Detail Flat Batteries; Low-emission Cars   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 407 no. 8838 (Jun. 2013), page 14. Topik: Automobile Industry; Electric Vehicles; Product Acceptance Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.76 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel May was not the merriest month for electric cars. On May 1st Coda, an American maker of battery-powered cars, declared bankruptcy; on the 26th Better Place, a much-hyped promoter of cars with swappable batteries (which raised nearly $1 billion in 2007), filed for liquidation in Israel. Fisker, another American electric-car maker, which is partly financed by taxpayers, teetered on the brink of collapse, having made no vehicles since its (also state-financed) battery-maker, A123, collapsed last year. Fiat-Chrysler's boss said during the month that it will lose $10,000 on every 500e battery car it sells. The news has not all been bad. Tesla, a Californian maker of battery-powered sports cars, recently declared its first quarterly profit, and repaid its $452m of government loans early. But overall, electric cars, whether purely battery-powered or hybrids that use petrol engines as backups, have been a flop. They are expensive, even with state subsidies, and the all-battery ones have a limited range. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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