Darryl Siry offers up some advice for alternative fuel investments
Tesla Marketing VP Darryl Siry has penned an article for VentureBeat on the topic of investing in alternative fuel car manufacturers. Investing in this field is no simple matter. As anyone watching Tesla over the past year can see, it's tough to launch a car company even if you've got a decent amount of funding behind you. Small investors will have a tough time finding a place to put some money since many of the independent companies in the field aren't public. Those involved in the venture capital arena need to try and find companies that have some really innovative technology. Check out Darryl's article for more.
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[Source: VentureBeat, via HorselessAge]
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kert 11:38AM (11/24/2007)
Wow, Darryl has looked over the shoulder and finally noticed a little company called Mitsubishi.
Any predictions on MiEV sales numbers versus the WhiteStar ? ;)
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Domenick 9:08PM (11/24/2007)
It's hard to predict numbers for the i-MiEV. We don't even know if it will be offered in America. The first i-MiEVs are going to Japan and Britain.
It may also be a little early for anything but the roughest of sketches concerning WhiteStar sales targets.
If you just want predictions, however, I'll predict 5,000 for Mitsubishi and maybe 8,000 for WhiteStar depending on the prices and availability of gasoline, batteries, and American dollars. ^_^
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kert 3:52AM (11/25/2007)
Considering the projected price brackets for these cars, i would guess that your proposed numbers are way, way off.
Similar products that are priced with about two times difference, normally sell with roughly ten times difference in unit volumes. That is regardless of precise qualities.
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