Friday, July 17, 2009

Automakers seek battery ties as cars go electric | Green Business | Reuters

 

Auto executives say that with fewer moving parts, easy-to-assemble electric cars may also lower the bar for entry into the cut-throat autos industry and make battery manufacturers the unlikely competitors for car giants

bad news for automakers whose expertise lies in the complex task of fitting together thousands of components into a safe and reliable vehicle

Some see the shift to electric cars turning the auto industry into something resembling the PC sector, where Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp, which supply key devices across PC brands, take the lion's share of the industry profit

Automakers seek battery ties as cars go electric | Green Business | Reuters

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