German e-cars do for buyers what the Japanese cannot— make them attractive, sexy and likely to sell. Sadly there is no German large volume, large format, lithium battery maker. Will there ever be one, asks Gerry Woolf?
BMW is rubbing its hands at the thought of more sales than it expected with its i3 electric car, which goes on sale in the UK in November priced with prices starting at a mere £25K. There are already 8000 orders worldwide and according to CFO Friedrich Eichiner, the company will increase production in 2014.
Too bad then that perhaps . . .
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