Richard Branson Hints Virgin Would Consider Entering EV Market To Compete With Tesla, Apple, And Google

Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group which includes Virgin America airlines and Virgin Mobile, has said he might consider getting into the electric car business to compete against Tesla Motors

Branson made the comment to CNN's Rachel Crane during an electric car race in Miami in which Branson's Virgin Racing was competing. The Formula E race, which is operated by the same organization that runs Formula 1 racing, pits single seat electric cars against each other in races that last about 45 minutes. Because the cars' batteries are depleted quickly by high speed driving, drivers change cars during a pit stop half-way through the race.

 

randy3023 - 3/20/2015 11:48:07 AM

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I know it's cool right now to insinuate you're going to 'enter the EV market', but one hand-built EV race car doing laps in Florida on Sundays does not make Branson an EV mass-market pioneer. He is full of SHIT — just trying to get press.

TheSteve - 3/20/2015 12:23:11 PM

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randy3023, you might well be right! But if Branson does indeed get serious about the talk, then all the power to him.

BTW, why do the media keep referring to the "Apple EV," especially after Apple has denied they're making one, and we have to the contrary is rumors and conspiracy theories?