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- the1secondfilm, on 04/13/2009, -2/+33"Hybrids are like mermaids. When you want a fish you get a woman, when you need a woman, you get a fish." - CEO of Nissan
- DPDish12, on 04/14/2009, -0/+29Outstanding.
When you see a guy like this then look at the old dogs at Chrysler and GM, the difference is staggering. - ThePeacemaker02, on 04/14/2009, -0/+25I remember reading about his plan in wired, it pretty much sold me. Too bad the oil companies have too much power.
- ghounds07, on 04/14/2009, -0/+22TED is the *****.
- ophello, on 04/14/2009, -0/+22***** yeah. We need a revolution, not baby steps.
- hahanopants, on 04/14/2009, -0/+20I like the part where he saves the world.
- protodon, on 04/14/2009, -1/+12I think he is saying we need infrastructure and not just a car.
- the1secondfilm, on 04/14/2009, -0/+9Actually, it's more Transcription Tard. You can't yet copy and paste dialogue from a video. I thought this quote was interesting, and wanted to call it out for others who dig it.
- LargeStack, on 04/14/2009, -0/+8Ted is a great site and so is Fora.
We need more support for people like Shia - deadasdisco, on 04/14/2009, -0/+8i can't believe in my lifetime we will be driving electric cars. soon, people!
- mathewb, on 04/14/2009, -0/+7Need batteries?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCIB
getting closer to what we need! - videographer, on 04/14/2009, -0/+5Not to contradict your Dad, but while that may be true at peak hours (11AM - 5PM, the peak air conditioning times,) in the evening the load slackens off enormously. It has been estimated that even our old creaky grid could handle overnight charging of a country's worth of electric cars today. And that is before the grid gets updated, which it seems will start in earnest real soon now.
- saady87, on 04/14/2009, -0/+5its not so much about originality more so about spreading the message and the idea to a larger population
- poerboy, on 04/14/2009, -0/+4It's simple. We're going to run out of oil eventually...being nihilistic and saying that big oil has too much power is moot. They're only trying to squeeze out what they can now. A couple of countries will go this EV route and the American public will be embarrassed and outraged that we're still sighing and whining... "but Big Oil is too powerful"... F that mess. Pull the band-aid off quickly.
- someguy92, on 04/14/2009, -0/+4When you're replacing the batteries themselves, you don't have to worry about recharge time. This technology already exists and can be mass produced easily.
- GenReefer, on 04/14/2009, -0/+4How about being able to charge your car wirelessly while driving?
You never have to pull over to fill up. - someguy92, on 04/14/2009, -0/+415 min would still be longer than the little time it takes to replace the entire battery.
- kdnmedia, on 04/13/2009, -0/+4Interesting stuff!
- jackmaninov, on 04/13/2009, -1/+4It'll be exciting when the battery charge time is down under 30 seconds: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/03/lithiu ...
- videographer, on 04/14/2009, -1/+4@Skill:
>dont hybrids cost the consumer more in price than it would have to pay for the gas?<
Depends on the price of gas, doesn't it? At $2, maybe - at $5, payback is fast. In any event, no one ever asks what the payback time is on leather seats, or a GPS, or 4-wheel drive. I drive a Prius because being efficient is what I value. I'm guessing you don't.
>The batteries in these hybrid car more dangerous to the environment than CO2. <
Ummmm.... no. Nickel-metal hydride batteries (just like the lead-acid battery in your beater) are almost totally recyclable.
>the hybrids made in china produce more waste to make the car than a normal car does to the environment over its lifetime.<
I'm not sure what you are saying here, but so far there aren't any hybrids being exported from China. When they get to that point we can quibble about that. OTOH, those smokestacks over GM, Ford and Chrysler plants in the US aren't exactly painting rainbows 24 hours a day either. - weeFred, on 04/14/2009, -1/+4He gave the example of the solar energy plant in Israel. He asked them if he could have the space to build a solar farm, they said well it's quite a lot of space and he asked them rhetorically if they had found oil there that would last them for the next 100 years would they let him have it.
- saady87, on 04/14/2009, -0/+3they should make him the next CEO of GM
- potatonet, on 04/14/2009, -0/+3no they should get rid of GM and make him the CEO of a new company
- thehoodie, on 04/14/2009, -0/+2I read about this in Wired magazine a while back. Great to see he's still working at it, his visions are brilliant. If things pan out as he thinks, the world will be a much better place.
- jahman, on 04/14/2009, -1/+3BP has said they will buy more renewable energy as the demand for their service goes up. also, the efficiency of burning coal/natural gas to create electricity to power cars is higher than a standard internal combustion engine. so even if we are driving around using electricity generated by coal, the environment is better off.
the beautiful thing about this model (one thing anyways) is that much more of the process including energy production, energy transportation, tech and engineering jobs are all in direct support of the american economy and environment. the only people losing are the nut jobs in the middle east. and when the dollars for all this stay in the US, we dont need to depend on china to loan us money.
its a win all the way around. - jgubbe, on 04/14/2009, -2/+4Can my EV have laser beams that go Pew Pew Pew?
- MaxxusFlamus, on 04/14/2009, -1/+3if MIT's battery research allows for 15 min charging to full power, this guy's plan is screwed.
