Comments on: Shai Agassi: A bold plan for mass adoption of electric cars

By: jewlzorjay

jewlzorjay — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Also take into …
Also take into considderation how quickly tech moves. this battery changing idea is only here because can’t think of how to charge the batt quicker. MIT claim to have a batt that can rappidly charge within about 10 seconds. supose that this battery changing system is implemented for the cost of billions what happens when the better quick charging longer lasting batt is introduced? billions to change the system again. the car of the future should be able to do that of the car of today.

By: jewlzorjay

jewlzorjay — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Take your mobile …
Take your mobile phone as an example. yes the batt is removable ( as it should be in the car anyway) but how often do you walk into a shop and buy a new fully charged batt? evan if it cost you 2 bucks you would still end up going home and charging it. I should imagine the prospect of changing car componetnts daily would be quit alarming to some people. Shai spoke about changing horses when one is tired. imagine getting on a horse that you know nothing about and anything could be wrong with.

By: venuecam

venuecam — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

To add, Shai talks …
To add, Shai talks about how the end to slave trade brought on the industrial revolution. Where do u think we’d be if they’d decided instead of changing the way we utilise labor that we simply tried to find a way to make slaves work faster or make them live longer? Having swap stations where we have petrol stations. Drive in, swap and go without leaving your vehicle. How is that a step backwards?

By: venuecam

venuecam — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

step backwards? how …
step backwards? how is revolutionising the way a pollution emitting passenger vehicle charges its enginge a step backwards? If you swap the battery it can be maintained and kept at it’s optimum performance = has a longer life span. Example is a mobile phone. Would you rather have a phone with a built in battery and replace the whole unit when the battery dies (costing you more) or be able to swap batteries in and out when you like, legthening your user time and allowing you 2 keep the same unit?

By: jewlzorjay

jewlzorjay — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Yeah but who foots …
Yeah but who foots the bill when a faulty batt breaks som1’s car? or when som1 crashes and breaks the batt? how are they going to be able to store the diffrent types of batt?

imagine a pump that pulses electricty all you have to do is set it to your batt and fill it like a petrol car. Technologically i think changing the batt is a step backwards its like saying change your gas tank every time you need a refill. the best thing to do is work on filling that batt quicker.

By: venuecam

venuecam — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

The concept is to …
The concept is to swap the battery taking a fraction of the time it takes you to fill your tank with petrol. A smart system would direct debit your account upon the machine swapping it over. Easy

By: mrshinyshoes

mrshinyshoes — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Info Tidbit—-Mr. …
Info Tidbit—-Mr. Agassi had on exactly the same slick outfit here as he did on The Hour interview with George Strombolopolis.

By: jewlzorjay

jewlzorjay — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

forget all this …
forget all this charging while you stop. Is there no way to suddenly charge the battery using a pulse?

Electricity moves fast, can we not get it in to a battery quicker? you touch a cable and your body is fried instantly.

By: ipbalkenende

ipbalkenende — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Aren’t there …
Aren’t there already more than one million hybrids on American roads today?

By: ipbalkenende

ipbalkenende — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:39:18 +0000

Yeah indeed it was …
Yeah indeed it was confusing. It’s probably best to $/100miles to compare both gasoline and EV cars for the time being. That sounds intuitive to me.