Hi Mike,
I'm Rachel, Emilis's partner.
You need to listen to Simon's answers to all of this. Actually you have
the wrong end of the stick, particularly when it comes to battery
technology and cost compared to petrol. (And I know how good you are at
what you do!)
Incidentally, they officially broke the World Record yesterday for the
longest distance travelled by a production electric car on a single
battery charge (501 km).
this is probably the last time this week I'll check Emilis's email, so
bye for now!!
Rachel
On 28/10/2009, at 6:41 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 10:52 AM 28/10/2009, you wrote:
I was wondering if SImon was going to take that thing on the run. I
got the feeling he would afetr I heard he can't get it registered in
Aus (bit stupid really, considering the whole saving the environment
thing ...)
It's a bit of a shame that he has to have a truck and generator
follow him though. It seems to result in a huge fuel usage because of
that, but at least he's making a point about recharge stations :)
Good on ya Simon and Emilis!
Dion Baker
I'd rather the government didn't spend my tax money on electric car
recharge stations. This is already about to be done commercially. Do a
search for "a better place" or Shai Agassi.
I won't put any money into this as any reasonable analysis of electric
cars gives you a 3 x cost per kilometer compared to petrol, let alone
LPG or CNG. Battery life and capital cost are what kills it.
I'm more parytila to the closed boron cycle either by burning it in
air or using it to disassociate water to generate hydrogen. I.C.
engines run fine on hydrogen.
If you put recharge stations on the Darwin Adelaide road you'd need to
be at each one for hours as current day batteries don't recharge
instantly. Also these places are off grid. How are you going to
generate the electricity? Diesel generators out back? Windmills? Solar
cells at vast expense and consumption of water to keep them clean?
Mini nukes?(that one is actually a starter)
It really is a pity you can't run a high tech civilization on pixie
dust, unicorn farts and good intentions.
Mike
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