2:33AM
The coming car market: sell 'em where they ain't
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 2:33AM ARTICLE: "Ghosn Hits The Accelerator: The Renault-Nissan CEO is fighting to keep pace in the U.S. and chasing Chinese and Indian customers," by David Kiley, BusinessWeek,, 12 May 2008, p. 048.
Key thing here is chart: motor vehicles per 1,000 population.
Saturated Old Core America (815), Germany (605), Japan (600) and France (595), compared with under-sold New Core Russia (220), Brazil (125), China (25) and India (25).
Guess where the global demand center on cars is this century? Old or New Core?
So guess where the innovation and move beyond gas combustion will occur?
Reader Comments (1)
In countries that don't have existing infrastructure based upon petroleum, just like cellular infrastructure has over run land lines in may developing countries. I'm sure there are other examples as well.
Where no infrastructure exists, the best energy solution will be built out. Electric, hydrogen someday maybe. In America, it makes more sense to stay with our use of oil for the short and mid term. That is why we need to drill for more of our own oil. I believe electric transportation is another great option for the US, that infrastructure is also in place. More nukes are needed.
Letting the free market do it job is a good thing.