"Even if Tesla's battery cost targets are achieved, it's not guaranteed that consumers will want to buy electric vehicles in the volumes Tesla is talking about," said John Gartner, a senior analyst at Navigant Research.
One reason big manufacturers might not be rushing to release electric motorcycles is that few people have been buying existing models. Only about 4,500 high-powered motorcycles are expected to be sold worldwide this year, said John Gartner, of the consulting firm Navigant Research. The bigger market
Date: Jun 19, 2014
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Tesla's Elon Musk: State ban on direct sales of EVs is 'twisted'
"There are companies out there that do sell specific niche vehicles via direct sales," said John Gartner, research director of smart transportation at Navigant Research. "But this is the first time someone has tried to be a mass marketer of vehicles through this model."
One possibility is that Mr. Fisker thought if theres an acquisition, the new company could say theyre in control over direction, said John Gartner, research director for the Smart Transportation practice of Pike Research. Given that Geely is a Chinese company, Mr. Gartner said, it could take sig
cars may follow slightly different rules versus their hybrid counterparts. According to John Gartner, an analyst with Pike Research, Hybrid vehicle sales have traditionally ebbed and flowed with the price of gasoline, and thus far plug-in vehicles have followed that track, but to a lesser degree.
Date: Dec 16, 2012
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Battery Maker A123's Bankruptcy Underscores US Hurdles for Clean Tech
systems for hybrid buses. According to John Gartner, an analyst with Pike Research, part of Navigant Consulting, such deals are "impressive for a startup company when competing with Korean and Japanese companies that had much lengthier experience in manufacturing lithium ion batteries for other markets.
"Battery swapping is applicable to certain markets where you have higher fuel cost and smaller geographic profiles, like Israel and Denmark," said John Gartner, research director at Pike Research, a clean-technology research firm. "But it's not a model that's going to work in a lot of places or give
Date: Oct 03, 2012
Category: Business
Source: Google
Tesla Motors to unveil 'Superchargers' at event near Los Angeles
"It seems curious to go to the expense of setting up your own charging network," said John Gartner, a senior analyst with Pike Resarch. "There's already a West Coast EV highway that is being deployed along I-5. Rather than use what's already out there, Tesla seems intent on doing its own thing."