The Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade confirmed today that Brazil will not require new manufacturers to product 65% of their product locally. This is an interesting development given Nissan’s recent overtures to Brazil’s Automotive Industry.
He also confirmed that the increase to the IPI (excise tax) that has been on automotive imports will continue to at least the end of 2012.
This research by Deloitte and reported by Resource Investing News is particularly compelling. It states that 85% of consumers in these markets have interest in moving forward with electric vehicles.
The study goes on to site the challenges that we all know and love: range anxiety, cost, look to government for incentives. Many of the American EV companies have great ideas about how to best address these issues and my experience has been that these emerging market governments are more aggressive in providing incentives.
I am absolutely certain that these regions of the world are where we find the volume that we need to grow this technology and that American EV companies are best suited to take advantage of it.
11:30-12:30 Melissa will be a panelist for “Green Your Fleet: Integrating Alternative Vehicle Strategies Into Your Business”
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I recently read this article on EVs, “The Electric Car Branding Trick that even Nissan’s is Missing” by Carol Pierson Holding. She unknowingly reveals the secret behind the EV cult following–it’s not really being “green” that makes EVs so great–it’s the power and performance. The smooth rocket-like acceleration, the effortless torque, the sleek silence. In any circumstances it’s the riding experience of an EV that really settles the age old dispute of gas vs. electric.
As Ms. Holding’s friend said, “Just drive it.”
Dear Oregonians,
SB 838 also known as the Oregon Renewable Energy Act was a passed in 2007. While that bill went far to help develop the alternative energy portfolio within Oregon it did not include Electric Vehicles as a source of Renewable Energy.
Most people do not think of EVs as a source of energy, only a consumer of energy. This is however incorrect. EVs are, in fact, a bank of batteries on wheels that can be powered by a variety of sources: including solar, wind, wave, geothermal not just the standard coal-fired planet. EVs can provide localized power backup, when needed, or utilized to balance energy loads during peak hours, or if connected to the grid (V2G)a potential paid source of energy.
Some food for thought–in the case of emergency as we have seen this weekend with Hurricane Irene a typical electric vehicle with a 19.9 kwhr pack could provide enough to power a house for an entire day.
Please contact your local Oregon senator or assemblyman and tell them that you support an EV amendment to the Oregon Renewable Energy Act.
Why is it necessary to make an entirely new car to make an EV? All of the production costs and energy and resources that go into a car, begs the question of why can’t we be satisfied to keep them around a bit longer as EVs?
There are more vehicles in the state of Oregon than there are people–in other words Oregon has hit “peak cars”…
We had a great time at the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association EV Celebration Day this weekend. See the attached photos.
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