Diarmuid O'Connell, Mike Flewitt, David Keith.

“The roadmap to sell EVs is apparent for everybody to see. The industry is not even trying.”

Diarmuid O’Connell, Tesla’s vice president of business development, criticised other carmakers for not trying hard enough to sell electric cars, that they are not training dealerships and that electrified versions of i.e. the Kia Soul and Chevy Spark cost twice as much, as their petrol-counterparts.
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“When we present an electric car it will be the most exciting sports car we have ever made.”

McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt is certain that the end of combustion engines is coming. While the manufacturer is betting more on hybrid technology in the next few years, Flewitt “would love to do a limited run” of an electric car, like for instance in the Ultimate Series.
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“The cost of batteries is so critical in all this that it justifies Tesla having this control. No one else is going to push as hard as they want to bring down the cost of batteries, and to push the market as fast as they need it to go.”

David Keith, an MIT professor studying automotive technologies, acknowledges that Tesla’s success depends on the success of its Gigafactory, because for its EVs to become more affordable for it to be able to scale up production, its needs large amounts of batteries at low prices.
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