EV news -- bad, bad, and (maybe) good

Better Place – bad

Fisker – bad

Tesla – good.  Tesla talking yesterday about a cross-country charging network.  I think they have a good product with the “S” that many more would buy… IF they can get the price a little lower.

 

Better place:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/advanced-cars/better-place-turns-out-to-be-not-enough-better/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=053013

 

Fisker:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/us-autos-fisker-raylane-idUSBRE94R0V420130528

 

Tesla:

http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/30/autos/elon-musk-tesla-supercharger/

 

My friend Andre riding in the Tesla Roadster

 

(Also bad:  A123 battery.  http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/sale-of-a123-systems-to-chineseowned-company-points-to-futility-of-nationalistic-technology-investments)