[naturelover]

With the economic in downturn and to catch with other industry, the most affected auto industry has posted a rebound in the past two quarters. Almost all car manufacturers reduced the production of SUV's and are aiming to producing compact cars and the so called cousins - 'electric car.'

As always to initiate first, the European Association for Electric Vehicle as called for a one day summit to discuss on "Electric Vehicles at the Crossroads: Towards a Comprehensive EU-Wide Strategy" to be held at Brussels, Belgium on Thursday 18th February 2010.

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Title: Electric Vehicles at the Crossroads: Towards a Comprehensive EU-Wide Strategy
Date: Thursday 18th February 2010
Time: 10:00am – 3:45pm (followed by networking drinks reception)
Venue: The Marriott
Renaissance Hotel
Rue du Parnasse 19
Brussels, 1050, Belgium

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[adhityaen]

I definitely feel this is one of the most important and relevant discussion meeting and very curious to hear about the outcome.

[iwiz]

As with the global warming and other side effects, I too agree this one meeting holds lot of promise for the future motor industry. With the auto industry in the threshold of another major revamp from the past two years of financial turmoil, it's natural to see and hear great emphasis is put on electric vehicles.

[naturelover]

Yeah, one day these electric and hybrid cars are going to rule the road and will emphasize for conservation and tackling climate change. The government should also come forward to encourage more investment by providing tax reliefs and other relaxation for manufacturers of such non-polluting vehicles.

[iwiz]

I believe the governments across the continents are mulling to introduce tax breaks for electric car manufacturers and in particular, U.S. is working over time to install car charges across its cities for recharging.

[Machida]

The cost of electric cars is still high for a normal so I think that this conference should look about this. Another thing that they should be talking is how could they make the car run longer without the need of recharging it most of the time.

[Andy]

I'd agree the cost is high, then there's the cost of battery replacement at some point in time. Although I would guess most of the battery can be recycled anyway.


The only other thing is how much pollution is being saved (I would guess its all just coming out the power station instead of your exhaust in that case), unless we are going to use nuclear or renewable energy sources to generate electricity, certainly not burning coal or oil anyway.

[naturelover]

Andy, on 19 February 2010 - 08:22 PM, said:

I'd agree the cost is high, then there's the cost of battery replacement at some point in time. Although I would guess most of the battery can be recycled anyway.


The only other thing is how much pollution is being saved (I would guess its all just coming out the power station instead of your exhaust in that case), unless we are going to use nuclear or renewable energy sources to generate electricity, certainly not burning coal or oil anyway.

I understand that you are talking about the power being generated to run those battery chargers. Right! In that case, power generation is going to be done through present day method of coal and natural gas. Nuclear and renewal energy thro solar panels are costly affairs.

I would like to imply here that pollution is almost in equal terms or even bit on higher side because of vehicles than power generation. So, electric vehicles are going to rule the world, yup the roads in the near future.

Have that space at your home for the battery charger.

[prasanth5]

Electric cars are supposed to be costly but certainly safer than the petrol and diesel run cars in the sense that inflammable items never exist in them.

[naturelover]

prasanth5, on 21 February 2010 - 05:07 AM, said:

Electric cars are supposed to be costly but certainly safer than the petrol and diesel run cars in the sense that inflammable items never exist in them.

But I doubt even battery can surge fire. lol. Hope manufacturers take precaution and work towards this.