Foot on the Brakes?
Are some car companies too risk averse to move towards electric and hybrid vehicles? Greg Dalton of Climate One discusses the competitive edge with car manufacturers Toyota, General Motors and Coda Automotive and the tactical experimentation that goes with the territory. While customers will ultimately be the one deciding what works and what doesn't, Mike Robinson of General Motors points out that experimentation is the best way to propel electric cars into the mainstream market. With many car-sharing programs out on the streets, perhaps the market is shifting towards a consumer sharing car system rather than complete ownership. Speakers: Forrest Beanum, Vice President of Government Relations, Coda Automotive Oliver Kuttner, CEO, Edison2 Bill Reinert, National Manager, Toyota Michael Robinson, VP for Environment, Energy and Safety Policy, General Motors Dan Sperling, Member, California Air Resources Board, Professor, UC Davis Recorded: May 12, 2011 http://climate-one.org http://commonwealthclub.org
About Car
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1-8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The mode...
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