[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/A-D-Little-EV-vs-ICE-report-tp4684797.html ] % A search using "Arthur D. Little" electric car gave items one of which is below.
For me the bottom line is that these 'Little' guys are like those public school nerdy kids that got regularly beat up because they kept sticking their nose where it did not belong, nor was wanted (they said or exclaimed stuff that eventually was found to be not true, though they came off sounding like they were the know-it-all experts). IMO, these guys are easily bought off to say what you want, for your cause, for a price. Below is one item the Little guys could not have been more wrong about. % - http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/yarns/transistor-making-best-left-jewellers-2016-12/ Transistor-Making Best Left To Jewellers 9th December 2016 David Manners The founder of Sprague Electric, Robert Sprague, had a brother, Julian, who was made vp of sales. Unlike his visionary, risk-taker brother who wanted to grow the company, Julian was a risk-averse, profit-oriented person. He hated his brother’s foray into semiconductors when Sprague licensed Bell’s point contact transistor in 1952. So Julian hired Arthur D Little to look at the initiative. “Transistors are so complicated and small,” reported Arthur D Little, “that they are a job for watchmakers, not for Sprague Electric Company.” - http://ethw.org/Sprague_Electric_Company Sprague Electric Company ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Sprague ... With advances in transistor and integrated circuit technology (later computer chips) ... Sprague Electric components had a long history of name recognition, quality and brand loyalty ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.0catch.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/A-D-Little-EV-vs-ICE-report-tp4684797p4684874.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
