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October 5

Richard commented on Marc Geller's blog post 'ABC News (USA) report on electric cars; includes Th!nk'

"How safe is a plastic car?" gahgh =) If I had a dollar for every time I had to explain that there is crash absorbing metal structures underneath the plastic and that regular metal bodywork does not provide any protection at all since you can destr…

August 13

Tom Roy commented on Marc Geller's blog post 'ABC News (USA) report on electric cars; includes Th!nk'

The "problem" that they mention about long charging time in the US was solved 20 years ago. Keyword: charging stations. The US have a disadvantage in the 110 Volt standard in the local grid. However most - if not all - homes have 220 V available fo…

August 12

Marc Geller added a blog post

ABC News (USA) report on electric cars; includes Th!nk

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8306870

August 12

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June 21

Marc Geller and Richard are now friends

March 25

Richard commented on Marc Geller's blog post 'Tata says Norway first; Th!nk says tata to Norway?'

Fantastic wordplay you got going there =) It would surely be a comic-tragic story is that is how it ends up. I can see in Andrews post earlier that Tata says it the lack of lithium available that is the reason for the Norwegian only launch. That i…

March 24

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What is your favorite electric car and why?

My first electric car was a Th!nk City (red) and I loved it. Now I have a RAV4 EV, and I suspect I'll be driving it for many more years. But if I could have any electric, I'd go for an AC Propulsion eBox.

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ABC News (USA) report on electric cars; includes Th!nk

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8306870

Posted on August 12, 2009 at 10:16pm — 2 Comments

Tata says Norway first; Th!nk says tata to Norway?

Tata says Norway first for electric Indica, later this year, as Th!nk ponders leaving Norway for lack of gov't support. What's up with that?

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Posted on March 23, 2009 at 7:11pm — 1 Comment

Wall St Journal article on Th!nk

WSJ published an article on Th!nk's status. Here's the link. Not sure they got everything right.

"In the race to get electric cars to market, the Norwegian start-up Think Global AS was one of the front-runners. It snagged big-name venture-capital backing and in 2008 manufactured about 350 of its latest model, a two-seater, plug-in city car. It planned to ramp up production to 10,000 units this year.

Then the financial crisis hit...."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123292783557913869.html

Posted on January 28, 2009 at 7:45pm — 6 Comments