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New Electric Car

by Tim Berry on January 14, 2009

So this was obvious but worth noting because it’s what you and I expected, and it shows that the right kind of business is going to go on. Toyota has announced plans to build an electric town car. Let’s see a show of hands now: Who’s surprised?credit: Toyota

So everybody is pretty much set on what’s getting the most investor interest, market interest and new efforts to start new business. And it’s what we’re now calling clean tech. And green business.

(photo credit: Toyota)

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Tim Berry is the founder of Palo Alto Software, a co-founder of Borland International, and a recognized expert in business planning. Tim is the originator of plan-as-you-go business planning. He has an MBA from Stanford and degrees with honors from the University of Oregon and the University of Notre Dame. Today, Tim dedicates most of his time to blogging, teaching, and evangelizing for business planning. His full biography is available on his blog.

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Curtis Gray January 19, 2009 at 6:25 am

But what about business innovation that makes a profit? Nobody is making money on this clean tech and companies (and governments) have been at it for decades. It is obvious that Toyota is announcing this move: globally car companies are seeing a slowdown. What better way to increase mindshare than to make an headline grabbing announcement?

Until somebody… anybody can show a profit from creating these unsellable cars (have you seen the pictures? yuk!) i will remain skeptical.

- Curtis
http://ShipItOnTheSide.com – Build a software startup as a side job.

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