There might be a way for purely electric vehicles to deal with long trips, without the need for a network of charging stations, nor even a network of gas stations: an Internet based peer to peer (EV to EV) kWh trading scheme, where home- or office- charged cars with energy to spare would automatically advertise their location and kWh for sale on the Internet, as well as the price, and would appear on other cars' GPS screens. Some kind of standard interconnection cable would have to be devised, allowing cars to talk to each other during the charge transfer, notably to make sure that they agree on the amount of energy that has been transferred.
Michel 2009/8/7 <[email protected]>: > In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:08:13 -0600: > Hi, > [snip] >>Frankly, I would rather have a hybrid that could go 50 miles without >>using the engine, but with the ability to go much further without >>requiring the expense of two cars or having to look desperately for a >>charging station as the meter goes into the red zone late at night. >>The idea of a pure electric makes no sense at all, at least until the >>charging stations are common and can charge or swap batteries in a few >>minutes. This won't be the case for years. I'm afraid the wish for >>perfection has once again led people down the path to eventual >>bankruptcy. >> >>Ed > Horses for courses. There is room for both. Those who had an EV1 were > apparently > quite happy with it, despite the limited range. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > >
