Comments on: A German startup’s plan to make electric car charging more like cell phone service http://gigaom.com/2013/02/12/a-german-startups-plan-to-make-electric-car-charging-more-like-cell-phone-service/ Sun, 19 May 2013 16:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike Dempsey http://gigaom.com/2013/02/12/a-german-startups-plan-to-make-electric-car-charging-more-like-cell-phone-service/#comment-1311727 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:58:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=610118#comment-1311727 What stops someone from stealing the cord?

]]> By: Doug Stuckey http://gigaom.com/2013/02/12/a-german-startups-plan-to-make-electric-car-charging-more-like-cell-phone-service/#comment-1311336 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:36:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=610118#comment-1311336 With the negative comments of so many people, no doubt encouraged by the gas companies, it needs a company like Apple to enter the field and come up with the same sort of innovation as it did with the iPhone.
Where are you Apple? They could revolutionise the car industry just as they did the telephone business.

]]> By: Jan Michael Hess http://gigaom.com/2013/02/12/a-german-startups-plan-to-make-electric-car-charging-more-like-cell-phone-service/#comment-1311007 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:24:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=610118#comment-1311007 The key reason why electric mobility progresses so slowly is the small number of electric cars available in the market and their relatively high cost due to the expensive batteries. I wish the big car OEMs would be as cool as Tesla, but they aren’t (yet).

When it comes to solving the charging infrastructure riddle, Ubitricity’s solution is really clever. I strongly recommend to investors and corporates to take a very close look at Ubitricity which is backed by the German VC Earlybird.

The event where the author met Ubitricity and Ecomobilité Ventures was Ecosummit Düsseldorf 2012. You can meet them, too, at Ecosummit Berlin 2013 in June.

And, yes, great article, Jonathan. Looking forward to working with you more in the near future.

]]> By: Daniel Watkins http://gigaom.com/2013/02/12/a-german-startups-plan-to-make-electric-car-charging-more-like-cell-phone-service/#comment-1310945 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:28:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=610118#comment-1310945 OK, so basically it is a 120V outlet that is installed that is welcome for electric cars to use because the business buildings and poles that these are on, those businesses don’t have to pay to charge up people’s cars. In other words, it isn’t as easy as getting regular 120V outlets all over the place because they can be abused in the businesses eyes. Having a model where handshaking has to happen and the car owner pays for fuel is how they are able to install them everywhere.

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