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Norway shows the way with EVs, but at what cost?

March 16, 2013 06:01 CET
Norway's market for pure electric cars has in its very success shown the severe drawbacks to a model that relies on public subsidies worth as much as $8,200 per car, every year. Carmakers such as Nissan, Mitsubishi, PSA and Tesla Motors see Norway and its 10,000 battery-powered vehicles as a reason for optimism in otherwise gloomy terrain.... Read More »

 

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Equity links can increase the risk at EV startups

12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 13, 2012
For a while, it looked like we were seeing the first stirrings of electric-vehicle keiretsu. Not everyone loved the idea. One veteran of the EV wars said having a supplier as an investor can bias purchasing decisions. But there was a more fundamental problem Dave Guilford is enterprise editor of Automotive News.... Read More »