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In the wood room at Rincon Fire Station is a collection of Stihl string trimmers, hedge trimmers, and leaf blowers. I will be going up Saturday ...
Antique Engine Show Bernardston Mass 5/28/04
My first trip on a small single engine prop airplane. We took off and landed in the Northampton Airport in Western Massachusetts and flew around ...
Given the Renault-Nissan Alliance’s aggressive investments in the electric vehicle and battery market (they’re aiming for nothing less than domination of the global EV market), combined with Daimler’s engineering expertise and investments in electric car startup Tesla Motors and battery maker Evonik, how might a Renault-Nissan-Daimler alliance shape the nascent market for plug-in vehicles?
As the Wall Street Journal explains , the expected tie-up would give Daimler access to Renault and Nissan’s “fuel-efficient, low-emission small engines; small-car platforms; and Renault’s expertise in electric power trains and cost cutting,” while the French-Japanese pair could gain “access to Daimler’s hybrid-engine technology and electronics and quality expertise.
One of the most significant effects may be in helping to reduce costs. As Renault-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn put it to reporters at this year’s Geneva Motor Show , “The name of the game is scale and co-investments and sharing technologies.”
Automakers are looking to cut costs far and wide following the industry’s downturn. But it’s particularly important for the success of plug-in vehicles. Pricing for the earliest models of these cars is coming in at the high end for mass market vehicles — a challenge for mainstream adoption. Nissan has priced its LEAF electric sedan at about $33,000 — less than $5,000 above the price of the average car sold in the U.S. — but models like the Chevy Volt from GM, Model S from Tesla, for example, will carry sticker prices of $40,000 and up. Despite government incentives designed to help bring these cars within reach for a larger portion of consumers, costs will likely have to come down in order for them to grab a significant share of the mainstream market.
While Daimler has previously touted its registration of more than 600 patents related to battery-powered vehicles over the last three decades, the company has over the last year or two shown a heightened sense of urgency when it comes to carving out a piece of the nascent plug-in vehicle and battery market — a potentially multibillion-dollar opportunity by the company’s estimates.
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