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Electrified Vehicles to Double Market Share by 2020, Survey

Benji Jerew — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:30:30 +0000

According to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers [PwC] poll, electrified vehicles will double market share by 2020. This is fairly impressive, considering that hybrid electric vehicle technology has only just hit it’s sweet-sixteen and only broke 3% market share last year. Clearly, the development of electrified vehicles is accelerating, but to double market share, from 3% to […]

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CODA Motors Nearing the End of Its Extension Cord

Benji Jerew — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:07:49 +0000

Its been struggling for a while now, and it seems that CODA Motors nearing the end of its extension cord and about to be unplugged. The electric vehicle market isn’t exactly what automakers were hoping for, and it takes a special mix to have a successful sales tactic. CODA Motors didn’t have it. CODA started […]

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Tesla Motors Finds the Sweet Spot – Other Automakers Flailing

Benji Jerew — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:21:29 +0000

If anyone looks at the electric vehicle market today, they’ll note just one bright spot, Tesla Motors. Somehow, Tesla Motors found the sweet spot, the perfect balance of power, luxury, price, technology, and the x-factor, which is really difficult to quantify. At prices ranging from $50,000 to $90,000, Tesla Motors already has a backlog of clients […]

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