Electric Vehicles Quotes

• Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Car, Storm, Improvement

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• Imagine a kind of system where you have lightweight electric vehicles relatively small battery capacity, and then picking up charge wherever they park. You never have to worry about filling up your car, never go to the gas station, never plug it in, never do any of these things.

  William J. Mitchell

  Filling Up, Worry, Car

  Source: bigthink.com

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• America needs to be able to be energy-independent, and the electric vehicle, the battery technology is one way of getting there.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Independent, Technology, America

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. March 31, 2009.

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• Electric cars aren't pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.

  Alexandra Paul

  Car, Energy, Pollution

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• The overarching goal of Tesla is to help reduce carbon emissions and that means low cost and high volume. We will also serve as an example to the auto industry, proving that the technology really works and customers want to buy electric vehicles.

  Elon Musk

  Mean, Technology, Carbon Emissions

  "Exclusive Q & A with Elon Musk on the Tesla Roadster and the future of EVs". Interview with Sebastian Blanco, www.autoblog.com. July 26, 2006.

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• Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.

  Elon Musk

  Technology, Goal, Intellectual

  "Elon Musk Gives Tesla's Patents to Open Source Movement". bigthink.com.

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• Look at countries like China, they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas, putting lots of money into wind, solar, electric vehicles and battery storage. America's political impotence, caused by their terrible partisanship, will see them left behind.

  Malcolm Turnbull

  Country, Technology, Wind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• With regard to electric vehicles, I am all for them because most of the incremental electricity needed to run those vehicles will come from gas-fired electric generation. However, I do not believe it is wise for America to substitute dependence on foreign oil for dependence on Chinese batteries.

  Aubrey McClendon

  Wise, Running, Believe

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• In the European Union, a fleet average of 95 grams of CO2 per kilometer will be permitted in 2020. This corresponds to fuel consumption of about four liters (per 100 kilometers; about 59 mpg). We have to continue reducing the fuel consumption of our vehicles and offer hybrid and electric vehicles, or else we will be unable to achieve these values.

  Norbert Reithofer

  Average, Fuel, Four

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Well, my motivation behind Tesla is really to do as much good as possible for the environment and the electric-vehicle revolution. I think there is still a lot of work to do and if we were to sell to a big company, I'm not sure it would progress at the same pace.

  Elon Musk

  Motivation, Thinking, Progress

  "Elon Musk on rockets, sports cars, and solar power". Interview with Michael Kanellos, www.cnet.com. February 15, 2008.

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• I think with more electric vehicles on the road, hopefully we'll still be able to drive some fantastic sports cars with big V8s, or V10s, or even V12s. Why not? If we can find a way to balance the automotive world, where ultimately, when we have most of the commuters drive electric cars, then we won't really have any issue with some sports cars driving around.

  Henrik Fisker

  Sports, Thinking, Issues

  "Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.

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• There are wonderful low-interest loans you can take out to own your own solar and cut your energy bills down drastically. You can retrofit your home to become more energy efficient with on-bill financing, where the upgrades you make pay for themselves with the energy savings you generate. Ten years ago, there were only a few electric vehicles on the market, and today there are many, many more coming, and with each year the cost of them comes down.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Home, Cutting, Years

  "ORIGIN Interview: Mark Ruffalo on Climate Change, the Monopoly on Our Energy Systems, Fighting Fracking, the True Cost of Fossil Fuel Pollution, Showing Compassion, and Being Who You Say You Are". Interview with Leilani Münter, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 27, 2016.

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• The one factor that you can't find on a spreadsheet is the willingness of the people in government to lead change, And in Denmark every single one of them is engaged and willing to do whatever it takes to get Denmark to be a leader in electric vehicles.

  Shai Agassi

  Government, People, Leader

  "In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars" by Nelson D. Schwartz, www.nytimes.com. December 1, 2009.

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• In order to give these customers what they want within an appropriate timescale, we are committed to developing a broad range of technologies-including plug-in hybrid, electric vehicle and FCV, corresponding to the simultaneous diversification of energy sources.

  Yoshikazu Tanaka

  Technology, Order, Giving

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