John Kerry Quotes

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.

Well, my motivation behind Tesla is really to do as much good as possible for the environment and the electric-vehicle revolution. I think there is still a lot of work to do and if we were to sell to a big company, I'm not sure it would progress at the same pace.

Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars.

I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.

Suburbia is not going to run on biodiesel. The easy-motoring tourist industry is not going to run on biodiesel, wind power and solar fuel.

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.

I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that's what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is.

The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions.

I see a future where American companies lead the world in the production of hybrid-plug in cars and electric vehicles.

If you don't have sustainable energy, you have unsustainable energy. The fundamental value of a company like Tesla is the degree to which it accelerates the advent of sustainable energy faster than it would otherwise occur.

The State of Israel, in partnership with Project Better Place and Renault-Nissan, is set to become the first country in the world to initiate the mass deployment of electric vehicles.

The car industry has invested a lot in hybrid, but my opinion is electric cars will take over a lot of hybrids quicker than people think now.

We still see that people don't really realize that electric cars are here right now. And when we show up with an actual vehicle, and you see it drive away under its own power, it's still kind of a jaw-dropping moment for a lot of people.

The world is moving towards renewable green energy, and electric transportation is a big part of that.

I'm a part of a new generation of drivers that will only drive electric.

We drive a Tesla.

I think the idea of moving to a cleaner energy future and doing more energy efficiency makes smart sense.

One thing that Barack Obama promised, one thing that we all know we must do is evolve our industry and our technology to being green and sustainable. We need to move away from fossil fuels and nuclear power, both of which I think spell doom for human society.

America needs to be able to be energy-independent, and the electric vehicle, the battery technology is one way of getting there.

The biggest gains, in terms of decreasing the country's energy bill, the amount of carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere, and our dependency on foreign oil, will come from energy efficiency and conservation in the next 20 years. Make no doubt about it. That's where everybody who has really thought about the problem thinks the biggest gains can be and should be.

I think we as Americans know there's a much better alternative than the 17th century practice of burning rocks to power our economy.

We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

Electrify your life! With heating and cooling, cooking and travel, and you will be doing a lot to help the future of this planet. There is no need to burn anything anymore.

We've got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we've been investing in; but also, we've got to make sure we're building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years from now. That's why we've invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars.

I think for the next 50 years I'm not going to be able to stop because of the light that you shine for me and so many millions of Americans.