An e-mail from Morgan Stanley with a piece about electric
cars caught my eye.
Spurred in part by
existing and proposed emissions legislation that could sharply increase the
cost of manufacturing internal combustion engines, as many as one billion battery electric vehicles (BEVs) could
be on the road throughout the world by 2050. Under that scenario, by
mid-century BEVs would comprise as much as 90% of all vehicle sales.
I like the fact that they have given these cars a neat and
easy-to-pronounce three letter acronym - BEV. One of our dearest long-time
friends is “Bev,” about whom I wrote over a year ago. The use of this name
makes the cars sound almost human, which, given their various capabilities,
many of them are. When I read on I caught the following phrases:
…BEVs are a game
changer
…plans to introduce
their own BEV lines
…BEVs could drive
…a major barrier to
increasing BEV penetration
That last one might seem a bit off-color….
Speaking of color, it is a glorious day in New York so we
took a short break to head over to the New York Botanical Gardens to see the
annual exhibit of pumpkins. Although there were many with carved faces, the
real highlight this year was the incredible variety of pumpkins, including two
that claim to be the world’s largest and second largest pumpkins. I asked Barry
to pose with the largest one so you could have a sense of just how enormous it
is.
The world’s largest pumpkin (2309 pounds)
Barry with the world’s largest pumpkin
Pumpkin heads
The world's second largest pumpkin (2269 pounds)
Multi-colored pumpkins
Blue pumpkin
Have a great weekend!
Love,
Rebecca
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