Late-Afternoon Reads from EV Parade

As the article points out, a Tesla team is going out to Tennessee where this accident occurred, due diligence or something fishy about this accident (Interesting timing, after the 3rd quarter results.

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Is BMW's Strategy for Electric Cars or Carbon Fiber Panels?

BMW's legendary, car design oozes elegance and simplicity, so why didn't they leverage this branding for their new compact electric car, the i3? The answer lies with BMW's strategy to drive down the costs of carbon fiber (CF) reinforced composite—to reduce the weight of battery-pack car—for not only their electric and hybrid cars but to become a supplier of CF to the rest of the automobile industry in the near future. It's a bold and big strategy considering CF is typically known as high-cost low volume product.

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Electric Vehicle Standardization, Quick Charging News

In a press release, GM and BMW engineers announced that they've completed testing on "DC Combo fast-charging Charge stations from several suppliers will consistently allow an electric vehicle to take on an 80 percent charge in about 20 minutes." The charge time is simiar to Tesla's press release about two weeks ago in regard to its SuperCharging Network (much cooler name). Some of the suppliers in this testing include were ABB, Aker Wade, Eaton and IES.

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