I was interpreting the author's opinion. You're free to feel about it however you want.

Good point about the role of the French government. They have in fact ordered 2100 Zoe's but I think that is supposed to be delivered over a period of three years.

Having no cargo space to speak off doesn't make any type of EV an acceptable offering for families.

@ John Voelcker: Obviously I mean the ZE version. Yes, there is a ICE version, but that's not exactly the same model. For one it's 5 inches shorter but also -and more importantly- it doesn't have most of its bootspace filled up with a big battery drop system.

Yes, anthropogenic climate change sceptics are routinely called trolls by the believers aren't they? Of course the inherent intolerance to dissenting opinions is more typical for religion than science.

Google's co founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were actually among the early investors in Tesla.

Guess what, Camrys have been around for decades and Audi, Mercedes and BMW still manage to sell cars! Guess there is hope for Tesla after all.

Apple is actually not a bad candidate once you realise that EVs will fully transform the carmarket. Cars will be like iPads: nobody will care any more what's under the hood or where it's made: just how it performs and interacts with you. Anybody will be able to build a quiet smooth and reliable ride using generic parts from China, its stuff like design, refinement and user interfaces that will set you apart, the sort of thing Apple excels in.

That said currently this game is all about the battery so Panasonic is definitely a better match for Tesla than some ICE age dinosaur looking to save a bit on R&d for the EVs it really doesn't want to do and its dealer network really doesn't want to sell.

I think one of Better place biggest problems is the car they have on offer. In its home market Renault has managed to sell all of 5 (not a typo: five!!) Fluences so far this year. And it's not that the French don't like the idea of battery rental; the attractive Zoe found 2347 new owners in the first 4 months.

I think Better place was so focussed on being a business model that it forgot that at the end of the day it's about the cars.

Nope, Tesla has been postponing new models. Model X is late 2014 now, Blue Star 2016/17. I think prices of EV components need to come down substantially and Tesla first needs to establish itself as a reliable long term partner that can commit to large numbers to suppliers before an "affordable" long range EV becomes feasible. Those things take time and a lot will depend on whether Model S sales hold up. Time will tell.

I don't know where Natalie Holloway is Sharyn, you tell me. After all you are the "relocation consultant".