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- Thebluecheiften, on 08/29/2009, -1/+10higher quality version on TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/shai_agassi_on_e ...
- mattmeow, on 08/29/2009, -0/+5This article makes the assumption that there will be a limited supply of batteries available in the future. While this may be true for 2009, battery production, research, and development are taking off like never before. Expect to see in future EV's: supercapacitors, superconducting motors, nano-based lithium batteries, cheaper solar cells, swappable batteries, etc.
Also he fails to compare the fuel/initial cost ratios between the two. A EV costs twice as much as a hybrid, but saves up to 4x as much fuel. Thus it is more cost effective (from a pollution reduction standpoint) to build EV's. - cawfee, on 08/29/2009, -1/+5Living in Waterworld would be kind of cool though.
- Barackalypse, on 08/29/2009, -1/+5Two words: mass production. That is the primary way most things get cheap.
- ratherred, on 08/29/2009, -4/+8I think voting in a president who isn't so very involved with big oil helped the cause too.
- regeya, on 08/29/2009, -0/+3OK, I'm shamelessly linking to something I posted earlier:
http://digg.com/environment/How_PHEVs_and_EVs_Will ...
The claim is that more gasoline can be conserved by building more hybrids rather than building pure EV cars, and the author brings up a few factors. I still call B.S., but I'm simply not smart enough to effectively refute it. - arpad, on 08/29/2009, -0/+3It's not better and he's just giving the EV faithful something to get wood about.
- Intenseboredom, on 08/29/2009, -0/+2I could be wrong here, but if I can take anything away from my years of college education it's the fact that I'm about 90% sure that is more than one word.
- linagee, on 08/29/2009, -0/+2I don't get what he was saying about a battery. So the battery is leased to you or something? How is this better?
- eliseville, on 08/29/2009, -0/+1If you want an existing model you won't get the needed efficiency. Body shape has a huge impact and we'll be paying for electricity at who knows what rate. California was destroyed by Enron's price gouging a few years back. That was before gas went to four bucks a gallon.
- deathandtaverns, on 08/29/2009, -0/+1Anyone else think the Chevron commercial they played before the video closely resembles he Veridian Dynamics commercials they play during Better Off Ted?
- TextingTina, on 08/28/2009, -2/+3taking it a step further!
- cplusplus, on 08/29/2009, -0/+1I think this guy is from the company called "Better Place". He talks a good game but if we go with his idea we'll be independent of OPEC but dependent on Better Place. Not so great if you ask me.
- inactive, on 08/29/2009, -0/+1How can this planet possibly have enough for 1 billion more "nuklear famalies"?
- Ultomato, on 08/29/2009, -1/+2its more than a car, its an idea to get off fossil fuels and into a sustainable society
- inactive, on 08/29/2009, -0/+0Mass production using as many off the shelf parts as possible. Engineering an electric drivetrain for an existing model would be even cheaper.
- inactive, on 08/29/2009, -0/+0The article was about making electric cars CHEAPER for the end consumer. The best way to achieve this is to stuff electric guts into a common model like a Chevy Cobalt or Ford Focus. Sort of like the kits sold by CanEV http://www.canev.com You're right in saying that it won't be as efficient as a clean sheet design but it would be much quicker and cheaper to get on the market.
- sandemanport, on 08/28/2009, -6/+6Don't charge as much so people can afford them, simple. Think of the consequences for your kids if you don't, Thunderdome and Mad Max become a reality, or worse, Waterworld. I guess saving the planet isn't enough motivation for the people that have Billions of dollars that could help with research and the likes to bring these cost down. Or better yet the money spent on the making of Waterworld could put and electric car in everyone's garage. Ohhhh wait thats right ... they are making wayyyyyy too much off Big Oil. I forgot, silly me.
- Majora26, on 08/29/2009, -3/+3easy: slave labor
- arpad, on 08/29/2009, -6/+2"the cause"? Hey shmuck, it's a car not a religion. A pretty lousy car as well based on the fact that no one's been able to figure out how to build the cars at a price that anyone can afford without a big, fat subsidy.
Even Agassi's bragging about the battery pack is just more smoke and mirrors since the battery packs have to be paid for by whoever owns them and the only way to pay for them is if the consumer, or the tax payer, pays for them. - VaderCatLover, on 08/29/2009, -7/+1One word: Big tax rebate and battery made of coal
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