app-based on-demand mobility, BEV check-mate plug-ins hybrid

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finalmente um artigo que refere o que tenho pensado, que num híbrido há toda uma complexidade e peso morto que não se justifica;
uma excelente leitura; e a ideia do conceito "app-based on-demand mobility" é simplesmente brilhante
http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/ ... ns-miscue/
"According to Professor Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at the University of Duisburg-Essen, not only have the big three Germans wasted money on the blind-alley of plug-in hybrids, they are losing sales in the most profitable end of the luxury market to Tesla. Rich people who have formerly bought the flag-ship Mercedes S-Class, BMW 7 Series and Audi A8 are turning to the Tesla Model S.
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Plug-in hybrids are not proving popular with buyers. They are also seen as not very environmentally friendly because most plug-in hybrid drivers will use internal combustion engine power for most the time.
In a report called “Tesla asserts itself in the luxury class,” Dudenhoeffer said that even in markets like Germany and Switzerland where there are no subsidies for electric vehicles, the Tesla Model S is grabbing sales from the likes of the Mercedes S class.
Dudenhoeffer’s remarks came in the week when Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas raised his target price for Tesla Motors shares to $465 from its current level of close to $240, predicting that the company will forge ahead in the race for so-called “app-based, on-demand mobility”.
Dudenhoeffer said Tesla’s batteries check-mate plug-ins.
“Tesla’s range of up to 450 kilometers (281 miles) makes the cumbersome plug-in art rather uninteresting. This makes it high risk that the premium manufacturers have invested in the wrong technology,” he said.
And in Germany at least, Europe’s biggest single market for cars, plug-ins aren’t seen as very green and are demonstrating a misstep by the German premium car makers.
“I think plug-in hybrids are the wrong direction and will not be successful. The costs are too high. The weight of the car is too high,” Dudenhoeffer said in an interview.
“I think environmentalists and governments will come to the conclusion that plug-in hybrids are not real progress. I’m sure that in the next two or three years, the buying public will come to the view that these cars are not environmentally friendly because they will start to burn oil after just a small bit of electric power,” he said.
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Earlier this week Audi announced its new Q6 battery only-powered SUV. It will be launched in 2018, three years behind the Model X."
sobre o CAR https://www.uni-due.de/car/about_us.php