Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement. — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. — Al Jardine Copy Share Image
Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars. — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
Every great device, gadget, electric car, and robot would be even greater if batteries didn't suck so badly. — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation. — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
I like driving at least a part-time electric car because there's nothing coming out of the tailpipe. That's very important to me. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I don't think very highly of Henrik Fisker. [...H]e thinks the reason we don't have electric cars is for lack of styling — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's fine if you're making 1,000 or 2,000 of an electric car, and I think there is value in that in a… — Rick Wagoner Copy Share Image
Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
I probably wouldn't be a good spokesman for an electric car, because I'll still get on a private jet, and one flight… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I think electric cars can help save Detroit. They reflect good decision-making, and there has been bad decision making in the auto… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
Production goes up and up because high pressure advertising and salesmanship constantly create new needs that must be satisfied: this is Admass-… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image
I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image
I know everyone has a different taste as far as personal technology - like, smartphones are maybe the most personal decision you… — Marques Brownlee Copy Share Image
“Environmentalists generally object to battery-powered devices and for good reason: batteries require mined minerals, employ manufacturing processes that leak toxins into local… — Ozzie Zehner Copy Share Image
Automakers have been unable to build a viable electric car, mainly because batteries don't allow enough range, are too costly, and take… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares… — Richard Hammond Copy Share Image
So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
“As Musk put it, “Try to imagine explaining that you’re investing in an electric car company, and everything you read about the… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
America is addicted to oil...We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in better batteries for… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We're still promoting stupid wasteful behavior in agribusiness - everything from ethanol production for cars to genetically modified crops. In commerce just… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
“The guys like Straubel who had been at Tesla since the beginning are quick to remind people that the chance to build… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
“Soovee?” I ask. “Did Mom make it so you can drive yourself?” “Correct.” “This is so cool!” says Trip. “Yesterday, Dr. Hayes… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“The very best is being able to ask yourself, ‘Why do I want to have a house that has seven rooms when… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“And this is one of the first things one learns from Musk’s example—he is relentless in his pursuit of the bold and,… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you tried to transplant an internal combustion engine and gearbox into another car, you have to bring with it all the… — Chris Harris Copy Share Image
Just imagine how many more cyclists could help save our cities and prevent further global warming by adopting electric bikes, if they… — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
I love driving. I still drive a 1993 Toyota Camry. I do want to get an electric car, but it's less of… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
We will introduce an electric car by 2015. It will be a completely new vehicle concept for mega-cities. We would also have… — Norbert Reithofer Copy Share Image
There are not a ton of people buying cars - cars are expensive. So people usually go for the cheapest car they… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem.… — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
Was it a good idea to spend taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland, or on windmills in China? Was it a… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image