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The Electric Horizon: Shai Agassi

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slinkyvomo Avatar
slinkyvomo
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Posted: 08.28.09, 05:13 AM
Good points, 3 minutes at the gas pump verses 3 hours at the electrical outlet!

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WilliamRobson
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Posted: 08.28.09, 12:40 PM
How about charging the cars with wireless electricity. Refined Tesla Technology. Watch this new TED.com presentation by Eric Giler.

http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_giler_...ectricity.html
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Rdallas1
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Posted: 08.28.09, 04:46 PM
Interesting video. I found the demonstration of the switching of batteries on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8nTAjVaa7Y
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BDW
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Posted: 08.29.09, 11:59 AM
Is it a little ironic that the opening commercial for this video clip is by Chevron?
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eyo
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Posted: 08.29.09, 07:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BDW
Is it a little ironic that the opening commercial for this video clip is by Chevron?
I was thinking the same thing...
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mszlazak
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Posted: 09.01.09, 12:07 PM
I really appreciated Shai's vision and approach. Two issues that I'd like to know is the speed of battery technology advancement. Is that following Moore's law (doubling capacity every 18 months)? It does not seem so.

Never the less, improvements in battery technology in terms of energy density are needed so that larger electric cars could be possible. North Americans among others like to drive these bigger vehicles. At that point adoption should ramp significantly as long as enough infrastructure is in place.

Terrific talk.
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Rdallas1
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Posted: 09.01.09, 03:08 PM
Another related article: http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...n_id=rss_daily
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nyemike
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Posted: 09.01.09, 09:53 PM
making the heart of the automobile industry a consumer electronic. over time consumer electronic prices go one way; down.
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mavallarino
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Posted: 09.03.09, 06:43 AM
http://www.a123systems.com/
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mavallarino
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Posted: 09.03.09, 06:44 AM
No it's not ironic. Cheveron is an energy distributor.
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