Comments on: The future for electric car startup tech is in China http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/the-future-for-electric-car-startup-tech-is-in-china/ Mon, 20 May 2013 03:59:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kissy http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/the-future-for-electric-car-startup-tech-is-in-china/#comment-864366 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:18:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=541192#comment-864366 Are American politicians listening? China is investing big time in non-fossil energy. Besides electric cars, China is installing tons of solar panels and gigantic fields of wind turbines. They have a few ‘model cities’ which run on 90% non-fossil fuel as a showcase and experiment for the rest of China.

]]> By: Ben http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/the-future-for-electric-car-startup-tech-is-in-china/#comment-863218 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:52:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=541192#comment-863218 Totally agree! On top of that, the motor will not last very long due to continuous exposure to random impact.

]]> By: Nesral http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/the-future-for-electric-car-startup-tech-is-in-china/#comment-862962 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:45:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=541192#comment-862962 The 25M investment and the 75M JV between Smith and Wangxing have never happened as far as I know.

]]> By: Steve K http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/the-future-for-electric-car-startup-tech-is-in-china/#comment-862758 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:42:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=541192#comment-862758 Traction motors, or electric motors built into the wheel are common on trains. In a car, they add an unacceptable amount of unsprung weight. Meaning the mass of the wheel assembly is hard to control as it bounces up and down over bumps. Might work for golf carts or small intra city vehicles, but won’t work very well for anything at speed on an open road.

]]> By: EV News http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/the-future-for-electric-car-startup-tech-is-in-china/#comment-862741 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:23:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=541192#comment-862741 There’s virtually no IP protection in China.

Previously the Chinese threatened to make it conditional for auto makers to sell EV sales in China they had to hand over the vehicles IP.

That idea got plenty of push-back so they’re trying a different tactic of buying EV start-ups.

Think of these by default as technology transfer deals.

]]> By: chris http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/the-future-for-electric-car-startup-tech-is-in-china/#comment-862624 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:53:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=541192#comment-862624 Is Tesla paying attention ? This story should make their blood run cold. Tesla will have a hard time selling $50,000 great electric cars if people can buy $18,000 ‘good-enough’ electric cars from China.

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