That was an interesting link Ben,
Well worth veiwing.
Thanks , now I am late for work.
As far as the lump sum of replacing batteries is concerned.
I am not sure it is really a big problem.
Has anyone noticed that after 8-10 years the value of your
car or truck is valued as almost nothing when you go to trade it in?
If someone wanted to buy your old electric car it really would not be
cost prohibitive to get a 8-10 year old electric car cheap and put a new battery pack in it would it?, of course assuming the pack lasts
8-10 years.
Don
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Ben Okopnik <ben@...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 02:19:34PM +1100, Andrew Gilchrist wrote:
> >
> > Regardless batteries are not popular in cars because they confront owners with
> > high lump sum replacement cost
> >
> > That may never be resolved.
>
> Been resolved already. :)
>
> www.ted.com/talks/shai_agassi_on_electric_cars.html
>
> I love TED-talks anyway, but this guy is one of the most electrifying
> (no pun intended... OK, then, *don't* believe me :) speaker I've seen
> there. Listening to his talk is like drinking a good bottle of wine.
>
> Incidentally, the system is already in place in Israel, Sweden (IIRC),
> and Japan. *Awesome*, brilliant bit of social engineering that deals
> with exactly the problem cited above.
>
>
> --
> Ben Okopnik
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