AeroVironment (AV) – In The News As Always

AeroVironment (AV) – In The News As Always

AeroVironment is one of my favorite companies.  Founded about 40 years ago by the late Dr. Paul MacCready, AV still shines on brightly with its many powerful innovations in electronics and flight. Most notably, these people are quite successful; they seem to be on the right side of almost every business decision. 

The deal they inked this January to supply the chargers for the Nissan LEAF is a great example. As Kristen Helsel, AV’s Director of EV Solutions told me yesterday during an interview at the 2010 Plug-In show in San Jose, this is a truly major deal for them.

As I’ve mentioned in “Tough Realities” report, to me, the AV approach to charging (just making charging quick, easy, and ubiquitous as possible, growing the infrastructure as the EV base grows) is 100 times more sound than battery swapping, as supported by Better Place. In fact, later in the afternoon, I listened to the battery swap pitch from Jason Wolf, Better Place’s vice president of North America. He’s a very articulate spokesperson for the concept, and as compelling as anyone can be. But it’s just not an appropriate solution for the United States — a landmass of 3.5 million square miles.

Wolf told us that “If EVs are going to enjoy mass adoption, we need to replace not just the car, but the system by which people drive them.” It’s hard to argue against it that, but the real question is this: how exactly will that be achieved? I’m betting on a steady build out of the charging infrastructure – eventually deploying ubiquitous fast-charging. And I’m betting on AV to be there to make that happen.

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