Boston on the East Coast.

All I want to point out that, is that we are quick to say that electric cars are environmentally friendly but someone understanding all the facts wouldn't buy one thinking about the environment but might in the hope that it is progressive step to a better environment.

Last December, Al Castignetti, vice president for sales, told Automotive News about the dealers» «need to go out and find the electric - car buyer in your market.»

Supposedly FF's first electric car will have a battery pack with about 98 kWh of capacity, which is a 15 percent jump in specific energy compared to the 85 - kWh Tesla Model S. Like Musk's silent chariot, it features a multi-cell solution.

The M Hybrid keeps track of how many miles it has traveled in electric - only mode, and I was fairly impressed to see that the figure was about ten percent of the car's total odometer reading (1877 miles of EV driving in 11850 miles); my total was 10.7 miles of 118.

Defying everything I'd been encouraged to fear about Fiskers and electric cars, we traveled home twenty - one miles without incident and in superior comfort.

There is nothing noble about sweating through your shirt while sitting in traffic on Manhattan's FDR Drive, wondering if your electric car has enough juice to get you to a charging station located in the dank bowels of an overcrowded garage.

Part of getting punters excited about an electric car, or any car, is showing where it holds the edge over its rivals and there's no bigger rival in the EV field just now that Tesla.

Despite the supple Can Can Red leather inside, there was no question about this car's racing pedigree with its heavily cambered wheels, full roll cage (trimmed in leather on this car), air jack pneumatic fitting, tow hook, and electric safety shut - off switch.

The company, based in Siracusa, already makes small electric cars, electric tourist trains, boats and mobility vehicles for the disabled, so it at least knows a thing or two about electricity.

While it's not our usual sort of thing, it does represent the first big step towards usable electric vehicles, and shows that a future of plug - in cars isn't something to fret about.

About Honda Civic One of the best - selling compact cars in the United States, the Civic features a lineup of six distinct models: the conventional gasoline - powered Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe, two high - performance Civic Si models, gasoline - electric Civic Hybrid, the Civic Natural Gas and Civic HF high fuel economy model.

«Highlighting the Focus Electric as a pace car is a fun way to educate consumers about the kinds of benefits our electrified vehicles deliver and show people our commitment to provide Ford customers the power of choice for leading fuel economy in the vehicle that best meets their needs,» Mark Fields, president of Ford's Americas division, said Monday.

By the end of 2015, there will be a total of about 50,000 electric cars and plug - in hybrids on the... Read more →