Corporates plan for electric car future.
Last week it became just that bit easier to imagine the petrol car’s hegemonic dominance of the earth is loosening.
A division of motor company Toyota, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Germany-based industrial conglomerate Siemens and US-based insurer Hartford Financial Services Group all invested in a $47.5m series D round backing Coulomb Technologies, which says that it runs the largest global network of independent car charging stations. This gives the company significant resources, as the investment appears to be roughly 1.5…