Comments on: China to Lead Electric Car Charging Boom by 2015

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:27:05 +0000

EV/PHEV should be better future cars...fast charging with V2G technology

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:56:21 +0000

China is a giant nation with numbers of people ,wide filed. Maybe it has difficulty to gain ground all over the country ,but it is a good beginning !

By: Renault-Nissan Charges Ahead With Electric Cars in China – Earth2Tech

Renault-Nissan Charges Ahead With Electric Cars in China – Earth2Tech — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:15:24 +0000

[...] the most important markets for electric cars.” According to Pike Research, the country will lead the electric car-charging boom, accounting for nearly half of the more than 5 million charge point installations anticipated [...]

By: Get Ready for Trial and Error in the Electric Vehicle Network Buildout

Get Ready for Trial and Error in the Electric Vehicle Network Buildout — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:32:18 +0000

[...] Research anticipates more than a million charge points will be installed for electric vehicles by 2015. And IBM’s Allan Schurr told us in an interview last spring [...]

By: IBM’s Chinese Smart Grid Ambitions

IBM’s Chinese Smart Grid Ambitions — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:02:13 +0000

[...] a dispatchable demand response resource as they adopt electric vehicles. China is expected to see half the world’s installations of electric vehicle chargers over the coming years, according to Pike [...]

By: Made in China: Prudent Energy Lands $22M For Flow Batteries

Made in China: Prudent Energy Lands $22M For Flow Batteries — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:49:04 +0000

[...] He who pays the piper, calls the tune — and in China’s case, that’s expected to mean a lot more focus on leveraging the country’s manufacturing might and cost advantages to mass-produce technologies developed both at home and abroad. A recent example is ECOtality, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based electric vehicle charging system maker that just announced a $300 million credit line from Chinese partner Shenzhen Goch Investment. That money isn’t just going to build equipment for export. While ECOtality’s subsidiary eTec also won about $100 million in U.S. stimulus grants in August, China is expected to build about half of the world’s EV charging station in the next five years or so, according to Pike Rese.... [...]

By: EV Charging In China: ECOtality Secures $300M Credit Line From Chinese Partner

EV Charging In China: ECOtality Secures $300M Credit Line From Chinese Partner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:43:46 +0000

[...] that a major benefit of the partnership would be to sell its charging systems in China, which is expected to account for nearly half of worldwide installations by 2015, according to at least one research report. [...]

By: China’s Opportunity: Green Mobility vs. Electric Cars

China’s Opportunity: Green Mobility vs. Electric Cars — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:22:13 +0000

[...] the charging side, while China is expected to lead the electric car-charging boom (accounting for nearly half of the more than 5 million charge point installations anticipated [...]

By: Soon to Be Made In China: Electric Vehicle Charge Points

Soon to Be Made In China: Electric Vehicle Charge Points — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:31:55 +0000

[...] car charging equipment installed worldwide by 2015 will be heading to China, according to a recent report from Pike Research. Today an announcement from Scottsdale, Ariz.-based charging infrastructure company ECOtality [...]

By: joe daks

joe daks — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:29:16 +0000

I see the large companies now wanting to control charging outlets for EV Cars rather than allow home charging overnight, they can do this by fitting their own connectors on power cords which will not fit home wall sockets.

Do we really want large Cooperation control over Electrical energy so that they can push up pricing in line with Petrol.

.............JD

By: Josie Garthwaite

Josie Garthwaite — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:34:02 +0000

@stefan You're right - renewable, low-carbon energy is an important piece of the puzzle if plug-in cars are going to make a meaningful dent in vehicle emissions.

By: stefan

stefan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:03:30 +0000

while investing in electric vehicles is perfect people should not forget that if that electricity is made from coal fired powerplants the whole idea of reducing CO2 emissions is absurd!!!we should shut down coalfired power plants if we want to reduce our GHG in the first place, and there is still a long way to go whether it be USA, China, Europe...

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:58:12 +0000

Safety is great….but my desire to drive my own car, and willingness to bear the risk, alienates me from the idea of a “car that drives itself”.
Much like my willingness to take business risk alienates me from a government that wants to make business decisions for me.

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:03:40 +0000

Why aren't we talking about smaller, lighter, and more intelligent cars?

It seems to me that driving is ideally suited for automation - and where we could see the biggest (by far) improvement in efficiency. In theory, driving is all about following the rules ... rules that could easily be programmed into an intelligent car. When we can move from "protection" (with large steel-frame roll-barred airbagged tanks) to "prevention" (where cars simply drive themselves and refuse to bang into each other and other things) we can dramatically reduce the size and weight of cars. Recharge visits are far less frequent and it becomes feasible to "park and charge" a lot more cars in a lot less space. Commute time becomes productive time.

And don't get me started on the lighter requirements on infrastucture ...