- evil-doer, on 04/14/2009, -0/+2interesting. i independently came to the same conclusion that electric cars needed a compatible swappable battery a few years ago, but figured it would be an impossible thing for all the companies to agree on.
- sanilio, on 04/14/2009, -0/+2Quite revolutionary if you ask me. This business model will also promote stiffer competition among battery manufacturers which can only lead to further innovation with smaller size, larger capacities and lower prices.
Interesting to see Israel leading the way, but I suppose it makes perfect sense considering the political/religious climate offering a huge social benefit of being oil independent and the actual geography of the country will allow experimental development for different infrastructural models to export to USA, China and India. - nyxerebos, on 04/14/2009, -0/+2even domestic coal would be cleaner than gasoline, and not require exporting huge sums of money to dodgy regimes in the middle east.
But for all that, while alternative energy is often more expensive than coal, it's still much cheaper than gasoline for cars. - inflation, on 04/14/2009, -1/+3I think that the solution is not in aiming to maintain the current "life standards" as they are clearly inflated in almost all of the developed world and many of the developing countries. Owning a car, eating all kinds of different vegetables, abundance of meat..etc, was a luxury just 100 years ago. Hydrocarbon is a result of millions of years and is fueling the current "inflated" standers. Soon, we'll return to whatever we should have been doing 100 years ago.
- Schmich, on 04/14/2009, -0/+2Well being able to remove the process of replacing batteries would be ideal.
- nyxerebos, on 04/14/2009, -0/+2No if you do it piecemeal, a few seconds at the lights, a few minutes outside the convenience store, etc What is needed is chargers beneath the parking spots.
Also, changing batteries requires a different ownership model, one I do not prefer. - theskillwithin, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1If you are rooting for the leftist agenda, you are a genius regardless of the facts.
- theskillwithin, on 04/14/2009, -1/+2The plan needs to include more nuclear power plants to support electrical cars.
Electrical cars use power from your home which usually comes from coal.
coal is controversial, but nuclear power is green and efficient. - missingxtension, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1yeah, that's a lot of money going to maintain your car, only 5k or 6k cycles?
I do like the idea of electric cars, but the exotic stuff can stay that way.
Cheap and chinesse is good enough. BYD is one that comes to mind - bb5999, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1Technology is there, money is there, initiative is there. Desire by the populous to move from the internal combustion, fossil fuel burning engine to the electric motor for automobiles, exists.
Until state and federal politicians secure a replacement stream of revenue, to offset income lost to no fuel taxes, the electric car will remain an anomaly. - Snarfy, on 04/14/2009, -2/+3The white elephant in the room is the aging electric grid. My dad worked for a local utility for most of his life and he explained to me that most of the electrical lines out there are running > 100% rated capacity already. I don't see how the grid will be able to handle all of this new demand without significant infrastructure improvements.
- nyxerebos, on 04/14/2009, -1/+2if rooves were covered in solar panels we woudn't need any extra space. I imagine in 100 years we'll have better, cheaper, more efficient solar technologies.
- weeFred, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1And yet we still have oil fields.
- agentsmithone, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1@inflation
This is exactly what I've been screaming, the age of oil as it ends puts us right back to before the ICE was invented. You must have watched 11th Hour and Crude Awakening also. - bpwned, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1Great. Can't wait to see them coming. Having batteries and high capacity capacitors is going to make it even easier. But I disagree at the hydrogen part. We can today genetically engineer algae to produce hydrogen for us - all they need is air, water and sunlight. In fact, the only thing that keeps us from having fuel cell cars is 1) how to store hydrogen without losing it and 2) how to start a hydrogen car (fuel cells have a small power output in the beginning, they can't ignite themselves and you need quite some energy to do it). 1) will be fixed soon, there are special alloys coming that will hold H2 like a sponge. 2) is also going to be solved soon, since you can basically just put a battery/capacitor in it and be done. They only need to miniaturize them. How do I know that? I spent a few days working on an experiment in the department that is working on that at my university, and they love bragging about it ;)
- theskillwithin, on 04/14/2009, -1/+2hes not so much saying as he is making a WISH.
realistically we need nuclear power. - wallitron, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1No time for a science fair.
I'll buy this car that charges in 8hrs and swaps the battery in 2mins today, then upgrade to the 30 second charge battery in 2025. - cplusplus, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1Why do eMiles follow Moore's Law? Because he says so? Moore's Law isn't a law of nature like gravity. I would expect eMiles to get cheaper as the tech improves but there's no law that says so.
- johnwes16, on 04/14/2009, -0/+0Hemp powered cars.
- varandasi, on 04/14/2009, -0/+0"Nissan and Renault have partnered to sell electric cars in Portugal in 2011. They have partnered with the Portuguese government to create a network of charging stations." http://www.beyondfossilfuel.com/electric/nissan_07 ...
- ABCGPHI, on 04/14/2009, -1/+1Shai is sexy!!!
- missingxtension, on 04/14/2009, -3/+3Is this guy supposed to be a genious?
Does he think he is the only person to have though of that?
there is not much originality in this. - CBaggers, on 04/14/2009, -0/+0The genius is in actually getting it done....and he is
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